EMEA Control Manager - International Private Bank - Vice President (all genders)

The Business Control Management (BCM) sits within the first line of defense for the International Private Bank and helps ensure a sustainable, disciplined end-to-end control environment across the line of business—protecting the firm from operational, regulatory, and reputational risk. In this role, you will partner with senior stakeholders to identify, escalate, and remediate control issues in a timely manner, modernize controls, and deliver strategic initiatives that strengthen the first line of defense. You will leverage analytics and innovation to enhance risk and control management. 

As a Business Control Manager - Vice President within our International Private Bank team, you will support the Private Bank by driving a robust control environment, performing top-down risk analysis, and partnering with stakeholders to identify, assess, escalate, and remediate control issues. You will contribute to root-cause analysis and control enhancements, and support governance routines and management reporting. As a part of the Private Bank BCM team, you will work closely with key control functions, including Compliance, Risk Management, and Internal Audit, and support oversight of new business initiatives and external audits.

Job responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders to perform end-to-end assessments of the business risk and control environment, identify gaps/weaknesses, and determine root causes of control breaks.
• Evaluate whether controls are appropriately designed and operating effectively, and help embed a proactive risk and control culture supported by sound change management practices.
• Conduct ongoing analysis of program-related data (e.g., KRI/KPI) and produce ad-hoc reporting to support business initiatives and risk priorities.
• Support Risk & Control Assessment activities, including process mapping and documentation through walkthroughs and deep dives with assigned business units.
• Produce and/or support Management Information (MI) and submissions to relevant control forums/committees; track themes, actions, and closure of items.
• Coordinate audits in line with global business expectations and local legal entity requirements.
• Support regulatory interactions by coordinating responses and evidence packs (as applicable), partnering with Compliance/Risk and the business to ensure timely, accurate delivery.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience).
• Fluent German and English (written and spoken) required.
• Significant experience in financial services, with relevant experience in controls, operational risk management, business controls, and/or compliance. 

• Experience supporting regulatory exams/interactions, audit engagements, and/or issue remediation governance.

   

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

   

• Strong business and regulatory awareness; ability to understand business processes and applicable regulatory expectations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail; ability to synthesize information and develop practical recommendations.
• Ability to work effectively with senior stakeholders across functions and geographies.
• Strong results-orientation and demonstrated ability to influence and drive change and best practices across a large organization

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Private Banking exposure (products/services) is preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; confident engaging with stakeholders from senior management to SMEs.
• Familiarity with analytics tools is a plus.
• Strong collaboration, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills.
• Self-starter who can work autonomously, manage competing priorities, and operate effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Project management capability (planning, coordination across stakeholders/technology partners, and delivery tracking).