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**Lead Global Controls Transformation: VP - Controls Strategy & Innovation** - Drive complex controls initiatives; shape strategy & execution across global organization - Define, lead, & advise on transformation roadmaps & governance; deliver executive-level updates - Influential senior stakeholder collaboration; champion continuous improvement & risk mitigation

Compensation: Not specified GBP
City: London
Country: United Kingdom

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Location: LONDON, United Kingdom

Join a team where your work shapes how we strengthen controls, accelerate strategic change, and deliver better outcomes across the firm. You will help build the operating rhythm, governance, and transparency needed to drive complex initiatives from strategy through execution.

As a Controls Strategy & Innovation - Vice President within the Strategy and Innovation team in the Controls organization, you will define and drive a transformation roadmap across key controls initiatives. You will partner closely with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to strengthen governance, improve execution discipline, and deliver clear, executive-ready reporting on progress, risks, and outcomes.

Job responsibilities

Establish and lead program management support for transformation initiatives across the global Controls organization

Define transformation roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, and success metrics to drive consistent delivery

Advise and influence senior leaders on key decisions, trade-offs, and change approaches

Build executive-level materials and narrative updates for senior management and business leadership forums

Build strong, collaborative partnerships with stakeholders and technology partners, with a focus on delivery outcomes

Support the definition of target operating models, governance, and controls frameworks

Drive analytics and reporting improvements by automating manual data preparation and reporting processes

Identify, mitigate, and escalate risks and issues, ensuring timely resolution and transparent communication

Champion continuous improvement by identifying opportunities, recommending changes, and supporting adoption

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

Demonstrated program and project management experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution

Demonstrated experience advising and influencing senior stakeholders without direct reporting authority

Strong ability to structure ambiguous problems, define measurable outcomes, and drive delivery against milestones

Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level storytelling and material development

Demonstrated change management experience, including driving adoption across diverse stakeholder groups

Strong analytical skills, including the ability to understand end-to-end processes and translate insights into action

Demonstrated stakeholder management skills across business and technology partners

Experience working effectively across geographically distributed and culturally diverse teams

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

Experience supporting controls, governance, risk management, or operating model transformation initiatives

Experience improving reporting through automation and workflow standardization

Working knowledge of Agile delivery practices and ways of working

Experience building governance routines (for example, steering forums, metrics, and status reporting) across multiple programs

Lead global controls transformation strategy, governance, and delivery, partnering with senior leaders to drive measurable change.

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