EME Control Room Manager
London
As a Barclays EME Control Room Manager, you will manage Legal, Regulatory and Reputational Risk across all lines of business. This involves business critical functions in respect of key controls to manage Market Abuse and potential Conflicts of Interest via Information Barriers, Regulatory Insider Lists together with the ongoing operational management of the Watch List and Restricted Lists. Get this exciting opportunity to have daily interactions with senior bankers in regards to transactions being a Barclays EME Control Room Manager.
Barclays is one of the world’s largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity – helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive, and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.
Working Flexibly
We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a carer whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs.
We are currently in the early stages of implementing a hybrid working environment, which means that many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office, depending on the nature of the role they are in. We’re flexible on how this works and it may continue to change and evolve. Depending on your team, typically this means that colleagues spend a minimum of between 20% to 60% of their time in the office, which could be over a week, a month or a quarter. However, some colleagues may choose to spend more time in the office over a typical period than their role type requires. We also have a flexible working process where, subject to business needs, all colleagues globally are able to request work patterns to reflect their personal circumstances. Please discuss the detail of the working pattern options for the role with the hiring manager.
What will you be doing?
• Liaising with senior bankers in relation to transactions, assimilating and analysing relevant information to evaluate risks and requirements for preventative and detective controls
- Reviewing and analysing Equity and FICC institutional research for any potential legal, regulatory or reputational issues with applicable laws/regulations
- Advising on information flows, information barriers and inside information considerations, acting as a check and challenge function
- Providing guidance and acting as a control function in regards to chaperoning requirements
- Applying firm wide restrictions in response to formal transaction announcements and advising on restricted activity in a time sensitive manner
- Handling the review of wall crossings in consultation with business heads acting as Wall Crossing Approvers
- Investigating breaches of policy and upholding policy fairly and consistently, liaising with Product Compliance and the relevant supervisors as required
- Assisting in drafting updated procedures, guidance or training, and delivering training from time to time
What we’re looking for:
• Degree or equivalent
Skills that will help you in the role:
• Solid understanding of the rules and regulations relating to the Control Room
- Able to work in a fast paced, time sensitive environment
- Excellent communication skills both written and oral
- Assertive and confident manner with an investigative nature
Where will you be working?
In the heart of Canary Wharf, our headquarters at Churchill Place boasts onsite amenities such as; a gym, staff restaurant and deli bar, and is easily accessible by tube and bus links. With a population of around 5000 staff the atmosphere is second to none with a real buzz being created around the offices within.
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