Head of Trading Controls

Head of Trading Controls page is loaded## Head of Trading Controlslocations: London: Edinburgh New Uberior House Head Office: Birmingham 125 Colmore Rowtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todaytime left to apply: End Date: December 15, 2025 (24 days left to apply)job requisition id: 147485**End Date**Wednesday 19 November 2025**Salary Range**£134,589 - £158,340**Flexible Working Options**Hybrid Working, Job Share**Job Description Summary**.**Job Description****Job Title:** Head of Trading Controls**Location:**London, Birmingham or Edinburgh**Hours**: Full time**Working Pattern**: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of your time, at our above offices.**About This Opportunity:**Our Corporate and Institutional Bank sits at the heart of this ambition, supporting our clients with their financial needs – and we’re on an exciting growth trajectory.Our Markets business sits within CIB and is a critical part of our value offering, leading complex trading activities that support our clients with their day-to-day risk management needs. As Head of Trading Controls, you’ll be the guardian of integrity and resilience, ensuring every trade meets the highest standards of governance and risk management.This is your chance to influence how we protect our business and innovate for tomorrow. You’ll lead an experienced team, collaborate with senior stakeholders and our regulators, and harness innovative technology to design controls that keep us ahead of regulatory expectations and industry protocol.**What you’ll be doing:*** Shape the Framework: Design and maintain a robust trading controls framework across pre-trade, trade and post-trade activities - ensuring controls are aligned with regulatory expectations and internal risk appetite* Stay Ahead of Risk: Be responsible for daily monitoring of trading activity, investigate anomalies, breaches or control failures and ensure swift resolution* Set the Standards: Build and maintain policies on trade approvals, position limits and blocking issue protocols and ensure these are governed appropriately.* Drive Innovation: Partner with Technology and Data teams to improve automated controls and surveillance, bringing to bear analytics and machine learning* Engage and Influence: Provide clear updates to senior management and regulators while collaborating with Front Office, Risk, Compliance and Audit* Lead with Impact: Build and encourage a high-performing team, promoting a culture of proactive risk management and continuous improvement**Why Lloyds Banking Group:**Like the modern Britain we serve, we're evolving. Investing billions in our people, data, and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We're growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too.**What you’ll need:*** Substantial experience in trading environments, strong leadership and regulatory awareness.* Extensive expertise in trading controls, risk management or front office supervision within a financial institution* Strong understanding of trading processes, instruments and risks across multiple asset classes* Familiarity with frameworks such as MiFID II, MAR, EMIR and Dodd-Frank* Ability to develop effective controls and handle incidents with confidence* Proficiency in data analysis and experience with trading platforms and control systems* Exceptional communication and collaborator leadership skills with a track record of leading teams**About working for us:**Our ambition is to be the top tier UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities, and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.**We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:*** A generous pension contribution of up to 15%* An annual performance-related bonus* Share schemes including free shares* Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping* 28 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top* A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies**Apply today and find out more.****At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.****We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.****We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.**With 320 years under our belt, we're used to change, and today is no different. Join us and help drive this change, shaping the future of finance whilst working at pace to deliver for our customers.Here, you'll do the best work of your career. Your impact will be amplified by our scale as you learn and develop, gaining skills for the future.
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