Business Continuity & Management Control Officer

At a glance

ABN AMRO Clearing is designated as a specialized business within ABN AMRO and holds its own banking license (ABN AMRO Clearing Bank NV). Globally the company consists of about 800 FTE and is largely self sufficient, organizing its own supporting organization.

ABN AMRO Clearing plays an important infrastructural role in the financial markets. As such it is closely monitored by Regulators and Central Banks. This is augmented by the fact that ABN AMRO Clearing holds significant market shares in financial markets across the globe holding top spots in clearing on numerous exchanges in every region.

ABN AMRO Clearing has a global focus and is divided into three regional organizations: Region Europe, Region USA and Region Asia-Pacific.

Region Europe consist of the offices in Amsterdam, London, Frankfurt and Sao Paulo. The European Management team is tasked with implementing the global strategy in the region, including the enhancement of the competitiveness of the regional service offering and ensuring full compliance with the relevant rules and regulations.

The position, Business Continuity and Management Control officer is created to safeguard 1LOD responsibility for Business Continuity Management as well as providing support activities in relation to the execution of risk control processes.

Your job

The Business Continuity and Management Control officer provides professional support to the Regional CEO in order to facilitate meeting the strategic objectives of AAC in Europe. Focus of the role lies in managing the first line Business Continuity Management tasks as well as organizational and strategic support, including management control (audit, risk, compliance). This includes maintaining dashboards to provide adequate management information to ultimately increase control and creating overview and insight.

The role has contacts with a great variety of internal stakeholders, including the Regional Management team. The individual will also work with global colleagues to align strategic objectives, reporting and sharing of information globally. The role is required to act independently and decide on when to escalate matters to the relevant MT member.

You will:
• Support the Regional CEO and departmental management in the implementation and maintenance of business continuity management system (BCMS) within AAC
• Be in close interaction with colleagues in Risk Management who oversee the implementation of the BCMS framework.
• Be responsible for Incident Reporting & Tracking, Risk Self Assessment, risk mitigation action tracking, Internal Audit processes
• Assist department managers by preparing management reports, issuing periodic reminders, coordinating discussions, and escalating concerns and challenges to the Regional CEO
• Coordinate the drafting of Quarterly Business Reviews and staff update sessions
• Responsible for creating dashboards for the CEO and management team
• Involved in ad hoc firm strategic projects

Working environment

AACB is looking for a variety of employees. Therefore, there is a great diversity among our employees in terms of education, nationality and background. Because we work in an international environment and have many international colleagues, the official language is English. However, the most important thing is that you have a passion for your work and would like to learn and grow within our organisation every day.

Your profile

Knowledge:

• Minimum 3-5 years relevant industry experience
• Proficient in Microsoft suite
• Experience with Tableau
• General product knowledge of Futures, Equities, ETFs and Fixed Income
• Good understanding of rules and regulations applicable to financial markets

Competencies:

• Collaborative: Contributes to tactical and strategic projects to increase efficiency and improve firm results
• Ownership: Uses insight and judgment to identify opportunities to contribute to company success and improve organizational performance
• Results Oriented: Actively focuses on achieving concrete results by continuously addressing issues and removing obstacles that may inhibit success
• Communication: Is a natural communicator and possesses strong verbal, written and technical skills
• Project Management: Is very well organized, able to clearly define goals and deliver results

We are offering

• The opportunity to be the best you can be, work flexible hours and lots of room to grow both personally and professionally
• The opportunity to pro-actively work on your vitality and fitness
• A supplementary benefit budget of 11%, which you can spend on additional fringe benefits
• A personal development budget of EUR 1.000 per year
• A solid pension plan
  

Interested?

For more information about this position you can contact Robbert Booij, CEO Europe, e-mail: robbert.booij@abnamroclearing.com Please apply online. We look forward getting to know you.