Global Head of CP Business Risk Management

A career at Lombard Odier means working for a renowned global wealth and asset manager, with a strong focus on sustainable investing. An innovative bank of choice for private and institutional clients, our independently owned Firm is one of the best-capitalised banking groups in the world, managing close to CHF 300 billion and operating from over 25 offices across 4 continents.
 

With a history spanning over 225 years, Lombard Odier is an investment house providing a comprehensive offering of discretionary and advisory portfolio management, wealth services and custody. We also offer asset management services and investment strategies through Lombard Odier Investment Managers and provide advanced banking technology to other financial institutions.
 

“Rethink Everything” is our philosophy – it is at the heart of everything we do. We have grown stronger through more than 40 financial crises by rethinking the world around us to provide a fresh investment perspective for our clients.

The CP-Business Risk Managers (CP-BRM) are ambassadors of the LO Group Risk Culture.

Their primary role is to protect the Bank and its clients from potential financial and reputational damage by ensuring that directives, processes and business rules are duly understood and applied by LO CP teams in charge, and to monitor the underlying business risks. Each CP-BRM member belongs and reports to his own business line.

The Global Head of CP-BRM shall coordinate the activities of the CP-BRM community (BRM Central, BRM Region, BRM International locations) with aim to foster collaboration and harmonize their activities. He/she is also responsible to ensure the definition and monitoring of control activities and to report existing and emerging risks to the dedicated governance committees. Additionally, he/she helps foster LO risk culture within the CP community by working hand in hand with stakeholders through BRMs by sharing best practices on associated risks, advising, reinforcing practices and training to strengthen their approach to risk.

He/she reports to the CP-COO and is a member of the CP COO Office Management Team.

Your Role :

• Maintain, update and harmonize the Internal Control Monitoring Plan (ICMP) to ensure a strong control & monitoring framework on CP activities, and monitor on permanent basis its timely execution.
• Ensure transparency of existing and emerging risks self-identified or reported by other units in the dedicated Risk and Control tools (e.g. ServiceNow), and monitor the effective follow-up of those issues and resulting actions by the teams in charge.
• Ensure an appropriate transparency and regular reporting of existing and emerging risks towards the dedicated management and relevant  governance bodies. Be a force of proposal for a continuous evolution of the CP control framework and implement the agreed actions/remediations/risk reduction initiatives.
• Ensure that the CP-BRM community acts in a similar and consistent manner in the definition and execution of their activities, taking into consideration local regulatory frameworks.
• Ensure coordination with other units (Legal, Compliance, Risk Management, Internal Audit, Human Resources, T&O, etc) to identify potential areas of risk in relation to the CP Units worldwide, and contribute to a permanent enhancement of the risk control framework and underlying processes.
• Participate in forums and projects and ensure first line of defense requirements are duly considered.

Your Profile :

• Experience of 10 years minimum in the private banking industry, preferably in Internal Audit / Internal Control / Business Risk Management function
• Proven experiences in managing teams
• Fluent in French and English (written and oral); additional languages, an advantage
• Excellent understanding of operational processes pertaining to Private Banking activities
• Ability and willingness to work in a fast-paced, pressured and demanding environment
• Strong organisation and communication skills (stakeholders include Senior Management, Bankers, Assistants, Risk Managers, Compliance and Legal functions…)

Our Maison’s DNA is defined by five core values. Excellence drives us to be the best at what we do, while Innovation fuels our progress. Respect underpins every interaction, and Integrity shapes our actions. Together, we are One Team, united in serving our clients with unwavering dedication.

As a responsible and supportive employer, we promote a diverse and inclusive work environment for our employees and candidates. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are woven into the fabric of our Maison’s DNA, and we strive to ensure that our employees can fulfill both their personal and professional aspirations by encouraging internal mobility and individual upskilling programs. We firmly believe that building Diverse Teams contributes to our successes and to deliver on this, we actively embed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in our business strategy.

It is an exciting time to join our Teams. All applications will be handled in the strictest confidence.