EMEA Capital Policy - Vice President (all genders)

Join the team and be a deep subject-matter expert, engaged in a wide variety of work. The team is part of the Finance function, reporting to the Regional Controller.

As a Vice President within the EMEA Capital Policy team, you will be responsible for advising on the capital regime, interpreting the current framework and providing advice to a range of teams across Finance, Risk and the business.

Job responsibilities

• Be a key participant in the process of approving new business initiatives and other significant changes;
• Support and participating in the firm’s interactions with its regulators in the region;
• Review upcoming changes to the regime (ranging from Basel, through CRD/CRR, to EBA, UK and other country-specific requirements), analysing impact and ensuring that we are properly prepared for these changes;
• Help to shape the firm’s stance on such developments, and participating in industry discussions, consultation and feedback to policy-makers.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Good working knowledge of the current international, EU and UK capital regimes, particularly as applied to banking and investment banking businesses;
• Ability to understand and interpret complex rules frameworks;
• Ability to communicate clearly, and explain unfamiliar concepts or rules in simple, memorable terms; good written and oral presentation skills;
• Good task / project management skills and ability to work to tight deadlines;
• Gravitas to be able to deal with very senior staff in other areas of the firm (MD / ED level);
• Excellent judgement and the ability to prioritise, focusing on the most important aspects of an issue;
• Collaborative approach to working within a team.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Experience of providing policy advice;
• Knowledge of upcoming changes to the capital regime;
• Knowledge of the banking and investment banking industries and products;
• German language knowledge.