Vice President – Investment Services Business Risk Management

State Street

Investment Services Risk Advisor protecting client interests and ensuring compliance for EMEA Investment Services. Focussing on digital asset risk management and regulatory compliance for European markets.

Posted 5/12/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as a senior, trusted first‑line risk advisor to European Investment Services leadership; provide independent challenge and forward‑looking risk insight to support strategic and client decisions
Oversee regulatory risks across a large portfolio of EMEA jurisdictions, as well as emerging risks through review of business change initiatives
Partner with lines of defence and enterprise-wide business risk teams to execute thematic control assessments using business knowledge to make sure that IS control environment is commensurate with the risk being mitigated
Lead and facilitate risk discussions across governance forums and executive engagements; ensure consistent risk communication and alignment across EMEA.
Review, challenge, and refine risk reporting, KRIs, emerging risks, and breach/limit escalation materials produced by central teams; ensure timely escalation of material risks and unacceptable residual risk.
Lead execution of RCSA workshops including assessment of risk ratings, and control effectiveness assessments; advise on control design and remediation strategies for identified gaps.
Act as an escalation point for significant control testing exceptions and control weaknesses; facilitate root‑cause analysis and thematic reviews for incidents, audit findings, and control failures.
Provide proactive risk input into strategic initiatives, new products, client arrangements, and complex transactions; document material risk advisory opinions to ensure traceability of key decisions.
Partner with change and transformation programs to identify risks early and embed risk considerations into design, implementation, and go‑live decisions; support post‑implementation reviews to confirm expected controls and monitoring are effective.
Support incident and issue response and remediation management; challenge the quality and sustainability of corrective actions; advise and represent the business in audits, regulatory exams, and client reviews
Build on existing financial services and EMEA regulatory knowledge to become a risk management SME across IS activities, including Depositary obligations
Build strong partnerships within business risk management and second/ third‑line teams to reinforce the three‑lines‑of‑defence model; contribute to targeted risk awareness and training; support credible risk communications with internal and external stakeholders (including clients and regulators).
Champion increased understanding of digital assets products and support interpretation and application of evolving digital industry best practices and regulatory expectations
Drive innovation in the Business Risk function, including adoption of AI and novel technologies

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience in risk, compliance and/or audit functions within the financial industry
Hands on digital asset risk management experience
Strong understanding of client facing operational risk and EMEA regulatory frameworks
Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, risk management, or a related discipline

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible work-life support
Paid volunteer days
Inclusive development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

risk managementcomplianceauditcontrol assessmentsrisk reportingRCSA workshopsroot-cause analysisincident responsedigital asset risk managementcontrol design

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationcollaborationstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingadvisorytrainingstakeholder engagementinnovationrisk awareness