Vice President, Head of Controls at Mastercard

Main Purpose of role

• This is permanent role to lead a Controls function for Vocalink Limited, a company that enables the payments of 90% of salaries, 70% of utility bills, most ATM transactions and every cheque cleared in the UK. 
• The successful candidate will become part of a high functioning team, dedicated to delivering a robust, secure and resilient service to 60+million citizens every day with transactional volume of 11 billion/year and total annual transactional value in excess of GBP6 Trillion.  
• The appointee will be responsible for the Vocalink Limited Controls function across the key pillars of Controls Governance, Controls Management, Controls Testing, Assurance, and Issues Management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Provide strategic leadership and direction across the organisation on the build of a robust and effective control environment.
• Relationship & Stakeholder Management: Engage with key stakeholders on key aspects related to the control environment and building / managing these relationships.
• Constructive Challenge: Provide both constructive challenge and advice to Executives and the wider business, and act as a ‘trusted partner’ to 1LOD Functions.
• Communicating & Influencing: Deliver clear and effective communication, with proven success in influencing senior stakeholders to achieve required control outcomes and risk mitigation.
• Change Agent: Act as a catalyst and thought leader to drive required controls capabilities, rigour, and culture across the organisation.
• Decision-Making & Problem Solving: Possess a strong aptitude in decision-making, problem solving, and applying judgement to complex topics.
• Team Leadership: Lead a diverse team to achieve common goals, creating a shared vision.

Knowledge, Skills and Expertise
Essential     

• Experience in Risk Management, Controls Management and Assurance, preferably in a regulated firm. 
• Seasoned practitioner of controls management with deep experience across the end-to-end control's lifecycle and key components of the Controls Office. 
• Proven experience of building a Controls Office (preferred), Control Functions (e.g. Internal Audit, Compliance, etc.) from ground up – ‘Build & Run’ rather than just ‘Run’.
• Proven organisational and leadership abilities in leading large teams and driving large scale change.
• Successfully delivered, embedded, and operated a Controls Office capability (or equivalent) within the context of a regulated firm (e.g. Bank, CNI, etc.).
• Experienced across the key pillars of the Controls Office – Controls Governance, Controls Management, Controls Testing, Assurance, and Issues Management.
• Relevant experience of working in a complex (preferably multi-national) stakeholder environment that includes complex customers and regulators.
• Ability to articulate themselves clearly and concisely to a broad range of senior and junior stakeholders, acting as a bridge as well as guide for the implementation of new capabilities. 
• Communication - requires effective communication skills – both written and oral - to deal with large diverse customer base (internal and external)
• Ability to motivate, inspire and lead people effectively

Desirable    

• Experience within Critical National Infrastructure responsible organisations
• Experience of working with other regulatory bodies (non-UK)
• Experience of working within a matrix organisation