Bank Aston is seeking an experienced Operational Control Manager to strengthen and coordinate the Bank’s first-line of defence operational control environment. This varied role will act as a central point of ownership for operational risk, resilience, governance, control and assurance, helping to ensure that regulatory and internal requirements are managed consistently and evidenced clearly while keeping a client-centric focus. Key responsibilities include outsourcing governance, coordinating risk and control assessments, FATCA,and CRS reporting, GDPR and data governance activities, operational resilience, and tracking assurance actions through to completion.
The successful candidate will have relevant experience in operational risk, controls, governance, assurance or operations within a regulated financial services environment. They will be pragmatic, control-minded and detail-orientated, with strong judgement, reporting and stakeholder-management skills and the confidence to challenge constructively and escalate material issues. Experience within banking or a growing regulated business, together with knowledge of outsourcing, operational resilience, correspondent banking, data protection or regulatory reporting, would be particularly valuable.
2 October 2026
Operational Control Manager
Bank Aston is seeking an experienced Operational Control Manager to strengthen and coordinate the Bank’s first-line of defence operational control environment. This varied role will act as a central point of ownership for operational risk, resilience, governance, control and assurance, helping to ensure that regulatory and internal requirements are managed consistently and evidenced clearly while keeping a client-centric focus. Key responsibilities include outsourcing governance, coordinating risk and control assessments, FATCA,and CRS reporting, GDPR and data governance activities, operational resilience, and tracking assurance actions through to completion.
The successful candidate will have relevant experience in operational risk, controls, governance, assurance or operations within a regulated financial services environment. They will be pragmatic, control-minded and detail-orientated, with strong judgement, reporting and stakeholder-management skills and the confidence to challenge constructively and escalate material issues. Experience within banking or a growing regulated business, together with knowledge of outsourcing, operational resilience, correspondent banking, data protection or regulatory reporting, would be particularly valuable.