The incoming candidate will assist the Technology and Third Party Governance Manager with delivery of the IT Strategy and associated plans in respect of Access Control, Cyber Security, and IT Risk.

There will also be opportunities to partner closely with the Head of Technology Governance to perform a range of different ad-hoc duties and projects.

Please note the proposed start date for this role is April 2025, candidates who graduate in 2025 need not apply.

Key Responsibilities

Access Control

• To assist with, and in time take ownership of, cyclical access control reviews across the business. These will include internal and externally hosted applications, physical security reports, market data access permissions, and other ad-hoc reporting as required.
• To develop a close working relationship with and provide support to the wider IT team with respect to ensuring that access controls remain both effective and robust in practise.
• To own the policies and procedures associated with access control and keep them updated as per requirements.
• To produce analysis identifying toxic combinations of access and enforce remediation actions where appropriate.
• To assist with producing and presenting MI to senior business stakeholders.

Data Governance

• To assist the wider IT area as required with respect to internal and external audits; ensuring that action points are resolved and closed appropriately
• Providing access control related audit and project updates to relevant senior stakeholders as and when appropriate.
• To provide challenge against existing standards in the areas of data protection and governance.

Other Duties

• To assist with IT special projects, inclusive of:
• Procurement exercises in respect of technological requirements
• Analysis of what-if scenarios with respect to the impact of changes to the current technological environment
• To complete ad-hoc IT related projects, as required by relevant senior stakeholders

Required Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Authentic and demonstrable passion for Financial Markets
• Excellent relationship management skills
• Excellent coordination and organisational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent teamworking skills
• Good theoretical grasp of the risk/regulatory landscape in the context of Financial Markets
• Strong analytical skills
• Evident drive to succeed, who can also prioritise workload during busier periods

Desired

• Excellent academic record including Minimum 2.1 University Degree

Benefits

• Competitive salary plus discretionary annual bonus & annual pay review
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and additional well-being day
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday per year
• Pension scheme up to 10% employer contribution
• Sharesave scheme
• Income Protection & Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
• Private health care via BUPA
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Variety of travel to work schemes

At Close Brothers we look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and are open to discuss flexible work options to help you balance your work and home life.

We appreciate that from time to time, recruitment agencies will have speculative CVs that they may wish to submit to our Talent Acquisition team in relation to a specific role.

To avoid any ambiguity around fees, please note that speculative CVs received by Close Brothers, that have not been authorised in advance, by us, will be ineligible for an agency fee. Thank you.

Winterflood Securities is a leading market maker committed to providing liquidity and flexible execution services to retail brokers, asset managers and institutional investors.

Winterflood’s strengths are a combination of traditional trading values and the performance of our own cutting edge technology. Our experienced team of traders helps clients achieve high quality execution in over 15,000 tradable instruments including UK, European and North American Equities together with Investment Trusts, Exchange Traded Products, Fixed Income, Structured Products and Funds. Founded in 1988, Winterflood has gone from being a niche market maker in the UK Small Cap market, to a mature, diverse and major liquidity provider across multiple asset classes in the UK and European markets.

Winterflood is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Winterflood Securities is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Close Brothers Group plc, a specialist financial services group which makes loans, takes deposits, trades securities and provides advice and investment management solutions to a wide range of clients. Close Brothers Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 250.