About Us
Skybound Wealth Management is a global financial advisory company with employees across the UK, USA, Switzerland, Cyprus, Spain and UAE. We provide tailored financial advice to international clients, supported by expert teams across wealth planning, compliance and operations.
Skybound Wealth Management is building a dedicated internal global IT function to support a rapidly growing, multi-jurisdictional financial-services business.
We are looking for an experienced Senior IT Governance, Risk & Compliance Specialist to take ownership of the governance, risk and regulatory-control framework surrounding Skybound’s technology environment.
This is not a general corporate compliance role and it is not solely an audit or assurance position.
The successful candidate will sit within the IT function and work closely with Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Risk, Compliance, Data Protection and external technology providers to ensure Skybound’s technology environment is appropriately controlled, documented, evidenced and regulator-ready.
The role requires someone who can understand a technical environment, identify weaknesses, translate regulatory requirements into practical IT controls, establish repeatable governance processes and provide clear evidence to management, auditors and regulators.
The successful candidate must be comfortable operating between technical teams, business stakeholders, auditors and regulators.
Maintain a structured IT governance calendar covering reviews, certifications, testing, evidence collection and policy updates.
Regulatory Technology Compliance
Interpret technology-related regulatory requirements and translate them into practical controls, policies and evidence.
The role will support Skybound’s requirements across multiple regulated entities and jurisdictions, including areas such as:
Responsibilities will include:
The role will work closely with the company’s Compliance and Risk functions, but will own the technology governance and control implementation framework within IT.
Policies, SOPs & Control Documentation
Key documentation may include:
Audit & Regulatory Support
The objective is for Skybound to be able to explain and evidence its own technology environment without being completely dependent on external providers.
Identity & Access Governance
authentication
service accounts
The technical configuration may sit with Infrastructure or Cybersecurity, while governance, review and evidence sit with this role.
The Cybersecurity function will own the technical implementation and operation of security controls.
This role will own the governance surrounding those controls.
Areas of collaboration will include:
Cybersecurity may implement and manage Microsoft Defender.
Third-Party & Outsourcing Risk
This includes governance over outsourced technology services such as MSPs, cloud providers, cybersecurity vendors and other critical technology partners.
Business Continuity & Operational Resilience
Control Testing & Assurance
IT Reporting & Management Information
Produce clear reporting for the Head of IT and senior management covering:
The role should be capable of turning detailed technology and risk information into clear management-level reporting.
The successful candidate will be expected to lead or materially contribute to projects including:
We are looking for approximately 5–8 years of relevant experience in one or more of the following areas:
Experience in banking, financial services, payments, insurance, wealth management or another regulated environment is strongly preferred.
Candidates should have demonstrable experience in several of the following:
This is not an infrastructure engineering position, but the successful candidate must be technically credible.
You should understand the purpose and control implications of technologies such as:
You are not expected to configure all of these systems yourself.
You are expected to understand them well enough to:
Framework & Regulatory Knowledge
Experience with several of the following is preferred:
Candidates are not expected to know every framework.
More important is the ability to take a regulatory or framework requirement and convert it into a practical, sustainable technology control.
A degree in one of the following or a related discipline is preferred:
Relevant professional certifications are advantageous, including:
Certifications are desirable but practical experience is more important.
The successful candidate should demonstrate:
The strongest candidate will be able to take a requirement such as:
“Privileged access must be appropriately controlled.”
We are not looking for someone who simply maintains compliance spreadsheets or forwards audit questions to technical teams.
We are looking for someone who builds and maintains the governance framework around the technology environment.
Skybound is moving from an IT model heavily dependent on external providers toward an internally owned global technology function.
The future structure will include dedicated capability across:
Infrastructure will build and operate the technology. Cybersecurity will implement and operate technical security controls.
The IT Governance, Risk & Compliance function will ensure those controls are appropriately designed, documented, governed, tested and capable of standing up to management, audit and regulatory scrutiny.
This role will therefore be central to building Skybound’s future global IT operating model.
Skybound Wealth Management is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of background.
