Head of Risk Management Global Capital Markets

Location: This role can be performed in either London, UK or Utrecht, Netherlands - for the successful candidate, local contractual tems, compensation & benefits will apply.
Department: Risk Management Financial Markets

Rabobank is seeking an exceptional and highly experienced Head of Risk Management Global Capital Markets, to provide independent, oversight of underwriting activity across both loan and bond markets, including bridge financings.

In this role, you will apply deep expertise and seasoned judgement to the evaluation of transaction structures, evolving market dynamics, and execution risks. As Chair of the Underwriting Committee, you will play a critical role in shaping balanced, transparent, and well-governed decisions.

You will be accountable for ensuring adherence to the Bank's defined risk appetite and governance standards, enabling outcomes that are both disciplined and commercially astute.

Success in this position will be underpinned by proactive engagement and a strong, trusted partnership with senior Capital Markets leadership, supporting the effective origination and execution of strategically significant transactions.

The Head of Risk Management Global Capital Markets, serves on the management team of Risk Management Financial Markets—a global function operating across six regions of Rabobank’s network. The department safeguards earnings stability through independent risk assessment, limits oversight, and strategic advisory. Its primary focus is client trading activities within Markets, alongside regional risk management support for Rabobank’s Treasury operations.

As Head of Risk Management Global Capital Markets, you will have responsibility for:

• Providing independent reviews of loan and bond underwriting proposals, including bridge and event-driven financings and formulating clear, well-reasoned risk opinions

• Chairing the Underwriting Committees, leading discussions and driving robust risk challenge to ensure high-quality decision-making through balanced perspectives and fact-based debates

• Independently following and assessing market developments and forming your own judgement on market trends that might impact the taking of various related risks. Where relevant reporting on them to senior management and the Risk Committees

• Being the centre of expertise for the Capital Markets underwriting activities and related risks, thereby closely cooperating with the Regional Heads of Risk Management Financial Markets, the other members of the management team of Risk Management Financial Markets and the wider Risk Management department

• Driving the development, approval and application of the risk appetite, risk reporting and risk governance framework

• Providing expert advice on amendments to policies, procedures and methodologies.

• Demonstrable experience in capital markets, gained within a first-line or risk management capacity

• Strong analytical capability, with the ability to distil complexity and form well-founded judgments

• Proven leadership skills, with a track record of operating effectively within a matrixed environment

• A structured and pragmatic approach to problem-solving, coupled with sound commercial insight

• Highly refined collaboration skills, building trusted partnerships across senior stakeholder groups

• The confidence and clarity to make balanced, well-reasoned decisions in a dynamic environment.

We provide a collaborative and supportive environment where our employees can thrive. You will operate with a high degree of professional autonomy, empowered to shape risk perspectives and influence strategic outcomes.

We work flexibly at Rabobank, combining the benefits of working at the office and working from home, allowing the best of both worlds to come together.

As well as helping our clients to grow their businesses, we are fully committed to growing our people to make them the best that they can be. We embrace differences and strive to create a truly inclusive work culture, based on trust and respect for all.  A place where everyone can be themselves and bring their whole selves to work along with their unique experiences, background, and expertise. We strive to empower our people to focus on their wellbeing, by providing a range of resources that will enable them to flourish both in and outside of the workplace. Our ambition is to maintain sustainable, meaningful, and collaborative working environments so that our people understand how they contribute to our vision and overall mission, they can be healthy at work and bring the best version of themselves to our vibrant UK Branch community. 

We are an equal opportunities recruiter.  Should you require any additional support at any stage of the recruitment process due to a disability or health condition, or if you require any support or assistance due any individual characteristics you may have, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the Talent Acquisition Team who will work with you to consider any adjustments, or support, which we can reasonably make or provide.

As part of our Disability Confident commitment, we operate a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Deadline for application: 10 June 2026. (due to high volume of applications this advert may close prior to the posted close date). Applications via LinkedIn message or email will not be reviewed, please apply via the link.

Should you require any more information, or you would like to opt into the scheme please contact the Talent Acquisition Team on [email protected].

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