Business Risk Control Officer /technology jobs at Citi Group in Costa Rica

Responsibilities:

• Supports the management and control data flows to and within Finance applications to ensure integrity and completeness of data, including by preparing and recording financial transactions for legal vehicle and regulatory reporting purposes, updating the general ledger, recording financial transactions, and preparing of consolidated financial statements, in accordance with management reporting requirements, for legal vehicle & regulatory purposes. Also, includes specialized accounting, such as equity compensation, securitization, payroll and investment accounting.
• Provides advises on directional strategy by analyzing subject matter and its application in own job and the business.
• Acts as a technical expert who acts as an advisor on significant business/product decisions.
• Take responsibility for the accurate reporting of accounting reconciliations on Citi reporting tools.
• Review and examine key controls for accounting process across multiple process being handled.
• Focuses on the implementation of policies and procedures.
• Partner with key stakeholders including legal entity managers, e.g., Country, Balance Sheet control group (BSCG), Global process lead (GPL) & Global process owner (GPO) across multiple locations communicating progress on assigned process completion.
• Identify and appropriately highlight / escalate potential issues relating to account with stakeholders such as Regional Balance Sheet control group / Country controllers / Global process lead (GPL) and Global process owner (GPO) and work with them for resolution.
• Applies in-depth understanding of concepts and procedures within own area and advanced knowledge of other areas to resolve issues that have impact beyond own area.
• Demonstrates an advanced understanding of how multiple process collectively integrate to contribute to achieving business goals.
• Directly impacts the leadership in multiple process through responsibility for delivery of end results leading to business solutions.
• Ensures essential procedures are followed and contributes to defining standards.
• Provides assurance and partners with audit team to monitor controls and accuracy of accounting.
• Persuades and influences others through strong communication and diplomacy skills.
• Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision.
• Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy.
• Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and /or other team members.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:

• 6-10 years of experience in financial reporting with a strong accounting background

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree, Master’s degree preferred

The TTS NAM Controller Lead Analyst support project oversight and finance deliverables that require escalation and prioritization. It provides a tremendous opportunity to learn all aspects of the businesses and work directly with key stakeholders on highly visible responsibilities

Anticipated Posting Close Date:

• Identify, vet and address potential risks or escalated issues with the assistance of functional partners and key stakeholders
• Utilize information from regulatory changes, new regulations, and internal policy changes to further identify new key risk areas
• Analyze comparative data, prepare and present reports related to AML risk assessments, and monitor AML related issues and escalations
• Develop approaches/action plans to compliance and control issues by weighing various alternatives and balancing potentially conflicting situations
• Create and develop AML Compliance Risk Management (ACRM) standards and policies
• Advise and recommend a plan of action for management based on analysis of risk information
• Assist in coaching and training new recruits
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

• 5-8 years of experience in Finance, Economics, Law, Business Admin OR a related field.
• Anti-Money Laundering (AML) certification preferred
• Knowledge of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) requirements applicable to banks
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication in English
• Proven experience with transaction monitoring and Compliance Testing.

• Bachelor’s Degree/University degree or equivalent experience

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Responsibilities:

• Help contribute to governance and the facilitation of the execution of the Manager Control Assessment (MCA, i.e. Risk & Control Self-Assessment) as required by the MCA Standard including the assessment and appropriate approval of risk associated with business changes.
• Support teams in the quality, completeness, and accuracy of the implementation of the Control Framework, including Risk Control Policy, Control Standard, Issue Management Policy, Lesson Learned Policy and Control Inventory.
• Assist in performing a detailed analysis on the identification of issue root cause, partnering with control and process owners to recommendations holistic corrective actions and improvements, provide check and challenge to ensure appropriate escalation in according with Issue Management and Escalation Policies.
• Help contribute to the Lessons Learned Policy, including monitoring of control breaches and dissemination and learnings across other business units for process improvement to limit the occurrence of similar future events and where similar risk exposure might exist.
• Support the review and challenge process, within the FLUs, on the effective design and management of controls to mitigate risks as required by the Control Standards, including implementation and operation, conducting the control monitoring, handling deficiencies, and escalating issues for resolution.
• Help contribute to the timeliness, accuracy and completeness of the MCA through controls prior to the execution of a process (QC).
• Assist in the monitoring of the adherence to the MCA Standard through controls after the execution of a process (QA).
• Support in dealing with Operational and Compliance Risk in accordance with established Policy requirements.
• Assist in performing a detailed analysis to identify, assess, escalate, and manage risk exposures across Risk Categories (Operational Compliance, Strategic, Reputational, etc), including material, emerging and concentration risks in accordance with enterprise Policies and the establishment of Key Indicators to monitor risk exposures.
• Assist in supporting Risk Appetite and monitor / assess exposures against this in accordance with enterprise requirements (if applicable).
• Be part of the process to identify, assess, record and response to Operational and Compliance Risk events, ensuring these are captured accurately, timely and in accordance with requirements.
• Help ensure that adequate governance and training are in place to support management of Risk profiles.
• Contribute to the risks associated with New Activities and changes to the Business, ensuring these are well understood and adequately controlled (if applicable).
• Support operational risk scenario analysis and stress testing for Operational Risk Capital requirements.
• Support with risk and control assessments or coordination for programs within various risk stripes and ensure sufficient subject matter expertise exists to enable management of these risks within the Business (e.g. third party, fraud, sanctions etc) (if applicable).
• Coordinate risk and control responsibilities and ensure accountabilities are embedded within FLUs, including providing training and leading by example.
• Support with standards and procedures that conform to enterprise requirements and support sound operational and compliance risk management.
• Apply knowledge of the business, products or services to identify and implement control points and processes throughout the business.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behaviour, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:

• 6-10 years of experience.
• MS Excel, MS Access, SAS, SQL, Visual Basic a plus. 5+ years’ experience in financial services.
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills
• Effective organizational influencing skills required.
• Third party vendor management preferred. Demonstrated ability to lead global team efforts
• Excellent problem-solving skills Ability to comprehend the big pictures with high attention to critical details
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement strategy and process improvement initiatives.

Education:

• Bachelor's/University degree, Master's degree preferred.

Qualifications:

• 6-10 years of experience related to areas like Risk & Control, Audit
• Advanced English level
• MS Excel, MS Access, SAS, SQL, Visual Basic a plus. 5+ years’ experience in financial services.
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills
• Effective organizational influencing skills required.
• Third party vendor management preferred. Demonstrated ability to lead global team efforts
• Excellent problem-solving skills Ability to comprehend the big pictures with high attention to critical details
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement strategy and process improvement initiatives.

Education:

• Bachelor's/University degree finished
• Master's degree preferred

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The Business Analytics Sr Analyst is a seasoned professional role. Applies in-depth disciplinary knowledge, contributing to the development of new techniques and the improvement of processes and work-flow for the area or function. Integrates subject matter and industry expertise within a defined area. Requires in-depth understanding of how areas collectively integrate within the sub-function as well as coordinate and contribute to the objectives of the function and overall business. Evaluates moderately complex and variable issues with substantial potential impact, where development of an approach/taking of an action involves weighing various alternatives and balancing potentially conflicting situations using multiple sources of information. Requires good analytical skills in order to filter, prioritize and validate potentially complex and dynamic material from multiple sources. Excellent communication and diplomacy skills are required. Regularly assumes informal/formal leadership role within teams. Involved in coaching and training of new recruits. Significant impact in terms of project size, geography, etc. by influencing decisions through advice, counsel and/or facilitating services to others in area of specialization. Work and performance of all teams in the area are directly affected by the performance of the individual.Responsibilities:

• Gathers operational data from various cross functional stakeholders to examine past business performance
• Identifies data patterns & trends, and provides insights to enhance business decision making capability in business planning, process improvement, solution assessment etc.
• Recommends actions for future developments & strategic business opportunities, as well as enhancements to operational policies
• May be involved in exploratory data analysis, confirmatory data analysis and/or qualitative analysis
• Translate data into consumer or customer behavioral insights to drive targeting and segmentation strategies, and communicate clearly and effectively to business partners and senior leaders all findings
• Continuously improve processes and strategies by exploring and evaluating new data sources, tools, and capabilities
• Work closely with internal and external business partners in building, implementing, tracking and improving decision strategies
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:

• 5-8 years of experience
• This position requires excellent analytical and business strategy skills
• Effective communication skills
• Ability to present to business partners and/or leaders to gain approvals
• Project and process management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Experience with a prior focus in financial services analytics
• Solid organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects at one time
• Self-starter who also has a demonstrated ability to work successfully in team environment and drive

Education:

• Bachelors/University degree or equivalent experience

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

• English advanced
• Knowledge in SQL and Tableau

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The selected candidate should be able to:

• Form relationships quickly
• Perform as a highly organized process/project manager
• Possess strong verbal and written communication skills
• Indirectly influence and motivate teams

Key responsibilities include:

• Maintain the agenda/schedule of topics and action items for the Technology and Data BRCC in alignment with enterprise level standards for BRCCs, as well as adding/developing new topics based on direct input from Technology and Data leadership.
• Support execution of the meeting - including requests for, aggregation of, and pre-screen of materials (applicability/scope/call-to-action, quality control based on required templates), drafting of meeting minutes/summaries.
• Assist with engaging coordinators for Citi’s Group-level, cross functional Risk and Control Committee (Group BRCC) on a monthly basis to escalate risk and control topics/events from the Technology function for higher level discussion.
• Assist with engaging Risk and Control leads across the Technology organization, cascading outcomes to/from Technology and Data BRCC/GBRCC meetings and the corresponding agendas and action items.
• Create, send, and track acceptance of invitations for the BRCC meeting, including speakers, Committee Members, and Alternate Attendees.
• Maintain associated document repositories and respond to control testing, Audit, Regulatory and ad-hoc requests as required.
• Conduct Annual Assessment of Committee effectiveness.
• Assess opportunities for process redesign/simplification/refinement and implement enhancements.
• Support special Technology Governance projects being pursued by broader team.

Requirements include:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Project Management and/or Risk and Control, preferably in Financial Services for Technology.
• 3-5+ years’experience successfully managing processes/projects/programs, including experience applying a structured approach (methodology) to plan, manage, track, and report on execution.
• Experience working across multiple geographies, time zones, or organizations.
• Experience in the drafting of meeting minutes/summaries for senior level governance bodies or steering committees.
• Strong attention to detail. Capable of building a wide range of stakeholder/internal partner relationships, communicating in a timely and concise manner, organizing and prioritizing tasks, and applying critical thinking.
• Comfortable working through ambiguity and managing through influence.
• Ability to facilitate meetings with senior management, and coordinate with their teams and executive assistants as needed.
• Organizational performance/Risk and Control monitoring experience preferred.
• Prior Corporate, Technology, or Risk Governance experience a plus.
• Experience with Process simplification / standardization / redesign.
• Capable of working autonomously with minimal supervision.
• High level of proficiency in MS Office suite - PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Teams, SharePoint.

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Responsibilities:

• Serve as communications lead on strategy development and execution for internal business messaging
• Advance organization/people strategy goals including communications strategy, talent strategy, and employee engagement initiatives
• Assist leadership/Chief of Staff in promoting and executing communications program
• Drive productivity/ cost savings initiatives in partnership with the senior management team
• Participate in People Engagement Working Group and promote Voice of the Employee (VOE) communications
• Identify and develop business content for deployment, to enhance brand awareness with stakeholders and clients
• Advise, write and edit on company-wide communications
• Develop and maintain communication standards and procedures; serve as subject matter expert on communication tools and applications
• Develop monthly communications metrics to monitor and measure impact of the communication plan
• Participate in leadership meetings to assess scope of communications needs, educate leadership on strategy, and make recommendations for achieving desired impact
• Complete financial deliverables including monthly forecasts, the annual investment process, client reporting and ad hoc requests
• Leverage technology and tools to enable communications and generate excitement and interest in risk communications
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:

• 6-10 years of experience in a financial services role
• Communications or marketing experience preferred
• Demonstrated working knowledge of financial services industry
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

Responsibilities:

• Developing and Maintaining Reporting Needs:
  • Enhance reporting processes and implement new ones.
  • Identify and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs).
  • Support with monthly scorecards and summaries for senior leadership.
  • Centralize data quality reviews.
• Driving Process Improvement and Project Management:
  • Contribute to the development of capacity planning models.
  • Identify opportunities to centralize support for HRP&D business partners and Delivery Pillars.
  • Promote technology and process optimization.
  • Assist with the execution of key Risk and Control activities.
• Collaboration and Stakeholder Management:
  • Act as a liaison with central HRP&D teams to compile key performance measures.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) to stakeholders and team members.
  • Manage stakeholder relationships across different seniority levels
  • Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made and escalate where needed

Skills:

• Analytical and Detail-Oriented: High attention to detail while maintaining a focus on broader goals and objectives.
• Data-Driven Mindset: Ability to interpret and analyze data to draw meaningful conclusions.
• Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively.
• Technical Proficiency: Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel.

Qualifications:

• 6 - 10 years of experience in a financial or HR services role
• Advanced English level
• Demonstrated working knowledge of financial services industry
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree finished

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

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Who we look for

We are going through a very exciting phase of transformation in OTC derivatives, margin and collateral and payments and cash management domains in Markets Technology, and you will be required to participate in the whole spectrum of building a software solution, closely working with product teams and users. We expect you to contribute to our vision of building a strong engineering culture within our global teams.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering field involving software programming or systems engineering

• Minimum 6 years of hands-on professional software development experience

• Proficiency in programming in Java, Python, JavaScript or React

• Hands on experience of building RESTful APIs using popular frameworks like Spring

• Experience of following TDD and clean code principles

• Proficiency with data structures, algorithms and SQL

• Able to independently work in fast paced and rapidly changing environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience of working in investment bank or financial services industry

• Experience of using cloud services such as AWS and distributed systems such as Kafka, Kubernetes, S3, DynamoDB, MongoDB or any other NoSQL database

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