Icm In-business Quality Assurance Financial jobs at Citi Group in United Kingdom, London

This role will be based out of the London, UK office.

Strategy and Process

• Drive execution of key strategic initiatives for CCB Globally and across Banking to ensure delivery with high quality, accuracy and timeliness. This will include a combination of leading or supporting projects or initiatives, depending on their nature
• Own the strategic, administrative, operational, and process enhancements on key CCB / Banking processes in partnership with internal other teams e.g. Cluster BE, Coverage, Loans, Resources, Strategy, Risk, Finance, etc.
• Support the Global BE team to articulate strategic priorities, support governance programs & track performance against strategic priorities
• Ensure headcount is accurate, real estate is inventoried and planned, and onboarding and termination of resources are managed effectively
• Manage and coordinate teams of cross-functional stakeholders. Provide strategic direction and accountability across disparate teams to create excellent outcomes
• Independently lead project management of global key enabler workstreams (e.g. internal partnerships, target market framing, product gap analysis, data remediation, etc).

Business Reviews

• Analyze detailed performance metrics to understand business drivers, opportunities & threats. Monitor ongoing performance
• Leverage global data sources to prepare adhoc analysis on key strategic / operational and deliver actionable insights
• Lead/support the development of and production of materials for management presentations, town halls, etc.
• Share best practices within CCB BE broadly and across Banking.

Risk & Controls

• 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:

• Substantial experience in financial services.
• Prior commercial banking experience preferred.
• Connects the dots, is proactive and takes ownership.
• Experience working in global and complex settings with multiple stakeholders.
• Proven ability to work in a team of diverse skill sets and cultures.
• Proven ability to work in high-pressure, time-sensitive environments.
• Knowledge of tech-enabled reporting tools.
• Ability to quickly grasp and master new concepts, functional and technical knowledge.
• Excellent communication skills, influence others to achieve business objectives.
• Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience.

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The Business Risk Senior 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. Strong 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:

• Ensure accurate and timely delivery of key changes to the business by leading Global Change Management (GCM) process
• Creating and managing end to end calendar with critical steps, dependencies and dates
• Hosting kick-off calls with change owner to gather stakeholders, begin impact assessment and identify leads from each functional group to be part of the project
• Help change owners craft clear messages that address all stakeholder questions (including Legal & Compliance)
• Build and develop partnerships with potential initiators/ change owners, channel leads and stakeholders by:
• Provide ongoing 1:1 consultative training to change owners on both process and tools during the course of their GCM, as well as provide general training to raise awareness of GCM process
• Facilitate and lead cross-functional meetings
• Assist in awareness campaigns and communications of Global Change Management objectives, process
• Develop analytics and reporting to track effectiveness of process and identify potential process improvements
• Contribute to developing enhancements of Work Flow Management tool
• Provide thought leadership in continually reviewing process and identifying improvements
• 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:

• Project Management experience in financial services, control compliance or legal disciplines
• Experience with work-flow systems
• Excellent project management and organizational skills.
• Outstanding relationship building and relationship management skills
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office with an emphasis on MS Excel
• Self-motivated and detail oriented

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience

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The Role

Citi has embarked on a multi-year Finance Transformation Strategic Ledger initiative to implement a new Oracle cloud enabled Global Financial Accounting and General Ledger platform that provides a daily ledger in every legal entity, linking ledger balances and contract level reconciliations to our daily settlement records and contractual commitments.

A Financial Solutions Lead Analyst is required on the program. The consultant will be responsible for providing SME input to the Oracle General Ledger solution during all phases of the program implementation. The consultant will have a good understanding of ERP suite of applications gained from previous implementations of Oracle ERP Cloud, (General Leger and/or Accounting Hub), EBS, or similar enterprise grade resource planning solutions e.g., SAP Business Suite or S/4 HANA.

What you will be doing

• Contributes to the design, roll-out and governance of financial solutions
• Participates in formulating and setting strategic direction for the process, organization and architecture covering Finance across Citi businesses, products, functions and locations
• Product knowledge and best practice guidance on adoption of Oracle’s General Ledger platform
• Support functional lead in requirements gathering, fit gap analysis and solution design activities
• Prepare high quality business requirements and provide input and guidance on functional design documents
• Engage with technology teams on development of Citi solutions not met by Oracle out of the box capability
• Provide input to test preparation activities, training material development and process documentation as required
• Work closely with Finance and program cross functional teams to support testing and business readiness activities

By joining Citi London, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace, but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays; increasing with tenure
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private medical insurance packages to suit your personal circumstances
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

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Job Description

The candidate will hold a critical role within the Structured Products Financing and Securitization EMEA Institutional Credit Management (ICM) Underwriting group administering a multi-billion dollar portfolio of asset securitization transactions financed primarily through the asset-backed commercial paper market. The candidate will gain experience across multiple products within the portfolio, which consists of various securitized asset classes (including auto, credit card, unsecured consumer loans, middle market and mortgage loans). The candidate will:

• Prepare credit approval (transaction and/or annual review) and quarterly memos for initial transactions; assist in facility renewals, due diligence and required processes for new deals
• Monitor the ongoing compliance of assigned deals with the documented financing terms and conditions, portfolio performance and financial triggers and make appropriate recommendations with the aim of identifying and mitigating credit risks. Assist with classification and risk rating processes, decisions and monitoring
• Review servicer reports for accuracy, investigate unusual data trends, identify deteriorating asset performance, and keep abreast of industry and market trends and customer-specific events
• Assist with special projects including stress testing, portfolio concentration analysis, internal audit/FCR, Risk Rating processes, Credit Policies and Credit Programs across product groups
• Play a supportive role in transaction restructuring, amendment, consent and waiver request with recommendation to Origination, Senior Credit Officer, and Independent Risk via Approval Memorandum
• Assist in analysis and reporting of Basel parameters
• Maintain organized credit files for credit, regulatory, and compliance purposes. Perform quality control of the approval memos to ensure accuracy and completeness of input

Qualification and Experience

The candidate should have:

• 5+ years of credit, portfolio management or product experience (preferably in structured finance/securitization) in a financial institution, rating agency, financial guarantor, or asset management firm
• A strong interest in structured products and credit analysis
• Knowledge of loan (syndicated / bilateral) product and business, including an understanding of legal loan documentation, loan / funding mechanics, deal structure, funds flows, etc.
• Credit risk and underwriting experience
• On track for Senior Credit Officer designation is a plus
• Strong Microsoft Office skills. Modeling experience is a plus
• Developed analytical and decision-making capabilities including the ability to identify, escalate, and propose and execute solutions to complex problems
• Strong attention to detail – the team will have responsibility for due diligence and documentation of transactions to ensure that all risk and business points are covered
• Oral and written communications skills enabling the candidate to effectively interact with internal and external constituents of all levels
• The ability to work independently to meet deadlines and initiate ideas with other members of the team, Front Office and Independent Risk to mitigate risk and maximize portfolio returns

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Key Responsibilities:

• Manage, deliver, and supervise assigned QA portfolio to ensure on-time and quality execution of QA reviews in conformance with QA procedure. Review and ensure quality and concise QA workpapers and traceability matrix documentation. Ensure QA workflow tool is updated with accurate and complete information.
• Design and lead QA reviews/assessments to provide independent assurance/check and challenge on the design and operating effectiveness and sustainability of the remedial actions (controls / one-time remediations) implemented to address high severity issues/Transformation regulatory comments at a global or regional level.
• Support high severity issue and Transformation regulatory commitment owners towards effective and on-time remediation.
• When new issues are identified, support issue owner in defining the corrective action plans to ensure they collectively suffice to address the issue intent and underlying root cause.
• Monitor progress of the remediation of issues within QA scope and support issue owner during issue validation period towards successful closure of the issue.
• Support Data QA Director (QAD) in fostering a strong partnership across T&BE, Data, Global Business Risk and Controls, 2nd, and 3rd line functions to drive accountability and ownership to deliver on remediation activities.
• Support QA management to escalate concerns timely, consistently and at the right levels by contributing to senior management reporting. Escalate early any concerns/observations to Data QAD and senior management in a timely manner and proactively assist senior stakeholders to identify solutions.
• Contribute to continued improvement in QA strategy, procedure, and coverage through the delivery of QA products. Support and lead improvement initiatives to improve the quality and efficiency of the function.
• Support Data QAD to effectively plan and manage allocated resources and budgeted hours for the portfolio. Act as a mentor/coach to respective team members and provide training to QA team members as required.
• Draft weekly status reporting in QA workflow tool and QA Clearance/Non-objection memo for Data QAD to review and approve in a timely manner.
• Assist Data QAD on day-to-day basis with ad-hoc projects, and review of QA internal and external deliverables.
• This is a global role involving interaction with stakeholders across APAC, EMEA and NAM. Work timings accordingly will remain flexible.

Qualifications:

• Strong experience in risk and control/ audit supervision, quality assurance / control and monitoring processes.
• In-depth subject matter expertise of Data and technology processes and risks.
• Experience in data remediation activities.
• Ability to demonstrate critical thinking and lean towards solutioning.
• Meaningful knowledge of the risk management framework, including risk identification, risk appetite and strategy, risk-related decisions, processes and controls, risk analytics and governance.
• Experience working horizontally across an organization and participating in enterprise-wide implementations of major policy and relevant risk programs.
• Broad understanding of relevant banking regulation and supervisory expectations for large complex financial institutions.
• Well-developed listening skills and a strong ability to engage at the executive management level by providing proactive support and advice on a variety of risk matters.
• Superior oral and written communication skills, and in particular ability to assess and contribute to the content of key risk and control reporting and provide clear, timely and concise status updates to senior management.
• Strong ability to engage at the senior management level and demonstrated communication experience at different levels of organization.

Education:

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

What we’ll provide you:

By joining Citi London, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

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The Chief Auditor is a senior level leadership position that is responsible for leading our Financial Regulatory Reporting program. This is Internal Audit’s work program related to provision of an integrated testing plan over key U.S. regulatory reports including the FFIEC 031 Call Report and the FR Y-9C.

• Timely execution, risk assessment and periodic refresh of the Internal Audit’s plan and approach for recurring risk-based coverage.
• Coordination and ownership of Audit’s relationship with key stakeholders in the Controllers, Data and Tech organizations, including messaging of areas of strength and of needed improvement.
• Ongoing coordination of a cross-functional audit team monitoring the progress of various change activities.
• Engagement with senior stakeholders upon receipt of supervisory letters / other regulatory communications, ensuring adequacy of responses and commitments provided to regulators and appropriateness of action plans to address the substance of the issue raised.
• Design and delivery of audit coverage in line with our overall objectives.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the successful execution of the audit plan through a team of approximately 60 FTE. Full senior leadership responsibility for attracting and retaining talent.
• Represent the IA brand within Citi and the marketplace, and ensure that the product, function, or region manages current and future risks.
• Develop and execute strategic business plans, within all applicable regulatory and legal requirements.
• Escalate significant issues and corrective actions and coordinate the assessment and mitigation of emerging risks and issues with leaders.
• Develop approaches to promote knowledge sharing and management best practices across IA, Citibank, and Citigroup.
• Direct comprehensive audit activities, and a significant portion of the audit annual plan, in accordance with standards, policies and regulations.
• Ensure delivery of regulatory and internal audit issue validation, and that IA meets/exceeds regulator’s requirements and expectations.
• Ensure appropriate portions of Citigroup and Citibank Audit Committee Charters and the IA Charter for applicable legal entities are adopted.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating 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

• 15+ years of experience in a related role.
• Demonstrated leadership excellence including hiring, retention and development.
• Related certifications (CPA, ACA, CFA, CIA, CISA or similar) preferred.
• Comprehensive understanding of multiple disciplines (Audit, Risk, Compliance).
• Familiarity with controls-based and substantive testing, including associated sampling techniques.
• Demonstrated success in business, functional and people management.
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication.
• Demonstrated ability to remain unbiased in a diverse working environment.
• Effective negotiation skills.

Bachelor’s degree/University degree with finance or accounting concentration preferred. Master’s degree preferred.

FCA and PRACertification Regime.

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By Joining Citi, you will become part of a global organisation whose mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress.

What you’ll do:

• Provide support to TTS Head of Financial Crimes Risk for Europe, UK, and MEA and lead various initiatives, for example related to Sanctions Screening, KYC, AML monitoring Anti-bribery and Corruption.

• Support Product teams to identify and assess Financial Crimes risk for new and enhanced products and innovative solutions.

• Build strong working relationships with 1st and 2nd line colleagues to ensure early engagement on new business initiatives to ensure timely support of commercial priorities and full adherence to global and regional risk management policies and procedures.

• Conduct reviews of Sanctions and AML processes and procedures across all product lines to ensure policy requirements are met, being fit for purpose and have been implemented consistently, with appropriate supporting documentation.

• Assess regulatory and business impact of proposed changes to Financial Crimes Riskpolicies/procedures/guidelinesand work collaboratively with 2nd Line to ensure the business operates in line with regulatory requirements.

• Participate in various product related governance forums and be able to source information important for further assessment and management escalation.

• Support the TTS business in Financial Crimes related internal or external reviews, including managing exam preparation and deliverables.

• Produce and deliver communication plans to ensure timely and consistent awareness of changes in the Financial Crimes Riskpolicies/requirementsby TTS Product and country teams.

• Coordinate and deliver targeted Financial Crimes Risk related training when necessary.

What we’ll need from you:

• Experience in financial services, preferably in products, operations, and/or AML/sanctions investigations.

• Knowledge of the key Financial Crime regulations, risks, and typologies.

• Demonstrated ability and confidence to challenge business management and escalate issues.

• Experience in supporting the implementation of AML or sanctions programs.

• An understanding of the region and specific experience of Sanctions/ Sanctions operations is an advantage

• Commercially minded, with good organizational and planning skills.

• Excellent verbal & written communication skills: ability to communicate clearly and concisely in all aspects of the job and with multiple audiences in mind.

• Ability to effectively manage competing priorities.

• Comfortable navigating complex, highly matrixed organizations.

• Excellent influencing and negotiation skills.

• Strong interpersonal skills. Ability to build effective relationships with key stakeholders.

• Bachelors/University degree or equivalent experience.

By joining Citi London, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays; increasing with tenure

• A discretional annual performance related bonus

• Private medical insurance packages to suit your personal circumstances

• Employee Assistance Program

• Pension Plan

• Paid Parental Leave

• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends

• Access to an array of learning and development resources

Time Type: