Treasury & Trade Solutions Controls Regulatory jobs at Citi Group in United Kingdom, London

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.

The role includes overseeing the obligations of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR), which set standards of professional conduct for all individuals working in UK financial services, designed to enhance accountability and improve conduct within financial services firms and ensure that certain individuals in financial firms are competent and fit for their roles.

• A key role within the UK Cluster, this reports directly to the UK Cluster Head (MD) at Director level and will be part of the UK Cluster leadership team, with a mandate to manage the UK Controls teams, support the local business risk agenda, and drive execution to meet local governance and regulatory requirements and changes.
• The UK Cluster Director leads the identification of opportunities to enhance our regulatory and controls environment for key risks relevant to the cluster and provides subject matter expertise and support across the cluster to the business, as required.
• The role also has a matrix into the Global Head of Services C&RM Head and will be part of the Global C&RM leadership team and will work closely with key stakeholders and partners across Citi.
• Expertise in risk management, along with deep knowledge of UK regulation and financial products, the Certification Regime and the Conduct Rules is a must.

What you’ll do:

• Lead a team of UK-based based Controls professionals, including those dedicated to the SMCR, Governance and Conduct agendas, as well as related Risk and Regulation training.
• Act as key point of contact across the UK Franchise and support initiatives and agendas arising in the UK.
• Responsibility to monitor compliance with and any associated or secondary regulation across the UK.
• Identify enhancements to documentation, controls and / or processes in place to comply with local governance and risk requirements and associated regulation.
• Lead escalation for UK Cluster senior management in Citi in line with firmwide guidelines.
• Act as a key resource for UK Cluster to advise and support on the effective design and implementation of key controls and processes across relevant risk stripes.
• Co-ordinate and manage compliance monitoring routines or internal audits related to the cluster.
• Serve as a key contributor to relevant Franchise and Services forums.

What we’ll need from you:

Knowledge/ Experience:

• Significant expertise of Operational Risk Management and other regulatory related functions within Financial Services sector.
• Deep understanding of Operational Risk and related frameworks as they relate to the banking sector is required, as is a working knowledge of the UK Regulatory environment/regime which comprises the Senior Managers Regime, the Certification Regime and the Conduct Rules
• Proven record in monitoring compliance to regulation including controls and process mapping within the MCA construct.
• Excellent business acumen, and ability to quickly understand multiple areas within a function and across functions, and how they interact in order to achieve the objective of the processes.
• Education: Bachelor’s Degree is required.

Competencies:

• Ability to work effectively and drive results.
• Ability to interact and communicate effectively with Senior leaders, Cluster and Product managers and wider partner areas.
• Proven ability to direct and manage high performing teams.
• Strong track record of effectively assessing and managing competing priorities to deliver high quality and timely work.
• Comfortable navigating complex, highly matrixed organizations.
• Excellent written, verbal, and analytical skills.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills and be an advanced user of MS PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint, and Project.
• Planning and scheduling skills sufficient to be effective in prioritizing and meeting deadlines.
• Horizon scanning skills and the ability to adapt to new regulation in the pipeline and drive change in processes.

What we can offer you:

• The chance to be part of a flexible team that values its people, encourages ownership of work, wants to hear your ideas, values diversity and where you can feel confident that you can bring your whole self to work.
• The role is Cluster in nature and will entail developing relationships and working with senior stakeholders across multiple countries, products, and control functions in UK, Europe, MEA as well as Globally
• The opportunity to monitor Citi’s compliance with regulatory requirements across multiple financial products and countries in the UK.

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

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The AVP will report directly to a senior leader within the Internal Consulting organisation but also to engagement manager(s) who lead the day-to-day of ongoing projects via a matrix management structure.

Some of the key responsibilities in the role:

• Drive the analysis of complex sets of data and business processes with limited guidance.
• Independently think through and analyse solutions to problems and develop initial hypotheses, frameworks, and methodologies.
• Support all phases of projects and drive project execution and delivery.
• Own the initial preparation of communications for project sponsors and senior stakeholders regarding hypotheses, analyses, and project outcomes.
• Support creation of project communications to drive engagement of key stakeholders and adoption of recommendations and solutions.
• Work with colleagues to continuously develop re-usable intellectual capital and contribute relevant content to the team’s knowledgebase.
• Show initiative in performing research and obtaining data.

Development Value:

• This is a great opportunity to be part of newly formed and growing team where you will have exposure to some of the most critical elements of the Transformation across Citi - our projects span the enterprise and you will gain experience and insight across multiple businesses. This opportunity allows you to be part of the change and strive to making Citi a simpler and stronger organisation.

What knowledge, skills and experience we’ll need from you:

• Proven AVP level experience in a major management consulting firm, or equivalent experience in a large Financial Services company.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills.
• Demonstrated experience creating, owning, and developing PowerPoint presentations and similar forms of communication.
• Advanced skills in MS Excel.
• Experience analysing processes.
• Bachelor’s/University degree.

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 Programme Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.

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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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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:

As an Emerging Commerce Solutions Catalyst, your core job is to engage with transaction banking clients and internal stakeholders to identify mutually achievable outcomes, growth opportunities and generate a point-of-view. You then take the outcome of this initial discovery work all the way to execution either via new solution build or aligning existing solutions with client needs.

You will work with clients (global) across a variety of industries and products. You bring a consultant mindset, are curious by nature and have an entrepreneurial viewpoint. You are a strategic professional who stays abreast of advances in your field and apply these to your job. You are commercially focused and able to translate ideas into commercially relevant propositions.

• Calls on business leaders to form and deepen relationships and proactively organises, responds to, uncovers future-centric cross-functional collaboration opportunities within Citi Services.
• Works with subject matter experts to structure innovative and customised programs that meet internal or client needs.
• Identifies cross-functional innovation opportunities to break organisational siloes and maximise ROI on technology investment.
• Keeps up with the market trends in the range of topics from AI, ESG, Smart Payments, Commerce etc..
• Drives Citi innovation brand internally and externally, helps embed innovation mindset within each product’s strategy.
• Leads outreach and communication strategy and efforts internally and externally to educate and inform stakeholders on on-going/future programs.
• Helps execute strategic initiatives launched by cross-functional innovation teams.
• Networks with fintech partners to identify avenues for new business opportunities and partnerships.

What we’ll need from you:

We are looking for a driven, self-starter to lead strategic initiatives, drive business objectives and manage key stakeholder engagement. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast, un-structured environment, demonstrates leadership through maturity, analytical thinking and a track record of delivery of results. The role offers a breadth of exposure across transaction banking (products and clients), high visibility with senior leadership and an opportunity to make a tangible impact.

• Financial industry experience preferred.
• Ability to identify problem areas and drive constructive solutions.
• Passion for navigating ambiguity (in a systematic way).
• Ability to navigate/influence diverse stakeholders with varying agendas.
• Self-starter/motivated.
• Advanced Communication skills.
• Enjoy Global teamwork.
• Negotiation skills with external parties.

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

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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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The Department

Software Engineers are critical to building the products and services we need to deliver on our Codified Controls vision. Joining us a Senior Software Engineer you will have the opportunity to build a high-profile product, work closely with a talented group of peers and have the room to build and improve your own skillset. We believe that our Engineers should be a part of all steps of our product from idea to execution and you will be a key part along every step of that journey. You will also work with Generative AI technologies, such as GPT-4 or Gemini, embedding their capabilities through prompt engineering in our systems.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and test software applications
• Work closely with other team members to ensure that the software is developed and delivered on time and within budget
• Set the standards for what good looks like; High quality software and great user experiences
• Stay up to date on the latest software development trends and technologies
• Ensure our software platforms are compliant with Citi's security and Software Development Life Cycle processes
• Work with a wide variety of teams across the organisation and help drive them towards an everything-as-code and a codified controls mind-set
• Support and drive cultural change, instigating critical thinking about controls and processes and encouraging a culture of continuous improvement

Characteristics:

• Able to identify and solve problems effectively
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• A strong product mindset, putting the user requirements at the forefront of decision making
• Connected to latest technologies such as Generative AI, and keen to put them in practice
• Pragmatic, and a creative approach to managing risk
• A growth mindset and willingness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment
• Shows enthusiasm and develops trust through empathy
• An advocate of inclusion and diversity in every way
• Connected to latest technologies and keen to put them in practice
• A self-starter with the ability to work effectively in teams and remotely
  

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• Proven experience as a Full Stack Software Engineer in product teams
• Strong Experience delivering Go, Python and React code to production
• Experience working in an agile software development environment
• Proven experience with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, container-based micro-services, distributed logs, SQL and NoSQL databases, and DevSecOps

This role will report to the Engineering Lead.

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
  

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