Citi Group Services Financial Crimes Risk Lead Analyst - VP 

United States, Florida, Tampa 

429285854

Responsibilities:

• Understand business-owned products, services, as well as corresponding financial crimes-related controls, and processes (e.g., customer, relationship, and transactional screening).
• Provide financial crimes compliance/risk management subject matter expertise to the Services businesses to ensure the design and implementation of a coherent and effective control environment.
• Assess existing control framework, identify potential compliance gaps.
• Assist the team to drive execution ensuring compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations, as well as effectiveness of the control environment.
• Ensure adequate mapping of risk and processes and clear control ownership.
• Escalate, assist management and reporting of control issues.
• Conduct reviews of financial crimes processes and procedures to ensure that both controls and processes are in keeping with policy and business expectations.
• Assure that controls have been implemented consistently, with appropriate supporting documentation.
• Maintain current knowledge and understanding of product innovation, client needs and of changing regulatory requirements to continuously assess impact and changes needed to existing control environment.
• Serve as an escalation point for issues or emerging from Services Operations, and Technology.
• Maintain oversight through review of metrics, monitoring of activity, and tracking of corrective action plans.
• Assist in preparing regular updates to senior management and various governance committees on control issues and/or enhancements.
• Work with other Financial Crime Risk teams to ensure a consistent holistic approach to financial crimes risk management.
• Help identify opportunities for streamlining processes and implement efficiencies that will lead to enhanced client experience.
• Support the timely response to regulatory inquiries.

Qualifications & skills:

• Bachelor’s/University degree required; master’s degree desirable.
• 5 to 10 years’ experience in financial crime compliance or risk management.
• Financial Crime certification preferred (ACAMS, ACSS etc.).
• Strong professional experience in Financial Services, in AML/Sanctions Compliance or Business/Product Operations and/or Risk & Controls with focus on Financial Crimes Risks of Digital Assets.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Able to work independently and deliver according to strict timelines and quality standards.
• Good oral and written communications skills; must be articulate and persuasive with the judgement and authority to provide insightful commentary to senior stakeholders.
• Able to drive change to business practices by working effectively across a global organization.
• Self-starting with the ability to multitask and prioritize.
• Proven people and team management skills.
• Project management and change capabilities are essential.
• Capable of prioritizing and multi-tasking in a dynamic, fast paced environment.
• Demonstrated analytical skills with follow-up and problem-solving capability.
• Ability to analyses a process and recommend ways to improve quality, controls, and efficiency.

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