Citi Group In-Business Controls Lead - SVP 

United States, Texas, Houston 

540900444

Responsibilities:

• Work with Management on 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 the oversight and delivery large scale transformation programs within supported stakeholder functions, including MCA program components and enterprise-wide control enhancement initiatives.
• Accountable for the quality, completeness, and accuracy of the implementation of the Control Framework, including Risk Control Policy, Control Standard, Issue Management Policy, and Control Inventory.
• Ensure the identification of issue root cause, partnering with control and process owners to recommend holistic corrective actions and improvements, provide check and challenge to ensure appropriate escalation in according with Issue Management and Escalation Policies.
• Direct teams in the 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 management in the review and challenge process, within the First Line Units (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.
• With management, direct teams on the timeliness, accuracy and completeness of the MCA through controls prior to the execution of a process (QC).
• Assess, with management, the adherence to the MCA Standard through controls after the execution of a process (QA).
• Assist management in exercising control over Operational and Compliance Risk in accordance with established Policy requirements.
• Help management allocate resource 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.
• Assess, with management, Risk Appetite and monitor / assess exposures against this in accordance with enterprise requirements (if applicable).
• Take ownership to identify, assess, record and response to Operational and Compliance Risk events, ensuring these are captured accurately, timely and in accordance with requirements.
• Take ownership to ensure that risk and control responsibilities and accountabilities are embedded within FLUs, including providing training and leading by example.
• Assess, with management, the risks associated with New Activities and changes to the Business, ensuring these are well understood and adequately controlled (if applicable).
• 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:

• 10+ years of experience.
• Risk and Control professional
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills
• Effective organizational influencing skills required.
• Experience in overseeing and implementing large scale transformation programs within global financial institutions.
• 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.
• Fluency in MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, Tableau

Education:

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

• Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision and can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy.
• Requires a comprehensive understanding of multiple risk management programs supporting Citi Businesses (Issues Mgmt, MCA, Audit Support, Process Improvements, etc.) and how they achieve the objectives of the function.
• Applies in-depth understanding of the business impact of associated business risks.
• Generally accountable for delivery of a full range of risk & control services across COO Transformation functions.
• Excellent communication skills required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Accountable for the end results of an area.
• Book of work consists of providing risk management support across Consent Order Governance Activities, including Transformation, Dependency Management, Critical Path Analysis, Org Simplification, QA/QC, and Executive Mgmt Reporting.
• Support will be over several MRA related processes, including Change Management, Program/Project Management, and working to build remediation activities for Org Simplification concerns.

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