Citi Group Assistant Vice President - Books Records Market Operations 

India, Maharashtra, Pune 

705512991

The candidate requires solid accounting and financial background combined with a good understanding of operational processes and will lead Markets Operations’ engagement with the Finance department and at firm-wide forums on accounting related matters.

Lead and Oversee:

• Partner with Line Operations teams to ensure all the correct metrics and controls are in place, with regular reviews to ensure monitoring remains relevant and effective
• Work with Finance colleagues to ensure that balance sheet substantiation is complete and that controls are designed effectively
• Foster a good understanding of accounting practices/processes within the wider Markets Ops team, bridging the link between the movement of cash with how this is recorded on Citi’s books and records.
• Partner closely with Business partners and Transformation teams on new initiatives/projects to ensure that financial controls are robustly considered and implemented
• Co-ordinate all account owner activity across Markets Operations.

Includes but not limited to:

• Understand and maintain Operations chart of accounts
• Completeness and accuracy of Balance Sheet substantiation
• Partnership with other functions to support a strong end to end control environment:
• Work with Finance and Operations Risk & Control to ensure Markets Operations are compliant with relevant policies and standards
• Partner with Balance Sheet Control and risk reporting to support accurate and timely exceptions reporting
• Work with Front office to ensure upstream data and processes are understood and robust so as to prevent downstream issues from occurring
• Work with counterparts across the Centralized Operations team to promote consistency and common standards

Drive progress on areas of improvement:

• Work with Technology and internal partners to build a standard mechanism to accrue for and then pay/receive interest between internal desks/accounts across all products in Markets
• Strengthen issue management processes, ensure emerging risks are correctly escalated with the appropriate level of urgency
• Support Markets Operations’ involvement in firm-wide programs related to accounting and book and records matters (e.g. Strategic Ledger)

Experience:

• 10+ years relevant experience
• Bachelor’s/University degree, Master’s degree preferred
• Strong command of financial accounting and the operational aspects of books and records management
• Experience as finance professional / background / degree and working experience in Technology creating products set up, UAT working with Finance / Market Ops people and understanding of products will be valuable
• Strong Leadership skills-Operates as a leader.
• Serves as a point of escalation for key issues or time sensitive decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to make sound judgment calls on issues that can be both quantitative and qualitative in nature.
• Excellent Communications skills verbal & written. Active listening skills.

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