Citi Group SVP - Business Risk Control Senior Officer 

United States, Texas, San Antonio 

190916842

The position requires a solid conceptual/practical grounding in both Operational and Compliance risk stripes as well as current MCA / Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) requirements and activities.

Responsibilities:

• Establishes and oversees the application of operational risk policies, technology and tools, and governance processes to create lasting solutions for minimizing losses from failed internal processes, inadequate controls, and emerging risks.
• Independently asses risks and drive actions to address the root causes that persistently lead to operational risk losses by challenging both historical and proposed practices.
• Governance and oversight may include (not limited to) GPMP formation, Process oversight, and MCA standard implementation.
• Oversight of end to end process ownership model with focus on adoption of standard.
• 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.
• Drive the implementation of OPERATIONS tailored solutions for the enhancement and adoption of Global Process MCA Profiles, new control standards, and process ownership oversight.
• Manage the results of the periodic quality control reviews designed to monitor adoption rates, rationales, consistent scoring, quality ARCMs and reduce unnecessary and repetitive overlapping local ARCMs.
• Possess subject matter expertise by product, process, and function to focus on a standardized approach across the inventory.
• Responsible for driving consistency in the application of taxonomy, alignment with regulations and policies, and accuracy of risk description.
• Lead initiatives for the automation of MCA processes including automating controls and monitoring.
• Socialize ARCM updates with key Risk Control teams and L1 RCSME representative for approval
• Prepare updated, approved ARCMs for uploading into Citi Risk & Control
• Support the re-engineering of key processes to deliver best in class standardized, streamlined and simplified capabilities across the organization.
• Support the strengthening of the control environment for the business group supported.
• Support the implementation of Operational Risk Management policy and work with business process owners to ensure consistent implementation within functions.
• Lead the delivery of operational risk assessment results and design strong business metrics that provide line of sight to business control performance.
• Support issue mitigation for significant operational breaks, identification of root cause, make recommendations for future prevention; provide governance to ensure remediation and control improvements.
• Partner with Global Functions, including Independent ORM, Risk, Compliance, Audit and Legal to identify and mitigate cross business risks.
• Lead the planning, directing and coordination of day-to-day activities of running the Global Process Owner program
• Manage a team of 6-7 individual Contributors

Qualifications:

• 10 years relevant experience
• Self-motivated with a passion for establishing and maintaining a culture of control within the business
• A seasoned risk professional with a longstanding and exceptional career within financial services risk management.
• Strong familiarity with ORM Risk policies, procedures and standards and overall MCA program
• Experience with Compliance Assurance and IA reviews, ORM challenges and Regulatory Audits
• Demonstrates capacity to work in highly pressured & fluid environments
• Strong interpersonal skills, with evidence of working in collaboration across large organizations, including a proactive and 'no surprises' approach in communicating issues/requests
• Prior change management experience with proven ability to lead cross-functional teams in the execution of strategic projects
• Detail oriented with strong organization and project management skills
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills with diverse stakeholders and drive accountability and ownership with key business partners. Ability to explore alternatives and positions to reach outcomes that are supported and accepted by various parties.
• Strong relationship management skills with ability to deepen relationships and build partnerships across the OPERATIONS Businesses and key support areas like Audit, Compliance, Control, Independent Risk, and Legal to ensure franchise and other key risks and needs are considered
• Proven ability to question and identify opportunities within existing processes and business practices by leveraging previous experiences and knowledge of the OPERATIONS Businesses
• Proven experience with process simplification, reengineering and automation efforts.
• Proactive and Dynamic with a strategic mindset. Able to identify and resolve issues quickly and effectively.
• 5 years of past experience managing teams

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience, potentially Master

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