Citi Group Research Labs Innovation Lead - Senior Vice President 

United Kingdom, England, London 

3932607

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 will do

• Build an end-to-end innovation and ideation lifecycle in Internal Audit and execute this to support IA Strategy and transformation
• Partner with Directors and Managing Directors to develop approaches for communicating the innovation agenda and creating grassroots engagement
• Work with senior leadership to embed a culture of innovation, disruptive thinking and experimentation, that embraces and takes ownership for change
• Run workshops, campaigns, initiatives to foster new ideas and utilize design-thinking techniques to tackle some of IA’s biggest challenges
• Direct multi-disciplinary project teams to define and theme requirements, identify, design and test creative solutions
• Develop and deliver supporting assets, including training, case studies, idea libraries and underlying tooling
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across IA including Strategy, Methodology and COO to ensure innovation is executed safely and in alignment with broader IA Strategy
• 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, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.

What we will need from you

• Strong background in innovation, design thinking and agile ways of working
• Demonstrated ability in implementing continuous improvement in large, complex organizations, leveraging data/AI tools and techniques
• Experience in Financial Services, risk management and/or Internal Audit preferred
• Extensive experience in successful project and people management
• Proven ability to execute concurrently on a portfolio of high quality deliverables according to strict timetables
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Demonstrated ability to remain unbiased in a diverse working environment
• Effective negotiation skills

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred

What we can offer you

• An opportunity to design and implement a critical capability that will contribute to delivering wide-ranging transformation for a global organization of 2,500 staff
• The ability to build and develop an in-depth knowledge of Internal Audit and general risk assurance and risk management practices
• Experience working across the entire organizational spectrum, junior to senior, business, to functional to technical
• Being part of our team means that we’ll provide you with the resources to meet your unique needs, empower you to make healthy decision and manage your financial well-being to help plan for your future.

Internal Audit is becoming a purpose-driven organization where we will develop and execute a strategy to be a Best-in-Class Audit function. Our excellence of execution will be achieved through simplification, automation and empowerment. This exciting role offers the opportunity to play a pivotal part in shaping the future of the Citi IA function. You will have the opportunity to direct, guide and support IA-wide cutting-edge research initiatives using data, AI and technology through a continuous process of innovation ideation / selection / prioritization, process optimization, solution prototyping and deployment.

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 (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
• Exclusive discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

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