Citi Group Market Risk Senior Officer II - Director Hybrid 

United States, New York, New York 

659565222

This position is to fill an opening in the Global Market Risk Management team for a Director Level Senior Risk Manager to cover XVA Trading. In addition to providing independent oversight of the market risks taken by the XVA desk, the XVA Trading Risk Manager will assess a broad spectrum of risks for the desk, liaising with other risk functions as necessary, including operational, credit, and counterparty risks. This is to provide partnership and thought leadership, as well as effective second line review and challenge, to support Citi’s Risk & Controls objectives. The successful candidate will work closely with the trading desk and other risk and control functions, such as Finance, as well as partnering with technology on Transformation activities. Significant product knowledge is required.

Citi has several underlying Product businesses that contribute to XVA risks and therefore the role requires interaction and strong communication across the firm with senior stakeholders; excellent communication and negotiation skills are therefore vital. The successful candidate needs to demonstrate an ability to communicate complex ideas concisely and effectively.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide oversight and guidance over the assessment of broad complex issues, structure potential solutions and drive effective resolution with other senior stakeholders.
• Provide advice to the businesses on an ongoing basis.
• Review market risk positions, particularly under potential risk scenarios, and raise challenges to the desk if necessary. Liaise closely with the businesses to understand market trends and to report exposure under different market conditions.
• Propose to senior management appropriate market risk limits for trading within the firm's risk appetite.
• Review risks related to non-standard or structured trades and new products. Liaise closely with the business and other support functions to determine the nature and size of risks and ensure they are within the firm’s risk appetite.
• Provide detailed explanations of the market risk of the desk, both internally to senior management and the trading desk, and externally to the Bank's regulators.
• Interact and work with other parts of the Risk organization to improve the frequency and range of stress testing and capital adequacy processes (e.g., legal entity ICAAPs, CCAR, Risk Appetite Programme).
• Act as a change agent, helping to lead Citi’s transformation efforts, especially as related to Market Risk, Stress Testing and Risk Appetite.
• Identify and implement modernizing improvements relating to systems or risk reporting where needed relative to best practice.
• Liaison with regulatory examiners, Internal Audit, and external auditors on critical Risk issues and oversee the implementation of related remediation.

Expertise / Competence:

• Strong expertise in XVA, specifically in XVA Market Risk management and governance is a pre-requisite.
• Proven risk management experience, ideally with perspective across peer organizations / an understanding of industry best practice.
• Thought leadership to design enhanced processes and procedures through strategic transformation, and / or digital tools, as well as to enable implementation of new regulatory requirements.
• Ability to challenge the business while partnering with them to drive the best results for the firm.
• Control-focused, e.g. to analyze exposure / risk reports and follow-up on significant changes.
• Leadership: takes ownership; delivers with pride; succeeds together.
• Excellent written and verbal communications, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated work ethic and proven track record in driving results.
• Shares knowledge and develops talent.
• Effective at building relationships with key stakeholders and navigating a large organization.

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