SVP, Business Risk and Control Sr Officer (Hybrid)

Citi Finance is responsible for the firm’s financial management and related controls. The team comprises disciplines including Treasury, Tax, Controllers and Financial Planning & Analysis, and manages and partners on key Citi initiatives and deliverables, such as our quarterly earnings process and ensuring Citi’s compliance with financial rules and regulations.

The Global Financial Controls (GFC) team is strategically placed within the Controller’s Chief Administrative Office under Finance. The GFC Americas Risk and Control team is responsible for managing Citi’s global risk and controls oversight activities covering business and function controllers. 

We’re currently looking for a high caliber professional to join our team as a Senior Vice President, Business Risk and Control Group Manager (Internal Job Title: SVP - C14) based in Tampa, FL or Charlotte, NC. 

The role will partner with Finance Controllers in establishing and maintaining a robust risk and controls framework, ensuring strong control execution and risk management, and transforming the team to a high performing control centric organization.  The role requires a strategic professional who closely follows latest trends in own field and adapts them for application within own job and the wider team. Excellent communication skills required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas.

This role manages a team of 6 risk and control professionals.

Key Responsibilities of this role:

• Oversee the risk and control environment and drive audit and regulatory examinations for the Consent Order remediation work owned by Controller Transformation (CT).

• Perform internal reviews and credible challenge of CT deliveries, interfacing with senior process leads in ensuring that minimum standards and control requirements are completed within timelines. Support CT on controls management and controls execution as needed.

• Drive Quality Control reviews and engage with different lines of defense to review and challenge Controller Transformation CO commitments in partnership with CT leads and other Finance teams (e.g. Citi CAO, Transformation Office, Finance Risk & Control).

• Develop and perform analysis of metrics, scorecards and other performance management tools to identify and mitigate risk exposure.

• Execute standard review and challenge procedures, guidelines and compliance checklists as needed.

• Perform reviews of Controller Transformation processes and key controls, ensuring minimum operating and control standards are effectively in place.

• Provide oversight on controls and manage control initiatives to improve the health of internal controls and the control environment.

• Partner with Finance Controllers to ensure procedures and controls are adequate and effectively implemented to mitigate material risks and gaps are timely escalated.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand the end-to-end process, identify risks and recommend risk management strategies.  

• Review, assess, and provide independent assessment on control design and execution and ensure consistent adoption of operating standards and minimum controls.

• Analyze root cause of control breaks and gaps; provide expert guidance on remediation actions.

• Work as trusted advisor to Finance Controllers on formulating actions to mitigate risks and remediate control deficiencies.

• Partner with various stakeholders to analyze, prepare, and present materials to senior stakeholders

• Lead monthly risk and control forum with senior Finance Controller stakeholders to present progress and results of control initiatives, state of risk and control environment, emerging risks, significant residual risks, MCA, Audit, Issue Management, and general control and compliance. 

• Monitor and track the progress of initiatives. Identify and mitigate roadblocks and escalate any risk to effective and timely delivery.

• Understand the impact of new control initiatives and support Finance Controller’s to implement new control initiatives; support various control and compliance initiatives including control transformation

Talent Development

• Lead, develop and manage the talent

• Build team capabilities by recruiting and training appropriate junior and senior level staff, build sustainable training programs

• Acquire, develop and retain talent that has end-to-end process knowledge, business and product knowledge and analytical skills to drive process excellence

• Further develop a diverse talent pool that can meet the demands of a growing company

• Drive best in class knowledge management practices

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree required. Master's Degree a plus.

• 10+ years relevant working experience in Risk and Control, Audit, Compliance, Risk Management, Finance, and/or Accounting.

• In depth knowledge of Finance architecture, systems and processes, as well as the Controller and Business functions, is an advantage.

• Experience in control design and implementation and development and execution of standard operating procedures.

• Experience in gap assessment and deficiency remediation.

• Experience working with global teams and generating inputs from diverse Subject Matter Experts is a plus.

• Expertise in summarizing information into concrete processes, flows and/or action plans.

• Ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbal, across organizational levels, functions, and regions.

• Highly analytical, proactive, with strong attention to detail and follow up skills.

• Flexible, team-oriented, with good interpersonal skills. 

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office products.

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In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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