Compliance and Governance Risk Manager

Citigroup Inc.; Belfast; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Compliance Risk Officer to lead the Compliance Risk Framework. This pivotal role involves monitoring compliance risks, providing expert advice, and ensuring adherence to regulatory standards. You'll design a robust risk management framework while collaborating with various teams to uphold best practices. If you have a strong background in compliance risk management and a passion for maintaining high ethical standards, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact within a dynamic organization.

Qualifications

• Experience in compliance risk management within banking/financial services.
• Ability to communicate effectively with senior audiences.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a Compliance Risk Management framework.
• Monitor compliance risks and ensure adherence to policies.
• Partner with 1st and 2nd Line of Defence teams for best practices.

Skills

Compliance Risk Management

Regulatory Engagement

Risk Assessment

Communication Skills

Judgment Skills

Job description

The Client Organization was established to drive enterprise-wide approaches to client coverage, identifying and filling in gaps or reducing duplication to ensure consistency throughout the firm. Additionally, it plays a leading role coordinating the allocation of capital and other financial, technology and human resources towards the client segments with the best returns potential. Finally, it is responsible for managing wholesale credit and counterparty risk for the organization. The Client Organization operates across 40+ jurisdictions globally.

The Client Organization Governance and Escalations team sits within the Chief Administrative Office, under the Head of Controls. The team supports and executes activities related to Corporate Governance, including Governance Committees, management meetings, Board Material Data Accuracy Controls, Escalations of Events, and oversight of the Client Organization Executive Scorecard Risk & Control metric performance and Organizational Change Management.

Overview:

Serves as an In-business Senior Compliance Risk Officer for the Client Organization responsible for establishing the Client Organization’s Compliance Risk Framework. Primary responsibilities include monitoring compliance risk behaviors and providing day-to-day Compliance advice relating to operations.

Responsibilities include:

1. Designing, developing, delivering and maintaining best-in-class Compliance Risk Management framework implementation and evolution within the Client Organization.
2. Serving as a subject matter expert on Citi’s Compliance Risk Management programs and represent the Client Organization in any compliance risk working groups, forums, or committees.
3. Identifying and assessing Citi’s key compliance risks. Ensuring compliance risks are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled, consistent with the bank’s risk appetite statement.
4. Monitoring adherence to Citi’s Compliance Risk Policies and measuring compliance risk through a robust control framework.
5. Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating 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.
6. Setup required governance within the Client Organisation and participate in all Enterprise-wide governance forums, as required.
7. Partner effectively with 1st and 2nd Line of Defence teams for identify best practices and contribute as appropriate to related policies and initiatives.

Qualifications & skills:

1. Relevant experience in compliance risk management the banking/financial services industry
2. Knowledge of Client Organization's business, products, and activities
3. Up to date understanding of key risk and control concepts, tools and trends relating to risk.
4. Strong, direct experience in regulatory engagement.
5. Demonstrated ability to make sound judgment calls on issues that can be both quantitative and qualitative in nature.
6. Excellent communications skills verbal & written
7. Extensive experience in communicating with senior audiences both written and verbal.

Job Family Group:

Controls Governance & Oversight

Job Family:

Governance Reporting & Analysis

Time Type:

Full time

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