Compliance Independent Assessment Senior Analyst

Citi; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi Belfast is seeking a Compliance Independent Assessment Senior Analyst to assess compliance risks and controls within the organization. The role requires significant compliance and auditing experience, project management skills, and the ability to work collaboratively within a large financial institution. Successful candidates will contribute to compliance testing and validation activities, ensuring that regulatory standards are upheld while promoting best practices.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days

Discretional annual performance related bonus

Private medical insurance

Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Assistance Program

Special discounts for employees, family, and friends

Access to learning and development resources

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in compliance or auditing.
• Knowledge of relevant laws and regulations.
• Strong interpersonal skills for stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Conduct risk-based testing of compliance controls.
• Develop and implement compliance testing within assigned areas.
• Escalate significant compliance matters to management.

Skills

Compliance laws

Audit principles

Project management

Data Analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Advanced degree or certification

Tools

MS Office applications

Job description

Compliance Independent Assessment Senior Analyst

Citi Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Compliance Independent Assessment Senior Analyst

Citi Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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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.

Role Overview:

Serves as a Compliance Independent Assessment Senior Analyst for Independent Compliance Risk Management (ICRM)’s Compliance Independent Assessment (CIA) team responsible for assessing compliance risks and controls implemented by Citi’s first and second line of defense. The Compliance Independent Assessment Senior Analyst performs risk-based testing of Citi’s compliance risks in order to assess the design and effectiveness of key controls, reporting, and escalates any violations of laws or breaches of policy identified while consistently validating the adequacy of measures used to address reported issues.

What you’ll do:

• Develops, implements, and executes compliance testing and monitoring within assigned area for a component of a product line, function, or legal entity in accordance with CIA Plan.
• Participates in the planning, executing, and reporting of compliance assurance testing reviews and compliance and regulatory issue validation activities for a component of a product line, function, or legal entity within an assigned area in accordance with CIA Plan.
• Performs compliance controls testing, monitoring, transactional testing, or compliance controls monitoring activities based on the pre-defined CIA plan and reports any findings to the CIA Management team as necessary and documents them accordingly.
• Utilizes innovative compliance testing/monitoring solutions including Data Analytics to enhance the value and efficiency of compliance-related activities to address emerging risks.
• Develops effective and collaborative relationships with stakeholders within and outside the CIA function and outside stakeholders, such as business and technology process owners, and promotes the education and best practices across ICRM and the business.
• Promoting knowledge sharing and promulgation of best practices across ICRM and the business.
• Escalating to CIA management significant compliance matters that require their attention or action.
• Additional duties as assigned.
• 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.
  
  

What we’ll need from you:

• Several years of experience
• Knowledge of Compliance laws, rules, regulations, risks and typologies
• Experience with auditing principles including audit planning, risk assessments, development of risks and controls matrices, processes and controls design assessments, controls operating effectiveness testing, transactional testing, and reporting activities.
• Experience in planning, executing, and reporting on compliance testing reviews and regulatory issue validation activities.
• Extensive global compliance and audit related experience, and strong knowledge of business processes.
• Exhibit project management, interpersonal, sound decision making, and intuitive thinking skills.
• Understanding of relevant rules, laws, regulations, and specific regulatory requirements. Strong interpersonal skills for building strong relationships with stakeholders and engaging teams.
• Effectiveness in working within a large scale and complex matrix organization is essential.
• Excellent oral communication and writing skills in interacting with non-executives and executive management and across a number of multiple business lines and control functions.
• Recommends appropriate and pragmatic appropriate solutions to risk and control issues.
• Applies knowledge of key regulations to influence audit testing review scope.
• Develops effective line management relationships to ensure strong understanding of the business.
• Must be a self-starter, flexible, innovative, and adaptive.
• Works collaboratively with regional and global partners in other functional units.; ability to navigate a complex organization.
• Proficient in MS Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
  
  

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree; experience in compliance, internal or external auditing, legal or other control-related function in the financial services firm, regulatory organization, or legal/consulting firm, or a combination thereof; experience in area of focus; Advanced degree or relevant certification a plus.
  
  

What we can offer you:

We work hard to have a positive financial and social impact on the communities we serve. In turn, we put our employees first and provide the best-in-class benefits they need to be well, live well and save well.

By joining Citi Belfast, 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 (which is 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
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources
  
  

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.

Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.

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Job Family Group:

Compliance

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Job Family:

Compliance Independent Assessment

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Business Acumen, Credible Challenge, Data Analysis, Laws and Regulations, Management Reporting, Policy and Procedure, Referral and Escalation, Risk Controls and Monitors, Risk Identification and Assessment, Risk Remediation.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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Seniority level

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Employment type

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Job function

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  Banking, Financial Services, and Investment Banking

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