Cross-disciplinary Controls Senior Lead Analyst

Citi EMEA; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking a Cross-disciplinary Controls Lead in London, contributing to the Global Risk and Control organization. This senior role requires significant experience in financial services, excellent communication abilities, and a focus on regulatory reporting and internal controls, while supporting various CFOs across UK and MEA clusters. Join a workplace that prioritizes employee well-being and offers competitive benefits.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays

Discretional annual performance related bonus

Private medical insurance packages

Employee Assistance Program Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Special discounts for employees, family, and friends

Qualifications

• Significant experience in financial services / Risk & Control field / Audit fields.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, Advanced/Fluent English.

Responsibilities

• Providing oversight and support on control design, execution, and monitoring.
• Deliver timely, accurate control analytics to identify operating control deficiencies.
• Serve as a trusted control advisor for embedding strong internal controls.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Communication

Controls Lifecycle

Management Reporting

Education

Bachelor’s degree

CPA or ACCA equivalent

Master’s degree in relevant field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Role Introduction / Overview:

The United Kingdom & Middle East and Africa (UK and MEA) Cross-disciplinary Controls Lead role is a senior strategic professional within Citi’s Global Risk and Control organisation, with direct reporting line to Markets and International in-Business Risk & Control Group Manager (Managing Director). It is an individual contributor role supporting risk and control initiatives regarding financial and local regulatory reporting for International Chief Financial Officer (CFO) & Controller, particularly overseeing UK and MEA cluster and supporting respective cluster CFOs & Controllers. Excellent communication skills required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Developed diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence, convince and work as partner with colleagues in the Risk & Control & Controller organisation, primarily.

Some of the key responsibilities in the role:

• Providing oversight and support on control design, execution, monitoring and testing as well as ensuring consistent governance and control framework for the aforementioned scope and geography.
• Serve as a trusted control advisor who promote and assist in embedding strong internal controls over financial reporting across clusters in-scope, and is involved in corporate level control programs (MCA – Manager’s Control Assessment, FIM – Finance Issue Management Framework)
• Deliver timely, accurate and insightful control analytics to identify operating control deficiencies and manage them to resolution via proper attention to remediation efforts; and educate and liaise with process owners to strengthen the control environment to ensure risks are mitigated either completely or to an acceptable level.

What We'll Need From You:

• Significant experience in financial services / Risk & Control field / Audit fields.
• CPA or ACCA equivalent
• Bachelor’s degree required, certification or Master’s degree in relevant field a plus.
• Exposure to regulatory reporting and compliance environment
• Financial products knowledge is an advantage
• Good understanding of culture, ethical conduct, governance, risk management and control frameworks in leading international organizations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Advanced / Fluent English knowledge
• Proficient in Microsoft Office with an emphasis on advanced MS Excel, MS PowerPoint

Skills / Competences:

• Self-motivated and detail oriented, with outstanding relationship building, management and organizational skills.
• Excellent management presentation skills (PowerPoint, Project plan and Status reporting, Executive presence).
• Excellent issue management and negotiation skills. Ability to influence and initiate change.
• Stakeholder management: strong interpersonal skills are needed to be able to deal with a range of senior/ junior staff across several disciplines and across a wide range of countries.

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 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 (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.

Most Relevant Skills

Accounting Processes and Financial Controls, Assessment, Communication, Constructive Debate, Controls Lifecycle, Management Reporting, Program Management, Risk Management, Root Cause Analysis, Stakeholder Management.

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