Europe Business Execution Lead Analyst, Vice President

Citi; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave (plus bank hols)

Discretional annual bonus

Private Medical Care & Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Pension Plan

Parental Leave

Employee discounts

Learning & development resources

Job summary

Citi in Belfast is seeking a Vice President to bolster governance and controls for Europe Markets. You will oversee risk and regulatory issues, lead automation initiatives, and coordinate internal audits across a cross-border setup.

The role requires senior-level collaboration with global teams and delivery of comprehensive risk insights. You will report to the Markets Europe Governance & Controls Head, with a hybrid work model and a competitive compensation package.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in governance and controls within financial markets.
• Experience in internal audit and/or operational risk.
• Experience automating controls/processes leveraging AI.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate globally across diverse groups.

Responsibilities

• Manage a robust governance framework for the Europe Markets businesses.
• Oversee risk and controls monitoring for the Europe Markets businesses.
• Sponsor and lead process/control automation.
• Represent the team in Senior forums and dedicated working groups; act as decision-maker where appropriate.
• Ensure that controls and monitoring methods are adequately designed and executed.
• Oversee and manage audits for resolution and coordination.
• Prepare risk assessments, risk inventory maintenance and control performance monitoring.
• Prepare Senior Management presentations and mentor junior team members.

Skills

Governance

Controls

Risk management

Automation

AI

Job description

Team/Role Overview

The Markets Europe Business Execution role is for a Vice President position and is responsible for supporting the overall European Markets Legal Entities and in-country governance and controls activities. These tasks include managing the relevant governance forums representing Citigroup Global Markets Europe (CGME) and Citibank Europe PLC (CEP) Markets business where required, managing internal audits, as well as first line of defense activities and addressing regulatory issues as required.

This role will include the oversight of the controls executed by the team members in the region and oversee the implementation and design of new controls. The role will also drive transformation initiatives in the risk & controls space, especially the automation of processes and controls leveraging AI. The overall objective of this role is to ensure the business functions in a seamless and effective manner.

You will report directly into the Markets Europe Legal Entity Governance & Controls Head.

What you'll do

• Manage a robust governance framework for the Europe Markets businesses
• Oversee the key activities for risk and controls monitoring for the Europe Markets businesses
• Sponsor and lead process / control automation
• Represent the team in Senior forums and dedicated working group, and act as a decision-maker as
• appropriate
• Ensure that controls and monitoring methods are adequately designed and executed
• Oversee and manage relevant issues, internal and external audits for resolution and coordination.
• Support the Europe Markets Business Execution team in the preparation of risk assessments, risk
• inventory maintenance, control performance monitoring and local control execution.
• Prepare Senior Management presentations for regular management information requests.
• Mentor and support more junior members of the team

What we will need from you

• This is not an entry level role, so you will need to have extensive experience in a similar role and have an understanding of and interest in Financial Markets
• Experience in internal audit and/or operational risk is preferable
• Experience with automating controls/processes leveraging AI
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate globally across diverse groups, with excellent verbal and written communication as well as influencing skills
• Strong attention to detail and organization skills
• Ability to work independently in a cross-border environment
• Ability to raise issues on a timely basis and elevate appropriately
• Problem solving mindset, addressing root causes and thinking long term
• Ability to challenge status quo and bring new ideas to the table

What Citi Can Offer You

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:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
• 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.

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

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Job Family Group

Risk Management

Job Family

In-Business Risk

Most Relevant Skills

Analytical Thinking, Controls Lifecycle, Credible Challenge, Governance, Policy, Procedure, and Regulation, Risk Management Lifecycle.

Other Relevant Skills

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

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