Regulation and Compliance Risk Manager (Senior Vice-President)

Citigroup, Inc.; Belfast; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial institution in Belfast seeks a Compliance and Regulatory Risk SVP. This role involves overseeing compliance risks, developing internal strategies, and collaborating closely with stakeholders. You'll drive first-line oversight of key compliance programs, establish risk management frameworks, and report progress to leadership. The position offers a hybrid work model, competitive salary, and generous benefits including 27 days of annual leave and private medical insurance.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Discretionary annual performance bonus

Private medical insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Special discounts

Access to learning resources

Qualifications

• Practical understanding of Compliance & Regulatory Risk.
• Experience implementing Compliance Management and Conduct programs.
• Commitment to quality and attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal relationships and influencing skills.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Understanding of best-practice risk management techniques.
• Proven leadership and project management skills.
• Knowledge of Services related products.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver a risk management framework aligned to the firm's risk appetite.
• Drive management and governance of key Compliance Programs.
• Establish thematic analysis from Complaint reporting.
• Represent the Services business on Enterprise Compliance Risk forums.
• Track and report on deliverable and activity progress for leadership.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Communication

Constructive Debate

Issue Management

Policy and Procedure

Risk Management

Root Cause Analysis

Job description

Overview

Are you looking for a career move that will put you at the heart of a global financial institution?

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.

Team/Role Overview

The Regulatory & Compliance Risk SVP will be a part of the Regulatory & Compliance Risk, Services Controls Regulatory Management organization and will collaborate with stakeholders to manage various key Compliance Risks for the Global Services Organization. Execution will require driving initiatives across Clusters, and Products ensuring alignment with regulatory and stakeholder expectations. This role involves proactively supporting business initiatives, managing compliance and regulatory risks, and overseeing risk and control responsibilities. The SVP will work closely with business and functional partners (ICRM, Independent Risk, Internal Audit, ORM, and Legal), provide updates and progress reports to the leadership team, and escalate any issues or decisions needed.

What you\'ll do

Seeking a Compliance and Regulatory risk manager to serve as a key advisor and thought leader within the business, who is responsible for developing and implementing internal strategies, procedure, and programs to address Regulatory, and Compliance Risk.

• Successful candidate will design and deliver a risk management framework aligned to the firm\'s risk appetite to safeguard the franchise,


• Drive first line oversight and end to end management, execution, and governance of key Compliance Programs such as Conduct, Conflicts of Interest and Compliant Management Governance and Oversight.


• Work on the Strategic vision for Compliant Management Governance and Oversight, focusing on creating efficiencies, compliance and collaborating with key stakeholders to improve reporting and metrics. Work to establish thematic analysis and insight coming from our Complaint reporting, identify improvements, emerging risks and escalation and socialization to senior management.


• Represent the Services business on Enterprise-wide Compliance Risk Program forums to understand various new initiatives, Services impact and practicalities of implementation and accordingly challenge or implement such institutional changes.


• Understand and coordinate dependencies with other Citi Programs (e.g. Central Risk & Controls) and engage with partner businesses (Markets, Banking) for consistent delivery.


• Track and Report, develop metrics for overall deliverable and activity progress of Services level programs, deliverables and activities to the leadership.


• Serves as key business/product compliance and regulatory risk manager and thought leader for Services responsible for establishing internal strategies, procedures, processes, and programs to prevent violations of law, rule or regulation and design and deliver a risk management framework that maintains risk levels within the firm\'s risk appetite and protect the franchise.

What we will need from you

• Practical understanding of Compliance & Regulatory Risk is essential, including but not limited to expertise in regulatory management and obligations, regulatory change as well as social responsibility requirements for example.


• Experience implementing and or overseeing of Compliant Management, Conduct and or Conflicts of interest programs, including Policy and Procedure as well as establishing metrics and KPIs as required.


• Should demonstrate a commitment to quality and attention to detail.


• Excellent interpersonal relationships with ability to influence and negotiate with stakeholders.


• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.


• Excellent communication skills required, strong influencer with focus on building relationships and ability to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Demonstrates clear and concise written communications.


• Understanding of best-practice risk management techniques across financial services industry specifically within Regulatory and Compliance risk.


• Proven leadership and project management skills to drive alignment across stakeholder groups to develop and deliver sustainable risk management solutions and controls


• Knowledge of Services related products including related control principles


• Global mindset, with regional/product understanding

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 discretionary 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.

Job Family Group: Controls Governance & Oversight

Job Family: Issue Management

Time Type: Full time

Most Relevant Skills
Analytical Thinking, Communication, Constructive Debate, Controls Lifecycle, Issue Management, Management Reporting, Policy and Procedure, Risk Management, Root Cause Analysis.

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

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