Risk Control Testing - Vice President

Citigroup; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi Global Markets is seeking professionals for the 1st Line of Defense Markets Controls Testing team. The role plans, executes and reports control testing across trading and sales activities, coaching juniors and ensuring timely delivery while maintaining high standards.

You will challenge control designs, drive remediation where needed, and build strong relationships with Front Office, Compliance and Risk teams. Bachelor-level education and relevant experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in Front Office controls testing, internal audit, external audit, or similar.
• Understanding of Markets activities and associated regulations.
• Knowledge of Markets operational and compliance risks and related controls.
• Strong understanding of control design assessment and effectiveness testing techniques.
• Experience coaching and developing team members.
• Experience overseeing a team to deliver rigor and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Executing and reporting results of control testing.
• Supervising and coaching junior team members in control testing execution.
• Monitoring progress against testing timelines and resolving delivery obstacles.
• Maintaining high standards and best practices for testing activities.
• Providing challenge to stakeholders on design and effectiveness of controls.
• Supporting remediation identified through testing.
• Maintaining strong stakeholder relationships across Front Office, Markets Conduct Risk, Compliance and Operational Risk.
• Presenting impactful outputs from the testing programme to stakeholders.

Skills

Front Office controls testing

Regulatory knowledge

Stakeholder management

Coaching

Testing methodologies

Education

Bachelor degree preferred

Job description

Citi Global Markets provides world-class solutions and an unmatched global presence. Citi Global Markets serve corporates, institutional investors and governments from trading floors in almost 80 countries. The strength of our underwriting, sales and trading and distribution capabilities span asset classes (Commodities, Equities, Rates, Spread Products) and currencies, providing an unmatched ability to meet the needs of our clients.

The 1st Line of Defence (1LOD) Markets Controls Testing team is part of Central Control Organisation supporting the Markets business, and is responsible for execution of a comprehensive, risk-based programme of control testing covering all Markets businesses globally. The primary mission of the 1LOD Markets Controls Testing team is to support Management in its continuous monitoring of its control framework and residual risk profiles, thereby supporting responsible provision of financial services to clients and effective risk management for the firm.

This position reports to the Global Markets Control Testing Programme Head, within the Central Testing Utility. The Global Markets Control Testing Programme Head leads and directs a team of approximately 100 controls testing professionals responsible for supporting the above responsibilities, with breadth and depth on control testing planning and execution.

Responsibilities

This role is to plan, execute and report the results of control testing covering Markets Trading and Sales businesses.

• Executing and reporting results of control testing
• Supervising and coaching junior team members in execution of control testing
• Monitoring execution of parts of the testing programme to agreed timelines, escalating and resolving obstacles to delivery
• Maintaining high standards and best practice for execution of testing activities
• Providing challenge to stakeholders on the design and effectiveness of controls
• Supporting stakeholders in determining necessary control remediation identified through the testing programme
• Maintaining strong stakeholder relationships across Front Office, Markets Conduct Risk, Compliance and Operational Risk
• Presenting impactful summary outputs from the testing programme to stakeholders
• Providing Markets controls subject matter expertise to stakeholders across all three lines of defence

Key responsibilities of the role are

• Executing and reporting results of control testing
• Supervising and coaching junior team members in execution of control testing
• Monitoring execution of parts of the testing programme to agreed timelines, escalating and resolving obstacles to delivery
• Maintaining high standards and best practice for execution of testing activities
• Providing challenge to stakeholders on the design and effectiveness of controls
• Supporting stakeholders in determining necessary control remediation identified through the testing programme
• Maintaining strong stakeholder relationships across Front Office, Markets Conduct Risk, Compliance and Operational Risk
• Presenting impactful summary outputs from the testing programme to stakeholders
• Providing Markets controls subject matter expertise to stakeholders across all three lines of defence

Knowledge, Experience & Skills

• Relevant experience in Front Office controls testing, internal audit, external audit, independent control reviews, or similar disciplines
• Understanding of Markets business activities and associated regulations
• Knowledge of Markets Operational and Compliance risks, and related controls, associated with trading and sales activities
• Strong understanding of control design assessment and effectiveness testing techniques and practices
• Experience of coaching and developing team members
• Experience of overseeing a team to deliver rigor and attention to detail in execution
• Experience of developing and maintaining effective senior stakeholder relationships
• Track record of providing constructive, effective challenge to Senior Stakeholders

Education

Bachelor / university education preferred, but appropriate industry experience & exceptional delivery track record is as important.

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Job Family Group: Controls Governance & Oversight

Job Family: Quality Assurance, Monitoring & Testing

Time Type: Full time

Most Relevant Skills: Analytical Thinking, Assurance Strategy, Constructive Debate, Controls Assessment, Controls Lifecycle, Digital Skills (Including AI), Policy, Procedure, and Regulation, Risk Remediation, Stakeholder Management.

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