Risk Control Testing - Vice President

Citibank (Switzerland) AG; Belfast City District; Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Citi Global Markets in the United Kingdom seeks a senior professional to lead and execute controls testing across Front Office activities. The role involves coaching a team, ensuring timely delivery, and challenging stakeholders on control design and effectiveness.

The position requires a strong understanding of market risks and regulatory expectations, with experience in governance, risk, and controls. This is a full-time role based in Belfast, offering exposure to global markets controls

Qualifications

• Experience in Front Office controls testing, internal or external audits, or similar disciplines.
• Understanding of Markets activities and related regulations and controls.
• Proven ability to coach and develop team members and manage stakeholder relationships.

Responsibilities

• Executing and reporting results of control testing.
• Supervising and coaching junior team members in execution of control testing.
• Monitoring testing programme progress to timelines and resolving 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 and risk programmes.
• Maintaining strong stakeholder relationships across Front Office, Markets Conduct Risk and Compliance.
• Presenting impactful summaries to stakeholders and providing SME input on controls.

Skills

Front Office controls

Controls testing

Coaching & development

Stakeholder management

Risk management awareness

Education

Bachelor / university education

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

• 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 on risk management matters.

Education

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

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.

Other Relevant Skills

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

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