Risk Reporting Intermediate Analyst

Citigroup Inc.; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial institution is seeking an associate for the RADAR Team in Belfast. This role involves supporting control processes, validating reconciliations, and managing exceptions. With a focus on analytical skills and effective communication, this position offers substantial growth opportunities and a competitive benefits package, including a hybrid working model and generous holiday allowance.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays

Discretional annual performance-related bonus

Private medical insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Special discounts for employees, family, and friends

Access to learning and development resources

Qualifications

• Experience in financial services sector required minimum 2 years.
• Good analytical skills with the ability to recognize key issues.
• Good interpersonal skills, able to communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Creating and executing controls to validate operations reconciliations.
• Detect and investigate differences between reporting systems and general ledger.
• Liaise with business partners to understand key risks and resolution plans.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Data Analysis

Escalation Management

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Are you looking for a career move that will put you at the heart of a global financial institution? Then bring your skills in organisation, problem solving and communication to Citi’s RADAR Team.

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 successful candidate will be placed within the RADAR team, responsible for supporting the implementation and execution of control processes centered on validating the completeness and integrity of Citi’s Operations reconciliations.

This includes weekly controls to review account categorisations to ensure they are appropriate and work closely with stakeholders for any remediation exercises. The candidate will be responsible for detecting, investigating and resolving exceptions across all elements of the reporting process.

Support to immediate manager in assisting with development and training of the team and establishing the role as being point of contact for queries in absence of manager. Assist with analysis of processes to provide overview of output to management.

What you’ll do

• Creating / executing a control to validate the completeness and integrity of Operations reconciliations, including all system mapping related to the accounts, in accordance with prescribed Citi standards
• Detect and investigate differences between the reporting systems and the general ledger. Analyse the root cause and ensure appropriate action is taken to remediate.
• Ensure any unresolved issues are escalated in line with procedure escalation policy maintaining ownership whilst working with senior team members to establish further actions required.
• Liaising with Business partners to understand key risks and resolution plans where applicable
• Ensure issue tracking is maintained around all issues, ready for any internal or external review
• Create, maintain and where appropriate enhance existing procedures to incorporate any changes in the process that may be required after project reviews and to adopt Regulatory requirements.
• Manage own time effectively, ensuring readiness at all times to provide updates on investigations, communicate known risks, and details of resolution plans
• Establish effective partnerships with colleagues in Operations, Controls, Finance and other stakeholder groups to share knowledge, promote best practice, and raise awareness of key controls.
• Assist with production of monthly Gold Source and process control table builds.
• Additional duties assigned.

What we’ll need from you

• Experience in financial services sector required minimum 2 years.
• Good analytical skills with the ability to recognize key issues / implications and escalate on a timely basis
• Proficiency with MS Excel is essential.
• Good interpersonal skills, able to communicate effectively with all levels of staff.
• Self-motivated, with strong organisational skills
• Able to consistently work to exacting standards of accuracy.

What we can offer you

This is a role that'll offer you the opportunity to build an in-depth knowledge of financial services operations. Every day there will be new business challenges that will help you develop new skills that can drive your career” 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 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.

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Job Family Group:

Risk Management

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Job Family:

Risk Reporting

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Analytical Thinking, Computer Programming, Constructive Debate, Data Analysis, Escalation Management, Management Reporting, Policy and Procedure, Policy and Regulation, Risk Controls and Monitors, Risk Identification and Assessment.

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Other Relevant Skills

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

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