SVP, Financial Crimes Risk Strategy & Controls

Citibank (Switzerland) AG; Belfast City District; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance starting at

Discretional annual performance bonus

Private medical insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Special employee discounts

Learning and development resources

Job summary

Citi Belfast is seeking a Services Financial Crimes Risk Frameworks SVP to lead end-to-end risk management for financial crime within the Services business. You will partner with global and regional teams to design robust controls, map risks, and drive issue resolution across AML, sanctions, and fraud domains.

The role requires extensive experience in financial crime compliance, strong stakeholder management, and the ability to drive change across a multinational environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/University degree required; master’s degree desirable.
• Relevant experience in financial crime compliance or risk management.
• Financial Crime certification preferred (ICA, ACAMS, ACSS etc.).
• Strong professional experience in Financial Services, in AML/Sanctions/Fraud Compliance or Business/Product Operations and/or Risk & Controls with focus on Financial Crimes Risks.
• Knowledge and understanding of Payments, Correspondent Banking, Trade, Working Capital, and Liquidity Management products.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Able to work independently and deliver according to strict timelines and quality standards.
• Demonstrated ability and confidence to challenge business management, escalation issues and press for change.
• Good oral and written communications skills; must be articulate and persuasive with the judgement and authority to provide insightful commentary to senior stakeholders.
• Able to drive change to business practices by working effectively across a global organization.
• Self-starting with the ability to multitask and prioritize.
• Proven people and team management skills.
• Project management and change capabilities are essential.
• Capable of prioritizing and multi-tasking in a dynamic, fast paced environment.
• Demonstrated analytical skills with follow-up and problem-solving capability.
• Ability to analyses a process and recommend ways to improve quality, controls, and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Understand business-owned products, services, as well as corresponding financial crimes-related controls, and processes (e.g., customer, relationship, and transactional screening).
• Provide financial crimes compliance/risk management subject matter expertise to the Services businesses to ensure the design and implementation of a coherent and effective control environment.
• Assess existing MCA control framework, identify potential compliance gaps and advise on new controls.
• Drive execution ensuring compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations, as well as effectiveness of the control environment.
• Ensure adequate mapping of risk and processes and clear control ownership.
• Create & maintain a robust partnership with the business heads, operations, technology and the second line of defense.
• Escalate, assist management and reporting of issues.
• Drive a consistent and holistic approach to Financial Crimes risk management across Services.
• Ensure early engagement on new business initiatives to ensure timely support of commercial priorities and full adherence to global and regional risk management policies and procedures.
• Conduct reviews of financial crimes processes and procedures to ensure that both controls and processes are in keeping with policy and business expectations.
• Assure that controls have been implemented consistently, with appropriate supporting documentation.
• Maintain current knowledge and understanding of product innovation, client needs and of changing regulatory requirements to continuously assess impact and changes needed to existing control environment.
• Serve as an escalation point for issues or emerging from Services Operations, and Technology.
• Maintain oversight through review of metrics, monitoring of activity, and tracking of corrective action plans.
• Prepare and provide regular updates to senior management and various governance committees on control issues and/or enhancements.
• Work with other Financial Crime Risk teams to ensure a consistent holistic approach to financial crimes risk management.
• Ensure robust and adequate reporting to senior management.
• Help identify opportunities for streamlining processes and implement efficiencies that will lead to enhanced client experience.
• Support the timely response to regulatory inquiries.

Skills

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree desirable

Financial crime experience

AML/Sanctions/Fraud knowledge

Strong communication

Project management

Change management

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree desirable

ICA/ACAMS/ACSS certification

Job description

Citi Belfast is seeking a Services Financial Crimes Risk Frameworks SVP to lead end-to-end risk management for financial crime within the Services business. You will partner with global and regional teams to design robust controls, map risks, and drive issue resolution across AML, sanctions, and fraud domains.

The role requires extensive experience in financial crime compliance, strong stakeholder management, and the ability to drive change across a multinational environment.