Operational Risk Senior Analyst

Citigroup Inc.; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 66,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi Dublin seeks an Operational Risk Senior Analyst to join the Central Capabilities Execution team within ORM. You will apply risk management expertise to enhance processes, analyze complex issues, and protect the firm's stability and reputation, with a focus on resilience and clear stakeholder communication.

This full-time role offers a hybrid working model (up to 2 days at home per week), a competitive base salary, and a range of benefits.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant operational risk experience.
• Experience supporting risk management, compliance, governance, or controls roles.
• Ability to analyze complex data and present clear visual narratives.
• Strong communication and collaboration with global teams.
• Robust project management and organizational skills.
• High integrity and professionalism with handling sensitive information.

Responsibilities

• Applies operational risk policies, governance processes, and controls to minimize losses.
• Delivers high-quality analysis and reporting with actionable inferences.
• Drives standardization across ORM framework components for international footprint.
• Addresses root causes of losses by challenging practices with evidence.
• Coordinates audits and deliverables with internal and external reviewers.
• Ensures compliance with policies, regulations and industry standards.
• Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and team members.
• Identifies opportunities to streamline work and improve efficiency.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk governance

Communication skills

Project management

Integrity

Tools

Risk reporting tools

Job description

As an Operational Risk Senior Analyst, you'll play a key role in our Central Capabilities Execution team, a vital part of our Banking and International ORM function. You will use your expertise in Operational Risk Management to enhance processes, analyze complex issues, and protect the firm’s financial stability and reputation. This is a role where your analytical and communication skills will have a significant impact on our business resilience and success. We are looking for a candidate with strong analytical skills and with the ability to handle complex and dynamic information, as well as excellent communication and diplomacy skills.

Responsibilities

• Participates in the application of operational risk policies, technology and tools, and governance processes to create lasting solutions for minimizing losses from failed internal processes, inadequate controls, and emerging risks.
• Deliver high-quality analysis and reporting, with clear and actionable inference to identify trends or emerging risks.
• Develop best practices across ORM Framework components and drive standardization and simplification across Operational Risk management International footprint.
• Contributes to risk assessments and drives actions to address the root causes that lead to operational risk losses by challenging both historical and proposed practices.
• Coordinates audits, examinations, and deliverable requirements from internal and external reviewers by supporting coordinating activities.
• Ensures project completion, special assignments, and other ad hoc activities as required.
• Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and/or other team members.
• Ensure operational risk management activities comply with internal policies, external regulations, and industry standards.
• Demonstrates and inspires curiosity in seeking new ways to overcome challenges; actively applies learning from failures.
• Acts as a change catalyst by identifying and helping others see where new ideas could benefit the organization.
• Focuses on highest-priority work aligned to business goals; helps others effectively manage competing priorities.
• Proactively identifies opportunities to streamline work; creates process improvements that enhance efficiency for self and the team.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience
• Previous experience supporting risk management, compliance, governance, or controls related roles.
• Exposure to enterprise risk management frameworks and knowledge of risk reporting tools and techniques would be an asset.
• Proven ability to analyze complex data to identify trends and emerging risks and translate those findings into compelling visualizations and clear narratives that drive understanding and influence stakeholders.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, with experience building influential relationships and fostering collaboration with cross-functional, global teams.
• An intellectually curious approach, combined with outstanding communication skills to distill complex information and present it with clarity and impact.
• Robust project management and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks, manage multiple initiatives, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to problem-solve, recommend practical and effective solutions, and make sound decisions under pressure.
• High level of integrity and professionalism, with the ability to handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately.

By joining Citi Dublin, 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 that support you (and your family) to be well, live well and save well.

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.

Job Family Group:

Risk Management

Job Family:

Operational Risk

Time Type:

Full time

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

€65,600.00 - €98,400.00

Most Relevant Skills

Analytical Thinking, Controls Lifecycle, Credible Challenge, Governance, Policy, Procedure, and Regulation, Risk Management Lifecycle.

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