Senior Compliance Analyst

Straive; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Citigroup seeks a Compliance Risk Analyst for its ICRM Surveillance team, based in Mumbai. You will design and oversee surveillances to detect behaviors violating laws or internal policies, escalating issues with cross-functional partners as needed.

The role requires experience in trade surveillance and strong communication skills in English. You will work on diverse portfolios including trade and communications surveillance in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• For Trade Surveillance: 2+ years of SMARTS experience is essential.
• Solid knowledge of Equities, ETD, FI or FX products.
• 3+ years in a surveillance or compliance role.
• Strong written and verbal English communication.
• Proficient in MS Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Review and analyze surveillance alerts and reports; document dispositions.
• Gather and analyze trade data; support regulatory inquiries and management.
• Assist in escalations and interactions with legal and compliance teams.
• Handle hotlines and data entry in various systems.
• Exercise independent judgment and assess risk in decisions.

Skills

SMARTS (2+ years)

Equities/ETD/FI/FX knowledge

Surveillance/compliance experience

Fluent English

MS Office

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

NISM AML Training

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Serves as a compliance risk analyst for Independent Compliance Risk Management (ICRM)’s Surveillance team responsible for the design, implementation, and oversight for a suite of surveillances designed to detect behaviors that may violate regulatory rules or internal policies and procedures. When potentially anomalous behavior is detected, the team is responsible for escalating the activity and working collaboratively with partners across the first and second lines of defense to determine the appropriate resolution of the matter, which may include employee discipline.

The ICRM Global Surveillance platform encompasses a number of surveillance related portfolios including trade surveillance, e-communications and voice surveillance, employee trading, and information barrier surveillance.

Responsibilities:

• Reviewing and analyzing surveillance alerts and/or reports relating to firm, employee and client trading activity. Properly documenting the review and disposition of the exceptions as well as escalating matters appropriately.
• Gathering and analyzing trade data to assist in the Firm’s response to inquiries received from governmental and exchange regulatory bodies. Additionally, supporting the compliance group in evaluating surveillance results for potential problems, communicating surveillance findings to management in a clear and concise manner as well as interacting with legal and other compliance personnel.
• Additional activities including handling telephone hotlines and performing data entry in various systems.
• Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:

• For Trade Surveillance: Previous experience with SMARTS (2+ years) is essential.
• For Trade Surveillance: Good product knowledge of Equities, Exchange Traded Derivatives (ETD) or FI/FX products is required.
• 3+ prior years in a Surveillance or Compliance role.
• Knowledge of Compliance laws, rules, regulations, risks and typologies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Fluent English is essential.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively and with people at all levels of the organization.
• Proficient in MS Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Strong Hindi, Tamil or Bengali languages (for Communication Surveillance)Product knowledge of Equities, ETD, FI or FX instruments.
• Completion of the “AML-Transaction Monitoring & Suspicious Transaction Reporting” training – a NISM eLearning Certification Course.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree; experience in compliance, legal or other control-related function in the financial services firm, regulatory organization, or legal/consulting firm, or a combination thereof; experience in area of focus