CGMI Governance Lead - SVP - Hybrid

Citibank; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a senior contributor within Markets Controls Organization in Tampa. This role focuses on governance and risk management, ensuring compliance with regulations while driving strategic initiatives across global operations. The candidate will collaborate with various stakeholders to enhance governance frameworks and streamline processes, making a significant impact on the organization’s operational efficiency.

Benefits

Medical Coverage

Dental Coverage

Vision Coverage

401(k)

Paid Time Off

Qualifications

• Experience in governance frameworks and compliance.
• Expertise in risk management and controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead CGMI Governance function ensuring policy adherence.
• Develop effective governance frameworks meeting regulatory requirements.
• Drive standardization of processes and controls across regions.

Skills

Governance

Risk Management

Compliance

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

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Markets Operations represents the evolution and transformation of Operations in the Finance Industry which creates a uniqueness about how we deliver our products and solutions. We take pride and are passionate about our People and our culture. We are invested in you, your experiences, development, and in building a successful career for you at Citibank. We are modernizing everything we do; allowing flexibility and creating an exciting environment which encourages diversity of thought and inclusion.

We are a dynamic, global, and diverse Organization, with a presence in over 60 Countries; covering all post execution Operations teams including product aligned Middle Office groups, Settlements, Margin, Asset Servicing, Listed Derivative, Clearing & Commodities Operations. We support an extensive range of Capital Markets products and services including Fixed Income (FX, Rates, Credit, Cash and Derivatives) where Citi is consistently a dominant top 3 player in the market, Equity (Cash, Derivatives, Prime Brokerage, Futures, Listed Derivatives, Clearing and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage) where Citi has a significant growth program to continue to build out its capabilities and services; and Syndicates where we support both FI and EQ new issues and IPOs.

Our Operations groups are the core of all activity at the Firm and have significant impact across the lifecycle of a trade. We partner extensively with a range of internal stakeholders such as Front Office Sales and Trading Desks, Compliance, Legal, Finance and HR; alongside having significant interaction with our external client base, playing a key role in the overall client experience. We have a client relationship group dedicated to overseeing service performance and strategic partnerships with top tier clients, where we play a key role in supporting global clients to ensure they have a first-class experience when doing business with Citi.

Our roles entail ensuring we operate in a robust control environment, whilst in a fast-paced workplace. We comply with global regulations and internal policies and adopt a proactive approach to identifying opportunities to reduce risk through the continuous evaluation of our controls; to protect our clients, the firm, and our reputation.

We work closely with our external global peers, partners, and regulators, and play an integral part in leading an agenda at the forefront to optimize and streamline processes and drive strategy across our industry.

Team/ Role Overview:

This is a senior contributor role within Markets Controls Organization, focused on Markets Operations. The role will directly support the Principal Operations Officer of CGMI and will provide support for CSSI and CTI.

This role sits within the Controls and Reg Management organisation, where the candidate will primarily lead the CGMI Governance function, responsible for ensuring we have appropriate controls, governance and frameworks in place to maintain policy adherence, appropriate oversight and adherence to applicable laws and regulations. The role will combine specialist expertise in risk and controls management, to drive and implement the strategy across Global functions and localities.

The team’s remit includes:

• Policy Governance and oversight, including Target Operating Model and Framework for Procedures repository.
• New Activities approval facilitation and oversight
• High-Risk Manual Processes Remediation Governance
• Permitted Product List Governance
• Delegated Trade Booking Administration and Governance
• Fraud Risk and Conflicts of Interest Governance
• On-Going Supervisory facilitation, administration, and Reporting for Senior Forums and Regulators

What you will do:

The candidate will be responsible for delivery, review, defining and oversight of legal entity end-to-end governance frameworks and administration for the business, coupled with additional supporting roles in the broader team as required.

Specifics of the role include:

Organizational Oversight:

• Developing and administering effective governance frameworks that fully meets Audit, Compliance and Regulatory requirements;
• Delivery of periodic presentations to Senior Forums as required
• Identify opportunities to streamline and re-align processes to ensure an optimal structure for best-in-class risk management and governance delivery
• Participate in senior regulatory governance forums as required
• Help drive comprehensive KPIs/Metrics for senior executive consumption
• Analyse metrics for trends and lessons learned
• Partner with stakeholders across the business to understand and update governance, frameworks, controls, challenges and potential solutions and present opportunities to senior Management

Transformation to Target State:

• Drive standardization of processes, governance and frameworks across regions and suggest opportunities for harmonisation across legal entities
• Implement plans and execute vs milestones ensuring we meet deadlines and regulatory commitments
• Ensure our infrastructure and tools meet the needs to manage risk.

• Partner with Business, 1st and 2nd lines of defence to review governance frameworks and conduct a gap analysis relative to current state
• Partner with other business aligned Operations areas, for example, Wealth Operations to ensure appropriate coverage of all of Operations as it pertains to CGMI.
• Liaise with the SMEs to agree on required remediation and monitor completion of actions
• Perform a read across to ensure enhancements are implemented across all applicable teams/regions

The role provides a range of opportunities to impact and influence the overall target state design and implementation of our strategic priorities including:

• Implementing best practices and global consistency, simplifying & standardising processes, controls and flows
• Opportunity to learn and acquire expertise across a range of products and asset classes
• Empowerment to make decisions and drive a strategy

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Job Family Group:

Risk Management

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Job Family:

Business Risk & Control

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Time Type:

Full time

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Primary Location:

Tampa Florida United States

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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$130,880.00 - $196,320.00

In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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Anticipated Posting Close Date:

May 21, 2025

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