AVP - Business Risk and Control Sr Analyst

Job Purpose

An excellent opportunity for results-oriented individuals seeking a career within Citigroup, and more specifically within the Finance Division. The purpose of the role will be to support the Global Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) organization within Finance with the performance of key activities as described below to drive strong strengthen governance, risk, and controls for FP&A processes globally.

Job Background / Context

Citi is the leading global financial services company with some 200 million customer accounts. It does business in more than 100 countries, providing consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage and wealth management.

Global Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) is a business advisory group which produces and leverages forward looking trends and tools to assess business performance, helps the firm optimize resource allocation and supports Citi’s CFO, CEO, Senior Management and Board of Directors in strategic decision making. Core FP&A processes include: Weekly Financial Update (WFU) / Risks & Opportunities (R&O); Quarterly Outlook; Quarterly Multi-Year MultiScenario Forecast (QMMF); Quarterly CEO Business Reviews; Annual CCAR; and Annual Strategic and Operating Plan for Citigroup and Citibank, N.A.

The Global F&A Risk & Controls (R&C) Team’s objective is to establish and enhance governance, risk and controls processes that improve effectiveness, efficiency and transparency of the control environment around FP&A forecasting, planning, reporting, and advisory processes in alignment to Citi standards and in compliance with U.S. regulatory requirements. The team’s remit is inclusive of fulfilling the Finance Risk and Control Manager (FRCM) role and responsibilities for the Global FP&A organizations. The team is located in New York, Mumbai, London and Costa Rica and is organized around the following core pillars of global coverage: (1) Governance; (2) Operational Risk Controls, including Managers Control Assessment (MCA), (3) Compliance Risk Controls, (4) Models & EUC Oversight, (5) Issue Management & Reporting, and (6) External Engagement, as well as cross-team coordination/administration and jurisdiction specific R&C coverage for Mumbai and Costa Rica Analytical Centers.

This position is aligned to the Operational Risk and MCA pillars, as analyst managing and overseeing MCA governance for FP&A including:

MCA architecture​

• Represent FP&A at the monthly Finance MCA architecture calls by staying informed of upcoming changes, share feedback and further disseminate information to the relevant stakeholders​​

MCA management​

• Partner with the Finance MCA Architecture team to proactively learn about the Enterprise MCA Profile (EMP) pushed in the upcoming quarters and creating EMP guidance ​​
• Collaborate with the FP&A teams to effectively draft activities, risk, controls and monitoring (ARCM) in accordance with MCA standards and appropriately arrive at the risk rating​​
• Develop, maintain, and monitor FP&A Control Standardized MCA Profile (SMP) across FP&A processes (aligned to Policy/Procedure requirements)​​

Risk Assessment - Quarterly (QRA), Annual (ARA) and Continuous Risk Management (CRM)

• Liaison with FP&A teams to review monitoring results and populate the results in Citi Risk and Controls system​​
• Lead efforts to generate QRA/ARA/CRM materials, review with the senior leadership and ensure timely closure of the deliverables​​

2nd & 3rd line engagement​​

• Lead the FP&A teams to complete Operational Risk Management MCA challenge​​
• Support FP&A audit deliverables related to MCA, such as mapping Internal Audit's Risk and Controls Matrix (RCM) to business MCA, mapping controls to Issues/relevant Assessment Units, and providing MCA process materials and evidence ​

Qualifications

Knowledge/Experience

• 3-5 years in a control/risk management experience in regulated financial services industry

• Strong knowledge and experience of internal control principles

• Experience with creating, reviewing and driving implementation of action plans to be executed by the business unit, involving other supporting units as needed

• Excellent interpersonal, written and communication skills to interface with all levels of management and across businesses and functions

• Leadership role driving programs in a matrix environment and driving agreement between multiple teams on contentious issues

Skills

• The candidate will need to be a self-starter with a focus on timely and accurate delivery

• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities

• Flexibility to adapt to changing demands and priorities

• Excellent communication and influencing skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Attention to detail is an essential part of the job

• Adaptability, multitasking, team management and strong project management skills

• Interpersonal skills (ability to work with colleagues at all levels across multiple locations)

• Ability to self-motivate and initiate change

• Proficient use of Microsoft Applications (word, excel, power point, etc)

Competencies

• Ability to think strategically and ‘connect the dots’, yet be detail-oriented, and manage multiple competing priorities including emerging risks to deliver solutions in an effective control environment

• Ability to influence key partners and be persuasive while working with cross-functional groups that do not report to them – Business teams, Compliance, Operational Risk Management, Operations and Technology, Finance COO, etc

• Ability to collaborate with and lead others to achieve business objectives; flesh out and drive implementation

of processes and procedures in resource constrained environment

• Ability to communicate effectively with senior management

• Ability to work with multi-disciplinary teams from different locations globally