ROHQ - LRR - RegInsight / Local Regulatory Reporting - RWA Implementation Senior Analyst - C12

LRR - RWA/Basel Implementation Senior Analyst

Job Background and Purpose

• Citi as the leading global bank is present in 100+ countries, 16 of which are in Asia.  In each of these countries the Central Banks and other financial regulatory bodies require the timely and accurate reporting of prudential requirements and other monetary statistics
• In order to execute the system implementation programs in a more efficient manner, Citi is setting up a team to support the Asia country programs and the reporting processes. The team will work closely with representatives in the Asia countries such as Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and India in meeting the countries’ reporting obligations to their specific regulators

RWA Project Management

• Leading, tracking and driving the progress of the requirements workstream of the program
• Monitoring effort and deliverables to ensure the work stream delivers according to milestones 
• Organizing and leading regular discussions with the relevant business, finance, technology and operational groups as required by the work stream of the program
• Assist in the creation of presentations to the program Steering Committees and other governance committees for reporting project progress and escalating issues
• Working closely with country Controllers, Risk, Technology and Operations teams to identify and resolve project dependencies and risks

Requirements Phase

• Asia RWA/Capital adequacy local regulatory returns requirements and its interpretation in liaison with SMEs and Technology colleagues
• Identify critical information / data and its expected values for regulatory report forms / schedules
• Submit and discuss documentation to source data from a central database, specifying the actual requirement, expected values, and checks required for the data to be consumed
• Clearly document and discuss requirements on data issues by interacting with multiple functions like country Controllers, Credit and Market Risk Managers, Technology Teams, etc

Testing Phase

• Complete UAT through Test Scripts in partnership with other project team members

Others

• Deliver Data Quality review of identified data in partnership with other workstreams
• Support other local regulatory reporting change management activities, requirements tracing and rules governance
• Lead/participate in other transformation initiatives to support Finance’s journey to become Best-in-Class Finance

Development Value

• Opportunity to work with people from different functions and different countries
• Opportunity to gain thorough knowledge of Controllers and Risk processes
• Enhance knowledge about banking products
• Obtain and enhance knowledge regarding specific regulatory rules in different Asia countries

Knowledge and Experience

• 6-9+ years background in transformation projects / hands on project management experience (preferably related to the implementation of regulatory reporting systems)

• Prior experience in financial sector
• High caliber person having strong analytical skills
• Ability to engage with senior management
• Capital Adequacy and Financial reporting experience preferable (project management and/or BAU reporting)
• Market Risk RWA experience preferable
• Advanced JIRA, MS Excel knowledge and PowerPoint

Skills

• Strong planning & organizational skills
• Efficient and effective time management
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with multiple functions 
• Excellent analytical skills

Qualifications

• University degree in finance/accounting/IT
• CPA/CA preferred
• PMP Certification is advantageous

Competencies

• Goal oriented, highly motivated with analytical & problem solving abilities
• Ability to interpret & implement regulatory guidelines / standards
• Needs to have excellent ability to pay attention to details and handle large volume of data
• Self-motivated with the ability to make decisions in the absence of detailed instructions.
• Experience and demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities in a complex and dynamic environment
• Able to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines
• In depth knowledge of banking products
• Proactive and flexible
• Enthusiastic team player