Technology & Business Enablement Quality Assurance (Data Risk & Control) - VP

Technology & Business Enablement (T&BE) empowers Citi to achieve its day-to-day operational and long-term growth goals, enabling execution of Citi’s strategy by providing technical solutions and infrastructure across the firm.

T&BE is responsible for the technology and infrastructure colleagues use, defending the firm from cyber-attacks, and processing every loan, transaction, trade, and customer request that comes into the firm. Our teams re-engineer the client and partner experience to deliver excellence through secure, reliable and controlled services, focused on making Citi a simpler bank that is easier to work and do business with.  Another critical component of T&BE is the Enterprise Data Office which is responsible for overseeing Citi’s Data strategy and implementation. This includes driving consistent standards and capabilities for enterprise data management.

Within T&BE, the Chief Operating Office (T&BE COO) drives a strong focus on risk and controls, compliance and value across T&BE organization and oversees Controls, Analytics and Decision Management, Quality Assurance, Regulatory Management, Data and Transformation for Technology, as well as Business Execution for our Technology, and Foundational Services functions.

The T&BE Quality Assurance (QA) function sits within T&BE COO organization and is responsible to provide independent and objective assessment on the effectiveness, quality and timeliness of the remediation of high severity issues and Transformation regulatory commitments across T&BE globally. This is a role reporting to the Data Quality Assurance Director based in London, Mumbai or New York.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and deliver assigned QA portfolio to ensure on-time and quality execution of QA reviews in conformance with T&BE QA procedure.
• Design and execute T&BE QA reviews/assessments to provide independent assurance/check and challenge on the design and operating effectiveness and sustainability of the remedial actions (controls / one-time remediations) implemented to address high severity issues/Transformation regulatory comments at a global or regional level.
• Support high severity issue and Transformation regulatory commitment owners towards effective and on-time remediation. 
• Facilitate and lead in-depth analysis for identified QA concerns, gain agreement on planned actions, and provide strategic remediation paths for key issues.
• Support T&BE QA management to substantiate, follow up and escalate concerns timely and consistently.
• Support T&BE QA Director (QAD) and QA lead in fostering a strong partnership across T&BE, Global Business Risk and Controls, 2nd, and 3rd line functions to drive accountability and ownership to deliver on remediation activities.
• Support T&BE QA management to escalate concerns timely, consistently and at the right levels by contributing to senior management reporting.
• Be proactive and self-motivated in driving quality, timely reviews/assessments end-to-end, managing risks / issues, and taking corrective action as necessary to meet review deadlines.
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities and meet strict deadlines, both internal and external (e.g., regulators).
• This is a global role and involves interaction with stakeholders across APAC, EMEA and NAM. Work timings accordingly will remain flexible.

Qualifications:

• Strong experience in risk and control, supervision, quality assurance/ control and monitoring processes.
• In-depth subject matter expertise of data and technology processes and risks.
• Experience in data remediation activities.
• Ability to demonstrate critical thinking and lean towards solutioning.
• Knowledge of the risk management framework, including risk identification, risk appetite and strategy, risk-related decisions, processes and controls, risk analytics and governance.
• Experience working horizontally across an organization and participating in enterprise-wide implementations of major policy and relevant risk programs.

• Broad understanding of relevant banking regulation and supervisory expectations for large complex financial institutions.
• Well-developed listening skills and ability to engage at the executive management level by providing proactive support and advice on a variety of risk matters.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and strong ability to engage at different levels of organization, in particularly senior management.
• Demonstrate ability to assess and contribute to the content of key risk and control reporting and provide clear, timely and concise status updates to senior management.