The Regulatory Quality Control team is a central team within Risk, reporting to the Head of Regulatory Quality Control focused on oversight of independent review of the regulatory issues owned by Risk.
The team is responsible for effective check and challenge, driving consistency, developing templates and design principles for Quality Control to review Transformation and Regulatory issues for Risk.
In this role, you will be responsible for:
Lead quality control reviews of applicable laws, rules, regulations, and controls
Develop and document detailed testing scripts to assess adherence to risk policies, procedures, and bank regulatory requirements.
Evaluate the effectiveness of risk data aggregation, validation and reporting procedures to ensure compliance with the policies and regulatory requirements and making recommendations for improvements, where necessary
Evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of controls, assess identified findings, determine root causes and propose risk ratings in accordance with internal guidelines and standards.
Prepare detailed work papers to support the results of the quality control program
Leverage specialized knowledge and skills, providing management with insight into their area of subject-matter focus.
Proactively monitor assigned book of work for changing risks and needed updates
Identify solutions for a variety of complex and unique control issues, utilizing complex judgement and sophisticated analytical thought.
Analyze report findings, and recommend interventions where needed, proposing creative and pragmatic solutions to risk and control issues.
Partner with cross functional teams to develop approaches for addressing broader corporate/thematic emerging issues.
Offer guidance and support for more junior staff.
Build strong partnerships with IA and Risk teams in addition to Product/Functions team to address key information requirements and becoming a plan expert for the team.
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.
Ideally, you should have the following qualifications:
Bachelor's degree; major in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business Administration preferred
12+ years of progressive experience in the financial services industry; experience in Data Risk, Internal Audit; Knowledge and understanding of regulatory and risk management in the financial services industry.
Experience working for a Regulator highly desirable.
A critical thinker who seeks to understand the business and its control environment
Recent experience in managing or leading audits and/or quality assurance reviews for a banking institution is preferred.
Proven leadership and project management skills to drive alignment across stakeholder groups to review and challenge repeatable end-to-end risk management solutions and controls aligned with policies, framework and processes.
Deep understanding of risk framework, corporate/business policies, and programs to translate into plans for the business, function and/or risk type.
Demonstrated ability to understand effective and efficient risk controls and gaps within large organizations.
Develop influential relationships based upon shared risk objectives and trust to deliver outstanding business impact and elevate team's value proposition.
Ability to work as a member of a team where success is defined not only on individual performance but also that of the entire team.
Excellent communication skills; ability to articulate deadlines and deliverables clearly to senior members of organization
Experience advising and collaborating with cross-functional internal & external stakeholders.
Lead through change with candor and optimism
Effective negotiation skills
Ability to work effectively on virtual teams, including across different geographies and time zones preferred.
Education:
BS or MS degrees in business, finance, economics, engineering, computer science or other analytically intensive discipline.
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