The Fianance Risk and Control Officer is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within own field and contributes to directional strategy by considering their application in own job and the business. Recognized technical authority for an area within the business. Requires basic commercial awareness. There are typically multiple people within the business that provide the same level of subject matter expertise. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Significant impact on the area through complex deliverables. Provides advice and counsel related to the technology or operations of the business. Work impacts an entire area, which eventually affects the overall performance and effectiveness of the sub-function/job family

Responsibilities:

• Identify operational risks and effective implement solutions, by performing Pre-Audit Readiness Reviews
• Support International Controllers in the Audit Management process.
• Perform control deep dives across all business areas and countries, to identify control deficiencies, control best practices and consistency of approach.
• Provide adequate challenge to the Controllers functions to ensure control design is followed while performing production activities.
• Participate in the review and implementation of projects that drives Global and International work and transformation.
• Assists in the implementation of new policies and controls
• Recommend solutions for risk and control problems and action plans, partner with Senior Stakeholders to develop approaches for broader corporate/local issues.
• Proactive and 'no surprises' approach in communicating and escalating issues; and strength in sustaining independent views.
• Keep abreast of internal policy changes to further identify new key risk areas impactful to current open issues.
• Provide guidance in evaluating the risks & controls, and ensure appropriate remedial actions are in place.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating 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.
• Perform other risk and control activities as required.
• 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.

Qualifications:

• 6-10 years of experience.
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills
• Effective organizational influencing skills required.
• Excellent problem-solving skills Ability to comprehend the big pictures with high attention to critical details
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement strategy and process improvement initiatives.

Education:

• Bachelor's/University degree, Master's degree preferred.

The Finance Risk and Control Officer is senior professional position responsible for performing moderately complex assessments of Citi’s risk and control environments and document the applicable action plans to resolve any improvements required. The overall objective is to utilize in-depth subject matter expertise to ensure that the firm meets audit standards/metrics and regulations working across ~90 countries in International to determine solutions for emerging issues. The role will support the International Controllers Risk and Control Team

Qualifications:

• Experience in financial control/ Internal and External Audit
• Regulatory Reporting and Accounting knowledge
• Strong Excel & PowerPoint skills 
• Bi-lingual: English and Spanish

Skills:

• Must have analytical inquisitiveness and problem-solving and ability to ask insightful questions, break analytical and business challenges into workable components and draw meaningful conclusions.
• Demonstrated ability to be detail-oriented, and manage multiple competing priorities including emerging risks to deliver solutions in an effective control environment.
• Pursues continuous process and self-improvement opportunities.
• Ability to collaborate with others to achieve business objectives; must be able to work with multi-disciplinary teams from different regions.
• Ability to communicate effectively with senior management and cross functional organizations, particularly with people from different geographies and cultures.
• Excellent interpersonal skills necessary to deal with colleagues at all levels across the Firm.
• Ability to gain consensus and agreement across disparate functions, products, and geographies.
• Ability to initiate and manage change, including driving cultural changes to strengthen the control environment.
• Ability to solve problems and articulate potential solutions.
• Strong presentation skills

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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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