Business Risk and Control Senior Officer

Are you looking for a career move that will put you at the heart of a global financial institution? Then bring your skills in Market Risk Management to Citi’s team!

By Joining Citi, you will become part of a global organisation whose mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress.

Team/Role Overview

The Business Risk and Control Senior Officer will lead the Monitoring and Testing for the transformed Manager Control Assessment (MCA) transformation for Global Market Risk. You will assist management in exercising control over Operational and Compliance Risk in accordance with established Policy requirements and in guiding and influencing standards and procedures that conform to enterprise requirements and support sound operational and compliance risk management. You will also help management allocate resource to identify, assess, escalate, and manage risk exposures across Risk Categories (Operational Compliance, Strategic, Reputational, etc), including material, emerging and concentration risks in accordance with enterprise Policies and the establishment of Key Indicators to monitor risk exposures.

What you’ll do

• You will support the Central Manager Control Assessment (MCA) transformation for Global Market Risk, as well as lead Monitoring and Testing.
• Work with Management on governance and the facilitation of the execution of the Manager Control Assessment (MCA, i.e. Risk & Control Self-Assessment) as required by the MCA Standard including the assessment and appropriate approval of risk associated with business changes.
• Will be accountable for the quality, completeness, and accuracy of the implementation of the Control Framework, including Risk Control Policy, Control Standard, Issue Management Policy, Lesson Learned Policy and Control Inventory.
• Upon testing controls and evaluating monitoring results, assess the need for any self-identified issues and be responsible that adequate governance and training are in place to support management of Risk profiles.
• Ensure the identification of issue root cause, partnering with control and process owners to recommend holistic corrective actions and improvements, provide check and challenge to ensure appropriate escalation in according with Issue Management and Escalation Policies.
• Support management in the review and challenge process, within the FLUs, on the effective design and management of controls to mitigate risks as required by the Control Standards, including implementation and operation, conducting the control monitoring, handling deficiencies, and escalating issues for resolution and on operational risk scenario analysis and stress testing for Operational Risk Capital requirements.
• With management, direct teams on the timeliness, accuracy and completeness of the MCA through controls prior to the execution of a process (QC).
• Assess, with management, the adherence to the MCA Standard through controls after the execution of a process (QA), Risk Appetite and monitor / assess exposures against this in accordance with enterprise requirements (if applicable). 

What we’ll need from you

• Previous Market Risk Management experience, familiarity with Market Risk processes and 3rd Party Risk models.
• Prior MCA and controls testing experience is preferred.   
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills
• SQL, Perl or Python, Matlab or R, Excel VBA knowledge. Database administrator experience is a plus.
• Bachelor's/University degree, Master's degree preferred.

What we can offer you

We work hard to have a positive financial and social impact on the communities we serve. In turn, we put our employees first and provide the best-in-class benefits they need to be well, live well and save well.

By joining Citi Belfast, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as: 

• Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays; increasing with tenure
• A discretional annual performance related bonus 
• Private medical insurance packages to suit your personal circumstances
• Employee Assistance Program  
• Pension Plan 
• Paid Parental Leave 
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends 
• Access to an array of learning and development resources 

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day.  We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive. 

Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.

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