Finance Regulatory Engagement Lead Analyst, Vice President

About the Team

The Finance Regulatory Engagement & Oversight team works closely with stakeholders to drive and execute end-to-end regulatory engagement and deliverables across Citi Finance activities, which span global Finance groups, Finance functions, and technology and business partners. This global team leads engagements, identifies priorities, strategically coordinates efforts and tracks progress, while defining and implementing best practices.

About the Role

The Finance Regulatory Engagement & Oversight Analyst is a seasoned professional who contributes to the directional strategy of regulatory engagement and exam management. In this role, you will identify, monitor, communicate and escalate regulatory activities, trends, risks and feedback. This role requires thought leadership, strong diplomacy and communication skills. 

Responsibilities:

Contributes to the engagement and oversight of Citi’s Finance global regulatory agenda, including:

• Centrally coordinates Citi’s Finance global regulatory agenda to help manage and/or support on-site or remote exam management, ad-hoc meetings and information requests.

• Ensure standards are maintained and followed related to the management of regulatory interactions, including exam management, regulatory meetings and requests for information.

• Manages escalations related to regulatory related matters and/or deliverables and provides support to ensure proper awareness and communication to applicable stakeholders, including regulators and senior management as applicable.

• Supports key stakeholders in writing regulatory responses and coordinating feedback among internal stakeholder, ensuring clarity, consistency and accuracy.

• Works as part of a team to centrally manage regulatory engagement lifecycle from entry letter to remediation and issue closure.

• Provides key information into updates and newsletters that provide clear, concise and balanced updates to senior forums and Citi internal governance committees, on Citi Finance’s regulatory commitments and engagements.

• Coordinates across Citi Finance functions to develop cohesive and comprehensive responses to regulatory inquiries, on a timely basis.

Process and Controls:

• Works with teams to develop and implement best practices, and controls to manage Citi Finance’s regulatory deliverables, includes regulatory meetings, submissions, commitments, etc.

• Provides support related to execution efforts related to regulatory initiatives, and actively monitor change control, actions, risks, issues, and dependencies.

• Drives ongoing consistency and alignment to enterprise regulatory engagement standards, and coordinate deliverables across Finance business functions.

• Performs other duties and functions as assigned.

• Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision. 

• Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy. 

• Appropriately assesses risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particularconsideration 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.

Competencies: 

• Resilient, self-aware, humble, and execution focused.

• Delivery focused with ability to prioritize multiple assignments and requests and meet tight deadlines.

• Demonstrates thought leadership, innovation, good judgement and problem-solving skills.

• Adept at synthesizing large amounts of information and providing concise messaging.

• Can work effectively in a team-based, collaborative leadership model; a team player who will implement initiatives effectively and motivate others to carry out their work.

• Excellent relationship building and stakeholder management skills.

• Works well under pressure and always with a professional demeanor.

• Communicates effectively across all levels of the organization, with ability to influence and challenge key decision makers, peer groups, internal service providers and functions outside direct control. 

• Agile and flexible – able to determine and resolve project slippage, scope changes, and prioritize deliverables to ensure critical milestones are met continued progress. 

Qualifications: 

• 6-10+ years of relevant experiencefinancial services, regulatory engagement or consulting.

• Proven leadership in managing documents and timely deliverables.

• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage with a wide variety of people across functions and seniority.

• Demonstrated knowledge and expertise in written responses to regulators such as on MRA, MRIA, exam findings or other actions is a plus.

• Experience in driving governance and controls.

• Understanding and application of project management methodologies across delivery life cycle.

• Self-motivated with the ability to make decisions in the absence of detailed instructions.

• Extremely proficient in MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Word; database knowledge is a plus.

• Team player possessing an ability to work well with others in a fast-paced, high-energy environment, with demonstrated ability to work effectively across business units / functions to deliver results.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, legal, or related fields; advanced degree is a plus.