Analyst– International Controllers Risk and Controls - C11

Are you looking for a career move that will put you at the heart of a global financial institution? Then bring your skills in analysis, problem solving and communication to Citi’s Finance Controllers Risk and Controls team. Shape your career with Citi in Hungary, India or Costa Rica. By joining Citi, you will become part of a global organization whose mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress.

The International Finance Controllers - Risk & Control (R&C) team is a Global team that drives factor in delivering robust and consistent design, monitoring, and governance of the control framework across International Finance Controllers. With responsibility for Risk and Control activities including Issue Management, Manger’s Control Assessment (MCA), Audit Engagement, Trainings and Communication. The team enables the International Finance Controllers organization to execute on Citi Finance Vision and Strategy. Our people make all the difference in our success.

The International Finance Controllers - Risk & Control team is led by International Finance Controllers Risk & Control Head reporting into Global Controllers CAO and International Controller. The International Finance Controllers R&C team resources are subject matter specialist who support all streams of Finance: Legal Entity Management; Regulatory Reporting (across ~90 countries in International), Citi Solution Centre (CSC), Accounting Policy, and operates through key strategic locations in London, Mumbai, Heredia, Dublin, Budapest, Manila and Dubai.

The mission of the team is to:

• Serve as trusted control advisors who promote and assist in embedding strong internal controls over financial reporting, regulatory reporting across International Controllers, and is involved in corporate level control programs such as SOX, COSO & MCA;
• Drive International Controllers governance and ensure adherence to corporate wide Citi policies and standards for Finance;
• Deliver timely, accurate and insightful control analytics to ensure proper attention to remediation efforts and to strengthen the control environment.

Responsibilities:

• Support MCA Transformation deliverables including oversight of control uplift, creation of updated inherent risk assessments, adoption of GPMPs in Global Assessment Units and any other requirement
• Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and /or other team members on matters of MCA structure, process and procedure.
• Develop and maintain relationships across the business users and Lines of Defense to better understand and deliver customer requirements by responding to changes in the MCA requirements.
• Identify operational risks and effective implement solutions, by supporting Pre-Audit Readiness Reviews and Postmortem Audit reviews.
• Perform control deep dives across all business areas and countries, to identify control deficiencies, control best practices and consistency of approach.
• Participate in the review and implementation of projects that drives Global and International work and transformation.
• Partner with other team member 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.
• Support Issue Management activities across all the countries within the International Controllers in line with Citi Global standards, policies and procedures.
• Perform other risk and control activities as required.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or similar with 3 years of experience
• Minimum 3 years of experience in financial control/ Internal and External Audit
• Regulatory Reporting and Accounting knowledge
• Manager Control Assessment, Issue Management and Audit Management knowledge
• Strong Excel & PowerPoint skills 
• Advanced English Skills

Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to be detail-oriented.
• 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 including MEA, Europe and APAC countries
• Excellent interpersonal skills necessary to deal with colleagues at all levels across the Firm.
• Strong communication (written and verbal) skills in English and Spanish
• Ability to solve problems and articulate potential solutions.
• Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements.

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