Uzbekistan Representative Officer

The Representative Officer is a position responsible for coordinating Citi’s business in Uzbekistan.

The Representative Officer's primary responsibility is to assist the CCO and Banking Head of Turkey as well as the Central Asia & Caucasus Head and in continuing to meet client needs, improve client experience and innovate to build a competitive advantage while meeting regulatory, compliance and risk requirements.

Responsibilities:

• To manage Citi’s client relationships in Uzbekistan; across Public Sector, Financial Institutions, and Corporates
• Maintain a robust dialogue with all clients, Ministry of Finance, and Banking Regulator in Uzbekistan
• Develop and monitor a client-driven franchise growth plan and communicate a vision that is responsive to global/regional issues and emerging market trends
• Partner with Investment banking team to drive and execute episodic transactions and with key stakeholders, including Risk and GCM, to allocate capital prudently, appropriately and in adherence to all Citi risk policies
• Ensure client relationships and proposed client solutions meet or exceed internal risk and return standards, including stringent ethical standards and anticipated future changes in the marketplace
• 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, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards
• Acting as a single, coordinated face to the local marketplace and the lead Citi representative in the country in front of external stakeholders including clients, regulators, government, community, media and others and actively raising Citi’s profile
• Providing oversight for all critical country and other risk limits and for country scenario planning

Other key related responsibilities include:

• Coordinate with Turkey Finance & Legal, the external local Legal and Auditor for the annual tax filing and other local requirements
• Interact with regulator in conjunction with Turkey, Central Asia & Caucasus Country Head, coordinate client meetings and coordinate senior visits
• Support the Turkey, Central Asia & Caucasus Country Head with local legal counsel on legal opinions regarding specific transactions and situations

Protecting the Franchise:

• Protecting Citi’s reputation in the country to the best of his/her ability
• Ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and regulations (local, Turkey and US)
• Ensuring compliance with all applicable requirements regarding “financial inclusion”
• Ensuring compliance with all corporate policies, including ethical standards, corporate governance standards and business practice requirements
• Leading management and coordination of governmental and regulatory relationships
• Promoting a strong culture of timely escalation, ethics, compliance and control
• Identifying, assessing, mitigating, communicating and anticipating all types of risks through the development and sustainability of appropriate control mechanisms
• Leading and coordinating consistent application of Managers Controls Assessment (MCA) process across the franchise
• Managing the organization and corporate governance of country-based legal entities and their regulatory reporting
• Leading Citi’s response to a franchise-wide event, e.g. crisis or disaster. In such a situation, all business and function heads must work under the CCO’s direction

Qualifications:

• 8-10 years of experience
• Fluent in Uzbek, English and Russian
• Strong risk skill-set and track record in product
• Demonstrated ability to balance between internal management and external client time
• Demonstrated knowledge of compliance issues and regulatory requirements (global and local)
• Proven leadership skills and intellectual capability to create momentum and an agenda across multiple products with a diverse population and competing priorities
• Demonstrated intellectual grasp of the industry, ability to anticipate and lead the organization to future changes and translate vision into executable plans
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills with pragmatic approach to ensure limited resources are directed appropriately
• Consistently demonstrate clear and concise written and verbal communication

Education:

• Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master's degree preferred

The role will be based in Uzbekistan.

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