Business Risk Officer - C13 - SINGAPORE

Citi’s Wealth Control organization enables to achieve sustainable client-driven growth within risk appetite, champion business compliance with laws, rules, regulations and policies, Identify, assess and manage risk of sustained impact to business strategic objectives, provide oversight to mitigate negative public opinion impacting financial condition and drive optimization of controls and monitoring.

We’re currently looking for a high caliber professional to join our team as Vice President, Business Risk Officer based in as part of Global Investment Solution Risk Assessment and Control Design team. The Citi Wealth business delivers a comprehensive wealth solution to clients across the wealth continuum, with integrated advice and execution, as well as traditional and alternative investments, managed account strategies, world-class research and investment guidance. Our Wealth business serves ultra-high-net-worth individuals and family offices through Citi Private Bank, operates in the affluent and high-net-worth customer relationship tiers of Citigold® and Citigold Private Client and offers wealth management in the workplace through Citi Global Wealth at Work.

Reporting to the Asia Investment Solution Risk Assessment and Control Design Head, the Risk and Control Program Lead is responsible to identify and mitigate regulatory risks in the end-to-end process to operate within the approved risk appetite.  The candidate will operate in close partnership with the teams across 1st line of defense (in particular, Product, Front office Risk & Control leads) and 2nd line of defense (in particular, Independent Compliance Risk Management, Legal and Independent Operational Risk Management) responsible for challenging and monitoring business adherence with all laws, regulations and rules and internal policies. The candidate will also collaborate with Businesses and Functional Teams across Hong Kong, Singapore, Singapore IPB and Private Bank to ensure regulatory risks are adequately managed end-to-end, rather than within functional silos.

Key responsibilities:

•    Proactively work with Investment Products teams across Capital Markets and Managed Investments on identifying risks in existing process and mitigate through appropriate controls including, wherever applicable. 
•    Working with countries and product teams to continuously evaluate and drive the maintenance of the regulatory inventory linkage in supporting controls in Citi’s system so that management can effectively demonstrate adherence to applicable laws and regulations through the Manager’s Control Assessment program. 
•    Work with ICRM and key stakeholders from business on implementation of Regulatory changes involving gap analysis of regulatory change vis-vis current process in CRC system, complete Impact assessment and drive the completion of action items before regulation compliance date. 
•    Supporting the business in review of Product Programs, Desktop Procedures across Capital Markets and Manage Investments to identify risks in current process, evaluating areas of strengthening of controls and ensure sustainability of those controls are built as part of monitoring, wherever applicable. 
•    Assess each new product or process rolled out have effective controls embedded as part of the process and wherever required are duly tested/validated through MCA and/or reviewed as part of DMTs. 
•    Work with global controls team in managing RNDIP Coordination across CG/CPC and Private Bank for inclusion of agenda items in respective BRCMs and acting as one point contact and liaison between country stakeholders and global RNDIP Coordinator.
•    Assess the effectiveness of existing controls through horizontal process-based reviews out of lesson learned activity on internal events or external events faced by industry. Wherever, gaps are identified, work with business to develop and implement corrective action plan.  
•    Actively collaborating with business to identify, evaluate, and manage regulatory adherence risks arising from the definition of business strategy, development of new products and services, changes in regulations or internal policies, or from business-led changes. 
•    Developing strong relationships with Business, Operations & Technology and partners in 2nd and 3rd line of defense to reduce and mitigate regulation risk. The candidate will also participate in discussions pertaining to the continuous enhancement of regulation controls and monitoring. This includes engaging with Subject Matter Experts to develop requirements to automate controls and digitize monitoring where appropriate.
•    Engage with stakeholders in designing Issues and CAPs with control owners to mitigate the risk including overseeing its completion on time. This requires engaging with ICQ team for ensuring CAP closure is effective and risk is mitigated. 
•    Participating in targeted reviews and engaging with Internal Audit and Compliance Assurance over potential regulatory findings.

Required Qualifications:

• University graduate with at least 8-10 years of experience with strong strategic, analytical and product management skills
• Must have exposure to 3-4 years of Risk, Control, Audit or Compliance roles.
• Working-level knowledge of core end-to-end processes performed in the Consumer and Private Bank business.
• Prior experience and exposure in Investment Products across Capital Markets and Manage Investments.
• Experience with governance, risk and control management, risk approvals, as well as engaging with 2nd/3rd lines of defense
• Understanding / familiarity with new product development (e.g. first and second line of defense risk/control mechanisms
• Ability to move from granular detail to strategic level, with effective executive presentation skills
• Comfortable operating with limited guidance and under significant time pressure

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