Overview of Citi:
Citi, the world leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and a presence in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. Citi enables clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing them with cutting-edge ideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity.
Team/Function Overview:
The Operations Regulatory Control group is a centralized unit within ICG O&T that is responsible for the oversight of day to day compliance for regulatory reporting including exception management and risk mitigation for the EMEA Region.
The team is responsible for the review, action and oversight of daily regulatory reporting and exception management.
The team provides a crucial level of governance to safeguard Citi and its clients for their reporting obligations. ORC works closely with Compliance, Business, Technology and Operations to interpret, investigate and remediate regulatory related issues, and to track risk through metrics analysis, trending oversight and timely escalation.
Role Overview:
The role of a Senior Analyst within the ORC department is to provide supervision and oversight of key controls and processes, in order to ensure a best in class provision of regulatory reporting on behalf of the firm and its clients.
Review of trade, position and transaction reporting validation and reconciliation exceptions pertaining to trade / transaction data submitted to numerous National Competent Authorities (such as FCA, Central Bank of Ireland, BaFIN, Bank of England and other Debt Management Offices across Europe)
The individual will be responsible for working collaboratively with Operations, Technology, Compliance, Internal Audit and the business, to maintain strong working relationship and support proactive governance and control management.
The role will involve working in conjunction with the Reporting team supervisors in Belfast and Senior Management in London to highlight issues and raise solutions through interpretation of submitted data.
Key

Responsibilities:

- Help drive implementation and perform monitoring and testing of firms submission data and exceptions/rejections to develop appropriate controls to drive the completeness, accuracy and timeliness of regulatory reporting obligations within ORC.
- To verify ongoing compliance with the regulatory requirement.
- Review, Design and Enhance key metrics and KPIs relevant to numerous regulations and assist with reporting to key stakeholders and senior management.
- Key tasks to involve the monitoring of numerous regulatory processes within the Reporting team in Belfast, and to support the successful identification and remediation of failed controls (specifically but not limited to, the analysis of keys controls, UAT of future enhancements and regulatory reporting remediation tasks)
- The individual will be responsible for working collaboratively with Operations Regulatory Control, Technology, and key business stakeholders to maintain a strong working relationship and a best in class approach to proactive exception management
- Partnering with ORC Change Management and QA to ensure adequate issue documentation, testing and resolution implementation. Ensure all required sign-offs and audit trails are maintained and meet a standardized approach.
- Extensive liaison with internal customers, notably Business Units, Information Technology, Other ORC areas and Compliance Management, whilst fostering partnerships with key contacts with open and honest feedback;
Development Value:
- Develop a greater understanding of Regulatory requirements; and in particular SFTR Reporting regulation.
- Exposure to all areas of Capital Markets & Banking and associated products;
- Develop an understanding of both short and long-term project management and tracking;
- Develop stakeholder management competence at peer and senior manager level.
- Develop an understanding of Citigroup at a more strategic level;
- Have access to an extensive online learning resource.
- Enhanced communication and organizational skills.
- Interaction with senior Citi representatives from Ops, Business and Technology, both written and verbal
- Citi success depends on its people and their ability to develop and grow within the organisation. ORC support all employees to feel empowered to take responsibility for their own development.
Knowledge/Experience:
- Experience of compiling large volumes of data and analysing results
- Experience of exception based controls and processing;
- Experience of working within a control environment;
- Experience of Regulatory reporting/Risk and Control (preferable)
- Understand impact of external factors (e.g. regulatory changes) on departmental strategy;
Skills:
- Good Microsoft skills including Excel, Word and Outlook
- Proactive, able to work on initiative and organize themselves well
- Ability to communicate effectively facilitating interaction with clients, own team and operations management. Ability to detail issues, in writing, in a clear, accurate and concise manner
- Analytical and Numerate proven ability to research and identify large and complex issues
- Demonstrates sound judgement and professionalism in decision making/problem solving, escalating to supervisor as appropriate
- Real attention to detail
Qualifications:
- GSCE "A" Level standard or equivalent
- Good numeric skills desirable
- Bachelors degree (preferable)
- Industry exams e.g. FCA module exams or a full affiliate status
Exceptional candidates who do not meet these criteria may be considered for the role provided they have the necessary skills and experience.
What we Offer:
As well as a competitive salary and consideration for a yearly discretionary bonus Citi offer;
- 23 days paid annual leave
- Award winning pension scheme,
- Life assurance and
- Private medical insurance with Bupa healthcare.
In addition, we offer a competitive maternity, paternity and adoption leave scheme and employees also have the option (provided they have a student loan from the Student Loan Company) to divert saver and company match contributions to their student loan. We pride ourselves on our ability to offer employees a number of lifestyle benefits including; on site restaurant and coffee shops, online shopping and concierge service and subsidised clubs and societies.
Our select benefit package offers you the opportunity to customise your benefits according to your own lifestyle preferences and includes corporate discounts, memberships and a range of additional extras.
We also have a vast range of diversity networks, which demonstrates Citi's commitment to growing a diverse workforce;
- Citi Mentor programme
- Prometheus - development initiative for female talent
- Citi Toastmaster
- Citi annual 5k
- Citi Pride

Job Family Group:
Risk Management

Job Family:
Operational Risk

Time Type:

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