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We’re currently looking for a high caliber professional to join our team as Assistant Vice President, Business Risk and Control Manager based in Singapore. Being part of our team means that we’ll provide you with the resources to meet your unique needs, empower you to make healthy decision and manage your financial well-being to help plan for your future. 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.
The Business Risk and Controls Manager is part of Global Wealth Control team focusing design and execution of control framework for MCA Testing for Investment and Insurance business for Wealth business. This position reports to the Wealth Client Segments Control Testing Head within the Citi COO
organization’s Central Controls Capabilities; and is a strategic- and execution-oriented leadership role accountable for end-to-end control testing for this position’s specified business/segment – i.e., operational controls performance assurance/testing – which includes design, results reporting, and insight sharing related to the above scope of controls testing. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Accountable for controls testing results and advice regarding the controls execution. Excellent management and communication skills required to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Accountable for controls testing results and advice regarding the controls execution. Necessitates a degree of responsibility over technical strategy. Responsible for supporting their manager in handling staff management issues, including resource management and allocation of work within the team/project.
Responsibilities:
• Coordinate and contribute to governance and the facilitation of the execution of the Manager Control Assessment (MCA) as required by the MCA Standard including the assessment and appropriate approval of risk associated with business changes. Individual will be part of Centralized MCA Testing and Monitoring Utility team within Wealth organization and will be focused on performing monitoring and Testing for Investment
Solution MCA across Private Bank, Trading Desks and CG/CPC Investment Solution.
• Supports the Controls Testing Utility by acting on assessing control design, designing control testing tools, developing control testing procedures, ensure control testing
transitions, dispositioning exceptions, and developing insights.
• Carries key responsibility for Control Design Assessment (CDA) by resolving escalations, defining the work plan, and designing the quality review process.
• Play a key role in engaging with Investment Risk Assessment and Control design team and Investment Solution Business Execution team in assessing, designing control mapping in respective ARCMs within relevant AUs.
• Contribute to the quality, completeness, and accuracy of the implementation of the Control Framework, including Risk Control Policy, Control Standard, Issue Management Policy, Lesson Learned Policy and Control Inventory.
• 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.
• Partner with the team for the identification of issue root cause, partnering with control and process owners to recommendations holistic corrective actions and improvements, for issues identified as part of MCA Testing and Monitoring.
• Helps driving continuous improvements in accuracy, efficiency, timeliness, and quality of MCA control design assessment and controls testing.
• Support with the timeliness, accuracy and completeness of the MCA through controls prior to the execution of a process.
• Influence decisions to ensure adherence to the MCA Standard through controls after the execution of a process (QA).
• Coordinate and contribute to Operational and Compliance Risk in accordance with established Policy requirements.
• Support Risk Appetite and monitor / assess exposures against this in accordance with
enterprise requirements (if applicable).
• 5-8 years of experience.
• Must have exposure to 2-3 years of Risk, Control, Audit, Testing roles
Outstanding leadership, communication, and influencing skills as this leader will work with Sr
leaders, and audit partners on a regular basis. Relevant experience in financial services,
with enhanced knowledge of the Branded Cards business preferred.
• Project management and governance experience with demonstrated ability to achieve and exceed critical milestones.
• Must have ability to foster working relationships with other leaders across multiple lines of business and with support organizations including auditors and regulators.
• Demonstrated judgement and critical thinking skills.
• Bachelor's/University degree or equivalent experience.
