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The Citi LF/Holdings Global Risk Identification & Governance Senior Lead is responsible for supporting the global RGF head in the management, governance, and oversight of the implementation of Citi’s Enterprise Risk Management Framework, programs and processes that span the organization, the lines of defense and various risk categories. These include but are not limited to risk identification, risk monitoring, strategic risk assessment, risk appetite & limits, new activity risk management, risk frameworks & policy advisory, and audit management. The role has a direct reporting line to the Citi LF / Holdings Global Risk & Governance Framework Head, based out of New York. The role will coordinate closely with Global Holdings and the broader Legacy Franchise management team to ensure a consistent approach where possible to enterprise risk management, policy compliance, and enterprise / LF project management including consent order deliverables and audits.
The incumbent will work closely with various stakeholders including LF Operations, LF Technology, EIO&T, LF PMO, CSCs/COEs that support TSAs and post-LD 2, and Global LF and Holdings teams to provide objective views on risks, controls, and trends, and provide subject matter expertise advisory and support on risk identification and governance framework.
This is a strategic role responsible for driving the development and execution of the Global LF Risk Governance Framework requirements related to the Identification, Monitoring, Measurement and Control of the Material Risk Inventory (MRI), Top and Emerging Risks, as well as Concentration Risks and linking these requirements to other key processes, such as Strategic Planning, Risk Appetite and Risk Capital.
Key Responsibilities:
Risk Identification & Governance:
· Responsible for coordination, consolidation, and end-to-end management of the materials for the Material Risk Inventory, LF/Citi Holdings Risk Assessment of Operating Plan (RAOP) and Strategic Risk Assessment processes for LF/Citi Holdings globally.
· Develop, deploy, and enhance risk and control monitoring and reporting processes to measure control performance and enable effective risk and controls identification, monitoring and governance.
· Analyze data and prepare management reporting materials for relevant governance forums.
· Develop the presentation of the key top, material, emerging and strategic risks to senior management.
· Drive execution of the risk identification efforts in partnership with team members and other relevant 2LOD/3LOD teams across the bank for timely and effective outcomes that meet the firm’s expectations.
· Responsible for execution in accordance with the Target Operating Model (TOM) principles and ensuring that the critical activities are identified, assessed, and reported to senior management.
· Incorporate Emerging, Top and Concentration Risks into the Risk Appetite Assessments, Scenario Analysis and Manager’s Control Assessment (MCA) processes, ensuring that ranking and prioritizing of Emerging Risk occurs as required by Policy.
· Connect the Risk Governance requirements to other important processes, such as Strategic Planning, Risk Appetite, Risk Capital, CCAR/DFAST and Stress Testing for easy understanding and sensible alignment.
· Outline required and sustainable Emerging Operational Risks & Operational Concentration Risks monitoring and reporting in the BRCCs and equivalent forums.
· Establish and facilitate review and challenge sessions on material risks ensuring that all Business functions provide their inputs to the process and are aligned in their approach of risk review during the challenge and submission process. This involves reviews with the Product/Function Heads, fronting the challenge from the Independent Risk teams as well as review with the Asia/Europe stakeholders before submission to Global Risk Identification team.
· Represent as the local/global SME for Risk ID Consent Order Transformation, interfacing and covering Risk Taxonomy initiatives (ie. Risk category Group management vertical) in collaboration of Consent Order transformation to achieve milestones/timelines.
New Activity & Risk Management, Risk Appetite & Limits:
· Responsible for new activity risk management, including, but not limited to product inventory mapping, reviewing of proposals from businesses to assess for compliance to the New Activity Policy / for sunset of processes.
· Assisting the lead with the performing of ongoing monitoring for new activities approvals globally for LF R&C
· Ensuring the Product Risk Ratings and Periodic Refresh and Time/Event Based Reviews are performed within the expected timelines.
· Monitoring of the risk appetite statements and assessments processes to ensure execution globally across all relevant LF/Citi Holdings teams (as applicable)
· Assist with identification of the risk limits and thresholds to ensure these are categorized and assessed as per the policies effectively.
· Management of KRI inventory and involved in the risk pool metrics maintenance activities.
Risk Framework & Policy Advisory:
· Consolidation and coordination for the Lines of Defense Designation review across all Organization units for LF / Citi Holdings
· Providing advisory to relevant business teams as needed
· Assisting the lead with development and oversight of policies, procedures aimed at minimizing current and potential risks ensuring that LF/Citi Holdings organization remains compliant with relevant internal and external policies at a franchise level.
· Raising risks and issues (iCAPs), ensuring proper reporting and categorization of risks based on the Citi Risk taxonomies.
IA and Regulatory Interactions:
· Representative for LF/Citi Holdings for audits (internal, external, regulatory, and other functional reviews) across all risk stripes. Support regulatory and audit reviews at various levels (as applicable)
· Effectively manage stakeholder relationships and negotiate outcomes across the first and second line of defense, internal audit, senior leadership and various program management and transformation offices. Monitoring of existing, upcoming reviews and management of audits.
Development Value:
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be part of a significant transformation effort of one of Citi’s foundational risk management programs, with active engagement across multiple business lines. The candidate will have organizational exposure to senior management and subject matter experts across businesses and functions, including the LF/Citi Holdings Head and their leadership team. The incumbent has a significant prospect to define and implement Management Actions, Monitoring, Measuring and Risk Controls across products and risk categories to support the business strategy and improve risk assessment cadence.
Qualifications:
· 10-12+ years of experience in risk and controls, operational and compliance efforts in financial services.
·Exceptional communication, presentation and strategic skills to aptly engage with senior stakeholders.
·Adept at building relationships with key stakeholders and influencing and negotiating to drive change.
· Solid organizational skills and ability to pivot between team and stakeholder management.
·Understanding of Citi Holdings risk profiles across multiple geographies.
·Minimum Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent professional qualification. Master's degree preferred.
·Self-starter who can work independently.
·Ability to multi-task and manage concurrent projects and deliverables.
·Proficient in the use of basic Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
·Effectively work in situations requiring analytical, interpretive and problem-solving techniques.
·Ability to build collaborative working relationships with various groups like Independent Risk, Operational Risk Management and Compliance.
· Drive timely results with very good organizational skills and structured work approach.
