• Job Description

  Req#: 24754449

  The Financial Crime Risk Manager will be responsible for providing leadership, direction, governance, and oversight for the Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Sanctions and Anti-Bribery & Corruption (AB&C) risk stripes within Citi’s Banking business. The role is part of the First Line of Defence (1LOD), focusing on the Corporate and Investment Banking businesses within Banking.

  As the position will not have any direct reports, the Financial Crimes Risk and Control Manager will work closely with the global Banking Financial Crimes Controls team to deliver their book of work.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Contribute to Citi’s global financial crime program for Banking, with a focus on economic sanctions;
  • Drive a consistent and holistic approach to financial crime risk management within Banking;
  • Provide guidance and support to regional, country and global bankers;
  • Draft communications, guidance, policies, and procedures to ensure awareness and compliance with relevant regulations and global policy;
  • Develop and disseminate communications and training on key risk topics and initiatives both within Banking and key first line stakeholders;
  • Maintain knowledge and understanding of financial crime laws, regulations, guidelines, and advisories, and assess the implications for Banking;
  • Establish processes to identify internal/industry trends, themes and areas requiring improved controls;
  • Lead initiatives and actions to identify, assess and reduce key emerging and existing risk areas; Prioritize areas of focus based on level of investment, inherent risk, complexity of change and other risk factors;
  • Represent Banking, in senior Governance and Financial Crime forums, as well as by leading key financial Crime projects/initiatives;
  • Represent Banking, on global Financial Crime audits, reviews and remediation work;
  • Identify opportunities to work across risk stripes and businesses to strengthen and/or simplify existing controls;
  • Act as the financial crime liaison for Banking’s self-assessment processes, and monitor the outcome of the Managers Control Assessment (MCA) to identify risks and vulnerabilities;
  • Build strong working relationships with the second lines of defence partners within AML, Sanctions and AB&C;
  • Uphold a culture of Compliance and awareness within Banking.

  Qualifications

  The ideal candidate will have the following attributes and qualifications:

  • Experience working across AML, Sanctions and AB&C;
  • Comprehension of relevant financial crime laws, regulations, and industry guidelines (with a focus in EMEA)
  • Strong knowledge of banking products and services;
  • Ability to balance regulatory/policy requirements with business realities;
  • Experience of working in a global, dynamic environment;
  • Ability to work independently and under pressure to manage deadlines;
  • Strong influencing and leadership skills;
  • Must have analytical inquisitiveness and problem solving ability;
  • Demonstrated ability to think strategically and ‘connect the dots’, yet remain detail-oriented;
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
  • Demonstrated ability to interact with senior audiences, as well as second/third lines of defence and regulators;
  • Forward-compatible mindset, with the desire to leverage technology to improve analytics;
  • Experience with MS Office tools: PowerPoint, Excel, and SharePoint.

  Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree preferred, but not required;
  • Certification as a compliance professional (CAMS, CGSS, CSS, ICA) preferred, but not required;
  • Financial crime experience essential, including within economic sanctions

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  Job Family Group:

  Risk Management

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  Job Family:

  Business Risk & Control

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  Time Type:

  Full time

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