Product Control Lead Analyst, VP

Location
Hong Kong
Salary
Competitive salary
Posted
27 Sep 2020
Closes
23 Oct 2020
Ref
8535764
Approved employers
Approved employer
Job role
Accountant
Description
About Citi
Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. 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. Our core activities are safeguarding assets, lending money, making payments and accessing the capital markets on behalf of our clients.
Citi's Mission and Value Proposition explain what we do and Citi Leadership Standards explain how we do it. Our mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress. We strive to earn and maintain our clients' and the public's trust by constantly adhering to the highest ethical standards and making a positive impact on the communities we serve. Our Leadership Standards is a common set of skills and expected behaviors that illustrate how our employees should work every day to be successful and strengthens our ability to execute against our strategic priorities.
Diversity is a key business imperative and a source of strength at Citi. We serve clients from every walk of life, every background and every origin. Our goal is to have our workforce reflect this same diversity at all levels. Citi has made it a priority to foster a culture where the best people want to work, where individuals are promoted based on merit, where we value and demand respect for others and where opportunities to develop are widely available to all.
Product Control
Product Control is a specialized area within the Controllers discipline and is principally associated with the Markets & Securities Services and Corporate & Investment Banking businesses. The Product Control team's mission is to ensure the completeness, accuracy and integrity of Citi's books and records. Responsibilities include: product line revenue and balance sheet validation, analysis and reporting, independent price verification, fair value hierarchy classification and valuation adjustments. By advancing with best practice, the team both protects Citi's reputation and helps to be the best for our clients.
The Product Control team is organized by global product and region, and has a global footprint. The team is aligned to each of Citi's principle product lines or specialized areas such as Valuation Controls, Governance Policy Controls and Global Process Owners Group. Leading with a forward looking vision and passion to be the best requires our team to be strategic, motivated, innovative and embracing of agile work practices.
As an active partner across Citi, the team possesses and values a diversity of skills including both analytical and technical components required to manage the dynamic multi-faceted aspects of the role. Ability to think critically, with strategic foresight to anticipate future challenges and create cutting-edge controlled solutions, is complemented by technical coverage across accounting, modeling, risk and proficiency in the market and regulatory environment.
Business Background:
The Global BCMA business has presence in North America, Latin America, Europe, Japan and Asia Pacific. The business provides market access and input to the various needs of our institutional client base.Each of these businesses is supported by their regional product control teams.
Job Description:
We are recruiting for a Product Control VPto join the APAC BCMA team, based in Hong Kong. This is a senior level position responsible for leading efforts that ensures the completeness, accuracy and integrity of the bank's books and records. The individual will partner with key stakeholders in the Front Office, Middle Office, Risk and other Finance functions to execute Product Control's responsibilities and mission statement.In addition to efforts to control and support data integrity, the individual is also responsible for proactively driving the design and adoption of best-in-class controls, process optimization and innovation projects across the broader Product Control organization.

Responsibilities:
  • Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of Finance industry trends
  • Serve as a subject matter expert within Finance
  • Contribute to the directional strategy of the Finance function, anticipating the impact to daily work and the business
  • Evaluate and resolve complex issues and select the best action by weighing various alternatives and balancing potentially conflicting needs
  • 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.
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree/University degree in finance or Accountingpreferred
  • 6-10 years of relevant experience in financial industry
  • Experience in collaborating with a team of individuals in different locations
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving and organization skills with experience driving projects, and ability to implement change in a cross-functional environment
  • Thrives in a dynamic, time-sensitive environment and effectively prioritizes to meet deadlines
  • Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
  • Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel and Word

Job Family Group:
Finance
Job Family:
Product Control
Time Type:
Full time
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