Compl Assurance Officer

Serves as a senior compliance risk officer for Independent Compliance Risk Management (ICRM)'s Assurance team responsible for assessing compliance risks and controls implemented by the first and second line of defense. Also responsible for performing risk assessments of Citi's compliance risks; performing independent assurance activities (testing and on-going monitoring) to assess the design and effectiveness of key controls designed to address compliance risk; reporting and escalating control issues and any violations of laws or breaches of policy; and validating adequacy of remediation taken to address reported issues.

Responsibilities:

• Developing, implementing, and executing compliance testing, continuous assurance, and reporting programs within an assigned region in accordance with the Compliance Assurance (CA) Plan.
• Participating in the planning, executing, and reporting of compliance assurance reviews and compliance and regulatory issue validation activities for a component of a product line, function, or legal entity within an assigned region in accordance with CA Plan.
• Strong programming and data analytical skills (practical knowledge on R, Python, SAS, SQL and any other analytics tools are a must).
  • Ability to execute data manipulation, data extraction, and web scraping using any of the above analytical tools. With experience in API for extracting structured and unstructured data.
  • Experience with Big Data
  • Should have worked with NLP/OCR libraries
• Be able to conceptualize data driven information presentations to senior stakeholders (non-technical) and use visualization techniques to display the results.
  • Expert in Tableau or other visualization tools.
• Project Management Skills
  • Experience in managing an end to end large to medium scale technology implementation/transformation projects
• Analyzing and documenting report findings, and having preliminary discussions with corresponding control/process owners.
• Assisting with development of Compliance Assurance Risk Assessments, Monitoring Monthly, and Quarterly Summaries and the development and enhancement of the Compliance Assurance Methodologies and Standards for auditing, testing, monitoring, and reporting.
• Utilizing innovative compliance testing solutions including Data Analytics to increase value and reduce costs of compliance-related activities.
• Developing effective relationships within CA function and with other stakeholders including Business process owners and Internal Audit function.
• Identifying industry best practices and share insight with the CA teams on a regular basis.
• Informing CA management of significant compliance matters that require their attention or action.
• Identifying compliance training resources and tools available centrally to support country/business compliance programs training and research needs.
• Additional duties as assigned
• 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:

• Experience in planning, executing, and reporting on compliance testing reviews and regulatory issue validation activities
• Knowledge and extensive experience with auditing principles including audit planning, risk assessments, development of risks and controls matrices, processes and controls design assessments, controls operating effectiveness testing, transactional access segregation of duties, transactional testing, surveillance systems, and reporting activities
• Understanding of rules, laws, and regulations, and specific regulatory requirements
• Strong interpersonal skills for building strong relationships with stakeholders and engaging teams
• Effectiveness in working within a large scale and complex matrix organization is essential
• Effective negotiation skills, a proactive and "no surprises" approach in communicating issues, and strength in sustaining independent views
• Excellent oral communication and writing skills in interacting with non-executives and executive management and across a number of business lines and control functions
• Willingness to travel
• Knowledge of Compliance laws, rules, regulations, risks and typologies
• Must be a self-starter, flexible, innovative and adaptive
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively and with people at all levels of the organization
• Ability to both work collaboratively and independently; ability to navigate a complex organization
• Advanced analytical skills
• Ability to both work independently and collaborate with team members
• Excellent project management and organizational skills and capability to handle multiple projects at one time
• Proficient in MS Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Demonstrated knowledge in area of focus

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in banking, economics or technical fields
• 5+ years of experience in data mining and data analytics methods and their application in business practice or experience
• Strong programming or data analytical skills (practical knowledge on Python, SQL and any other analytics tools are an advantage)
• Experience in providing results of analyses in clear written form and presenting the findings to the audience (knowledge of the visualisation tools like Tableau a plus)
• Ability to evaluate and interpret information and reach logical fact-based conclusions
• Initiative, creativity and attention to details

Job Family Group:
Compliance and Control

Job Family:
Assurance

Time Type:
Full time

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