Global Financial Risk & Controls Principal Lead - C14 - GETZVILLE

Job Description

Job Description:

Citi Finance is responsible for the firm’s financial management and related controls. The team comprises disciplines including Treasury, Tax, Controllers and Financial Planning & Analysis, and manages and partners on key Citi initiatives and deliverables, such as our quarterly earnings process and ensuring Citi’s compliance with financial rules and regulations.

The Global Financial Controls (GFC) team is strategically placed within the Controller’s Chief Administrative Office under Finance. The GFC Americas Risk and Control team is responsible for managing Citi’s global risk and controls oversight activities covering business and function controllers.

We’re currently looking for a high caliber professional to join our team as a Senior Vice President, Business Risk and Control Group Manager (Internal Job Title: SVP - C14).

The role will partner with Finance Controllers in establishing and maintaining a robust risk and controls framework, ensuring strong control execution and risk management, and transforming the team to a high performing control centric organization.

Key Responsibilities of this role:

• Provide oversight on controls and manage control initiatives to improve the health of internal controls and the control environment.
• Partner with Finance Controllers to ensure procedures and controls are adequate and effectively implemented to mitigate material risks and gaps are timely escalated.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand the end-to-end process, identify risks and recommend risk management strategies.
• Review, assess, and provide independent assessment on control design and execution and ensure consistent adoption of operating standards and minimum controls.
• Analyze root cause of control breaks and gaps; provide expert guidance on remediation actions.
• Work as trusted advisor to Finance Controllers on formulating actions to mitigate risks and remediate control deficiencies.
• Partner with various stakeholders to analyze, prepare, and present materials to senior stakeholders to support the Statement of Accountability and Disclosure Committee Questionnaire sign-off process.
• Lead monthly risk and control forum with senior Finance Controller stakeholders to present progress and results of control initiatives, state of risk and control environment, emerging risks, significant residual risks, MCA, Audit, Issue Management, and general control and compliance.
• Monitor and track the progress of initiatives. Identify and mitigate roadblocks and escalate any risk to effective and timely delivery.
• Understand the impact of new control initiatives and support Finance Controller’s to implement new control initiatives; support various control and compliance initiatives including control transformation

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree required. Master's Degree a plus.
• 10+ years relevant working experience in Risk and Control, Audit, Compliance, Risk Management, Finance, and/or Accounting.
• In depth knowledge of Finance architecture, systems and processes, as well as the Controller and Business functions, is an advantage.
• Experience in control design and implementation and development and execution of standard operating procedures.
• Experience in gap assessment and deficiency remediation.
• Experience working with global teams and generating inputs from diverse Subject Matter Experts is a plus.
• Expertise in summarizing information into concrete processes, flows and/or action plans.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbal, across organizational levels, functions, and regions.
• Highly analytical, proactive, with strong attention to detail and follow up skills.
• Flexible, team-oriented, with good interpersonal skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office products.

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Job Family Group:

Finance

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Job Family:

Global Financial Controls

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Time Type:

Full time

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Primary Location:

Getzville New York United States

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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$115,840.00 - $173,760.00

In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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Most Relevant Skills

Accounting Processes and Financial Controls, Assessment, Communication, Constructive Debate, Controls Lifecycle, Management Reporting, Program Management, Risk Management, Root Cause Analysis, Stakeholder Management.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Jun 25, 2025

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