CGMI Governance Lead - SVP - Hybrid

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Markets Operations represents the evolution and transformation of Operations in the Finance Industry which creates a uniqueness about how we deliver our products and solutions. We take pride and are passionate about our People and our culture. We are invested in you, your experiences, development, and in building a successful career for you at Citibank. We are modernizing everything we do; allowing flexibility and creating an exciting environment which encourages diversity of thought and inclusion.

We are a dynamic, global, and diverse Organization, with a presence in over 60 Countries; covering all post execution Operations teams including product aligned Middle Office groups, Settlements, Margin, Asset Servicing, Listed Derivative, Clearing & Commodities Operations. We support an extensive range of Capital Markets products and services including Fixed Income (FX, Rates, Credit, Cash and Derivatives) where Citi is consistently a dominant top 3 player in the market, Equity (Cash, Derivatives, Prime Brokerage, Futures, Listed Derivatives, Clearing and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage) where Citi has a significant growth program to continue to build out its capabilities and services; and Syndicates where we support both FI and EQ new issues and IPOs.

Our Operations groups are the core of all activity at the Firm and have significant impact across the lifecycle of a trade. We partner extensively with a range of internal stakeholders such as Front Office Sales and Trading Desks, Compliance, Legal, Finance and HR; alongside having significant interaction with our external client base, playing a key role in the overall client experience. We have a client relationship group dedicated to overseeing service performance and strategic partnerships with top tier clients, where we play a key role in supporting global clients to ensure they have a first-class experience when doing business with Citi.

Our roles entail ensuring we operate in a robust control environment, whilst in a fast-paced workplace. We comply with global regulations and internal policies and adopt a proactive approach to identifying opportunities to reduce risk through the continuous evaluation of our controls; to protect our clients, the firm, and our reputation.

We work closely with our external global peers, partners, and regulators, and play an integral part in leading an agenda at the forefront to optimize and streamline processes and drive strategy across our industry.

Team/ Role Overview:

This is a senior contributor role within Markets Controls Organization, focused on Markets Operations. The role will directly support the Principal Operations Officer of CGMI and will provide support for CSSI and CTI.

This role sits within the Controls and Reg Management organisation, where the candidate will primarily lead the CGMI Governance function, responsible for ensuring we have appropriate controls, governance and frameworks in place to maintain policy adherence, appropriate oversight and adherence to applicable laws and regulations.  The role will combine specialist expertise in risk and controls management, to drive and implement the strategy across Global functions and localities.

The team’s remit includes:

• Policy Governance and oversight, including Target Operating Model and Framework for Procedures repository.
• New Activities approval facilitation and oversight
• High-Risk Manual Processes Remediation Governance
• Permitted Product List Governance
• Delegated Trade Booking Administration and Governance
• Fraud Risk and Conflicts of Interest Governance
• On-Going Supervisory facilitation, administration, and Reporting for Senior Forums and Regulators

What you will do:

The candidate will be responsible for delivery, review, defining and oversight of legal entity end-to-end governance frameworks and administration for the business, coupled with additional supporting roles in the broader team as required.

Specifics of the role include:

Organizational Oversight:

• Developing and administering effective governance frameworks that fully meets Audit, Compliance and Regulatory requirements;
• Delivery of periodic presentations to Senior Forums as required
• Identify opportunities to streamline and re-align processes to ensure an optimal structure for best-in-class risk management and governance delivery
• Participate in senior regulatory governance foru