Business Execution Lead – C14/SVP

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Citi Internal Audit is a dynamic global function of over 2,500 professionals located across more than 60 countries, covering Citi's global businesses and service to clients and customers through its network in 98 countries. Through a culture of continuous improvement, Citi IA is focused on maintaining its position as a best-in-class IA function and is committed to investing in people, learning and development, innovation, and methodology programs. The Internal Audit mission is to provide independent, objective, reliable, valued and timely assurance to the Board, senior management and regulators of Citigroup and Citibank (and its subsidiaries), over the effectiveness of culture, ethical conduct, governance, risk management, and controls that mitigate current and evolving risks and to enhance the control environment. Citi operates in over 100 countries and provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial services and products. Citi strives to create the best outcomes for clients and customers with financial ingenuity that leads to solutions that are simple, creative, and responsive.

The Business Execution Lead is a senior management-level position responsible for ensuring delivery, alignment and consistency of initiatives for the Internal Audit (IA) Quality Assurance (QA) organization.  This role ensures that IA QA’s operations are efficient, compliant and well-controlled whilst contributing to its long-term success.

Core responsibilities of the Business Execution Lead includes coordinating and managing activities such as supporting the annual audit cycle; co-ordinating timely and high-quality delivery of information for management and board committees, external stakeholder reviews and meetings, IA and Business BRCC meetings; maintain sufficient knowledge of IA’s critical systems, support ongoing upkeep of technology solutions (My Audit) and new implementations (My Schedule); support the tracking of financials and resource management oversight; co-ordinate timely and high-quality delivery of commitments such as staff meetings, strategic off-sites, town halls etc and act as a main point of contact to the Principal Risk Owner (IALT member) for review/challenge and approvals and helps with coordination and communication amongst key stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Drive administrative, operational, reporting and quality improvements through partnership with internal teams
• Support the organization’s financial health by managing financial control by applying a comprehensive understanding of the department’s overall budgets, optimizing expense savings opportunities and developing insightful analysis and reporting
• Review and monitor the key performance indicators across IA QA, providing oversight of any business critical milestone reporting processes and other reporting processes to ensure quality, efficiency and accuracy
• Responsible for regulatory and administrative duties in conjunction with the team, including financial, staffing, quality, risk and regulatory matters
• Support various ad hoc efforts across the different IA QA teams including planning, training and other programs
• Prepare reports, briefings and executive level presentations on strategic initiatives, projects and priorities with the ability to develop documents using data from various areas to tell a story
• Establish and manage strong relationships with a diverse group of senior stakeholders across Internal Audit and various Citi businesses and functions, to ensure adequate information sharing, reporting, alignment and communications are in place. 
• 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:

• 10+ years of experience in financial services with Internal Audit knowledge (preferred)
• Experience working in global and complex settings with multiple stakeholders
• Proven ability to work in a team of diverse skill sets and cultures
• Proven ability to work in high-pressure, time-sensitive environments
• Consistently de