North America and Wealth at Work Control Testing Team Leader – SVP - C14 (HYBRID)

The North America and Wealth at Work Control Testing Team is responsible for the testing of controls that are designed and owned by Citi’s North America and Wealth at Work businesses. 

The Citi Wealth business delivers a comprehensive wealth solution to clients across the wealth continuum, with integrated advice and execution, as well as traditional and alternative investments, managed account strategies, world-class research and investment guidance. Our Wealth business serves ultra-high-net-worth individuals and family offices through Citi Private Bank, operates in the affluent and high-net-worth customer relationship tiers of Citigold® and Citigold Private Client and offers wealth management in the workplace through Citi Global Wealth at Work. 

This position reports to the Wealth Client Segments Control Testing Head within the Citi COO organization’s Central Controls Capabilities; and is a strategic- and execution-oriented leadership role accountable for end-to-end control testing for this position’s specified business/segment – i.e., operational controls performance assurance/testing – which includes design, results reporting, and insight sharing related to the above scope of controls testing. 

The North America and Wealth at Work Control Testing Team Leader leads and directs a team of approximately 6-8+ controls testing professionals responsible for supporting the above responsibilities, with breadth and depth on control testing planning and execution. The position closely follows latest trends in controls testing and adapts them for application within own job and covered businesses and functions, and often will be in touch with senior managers at Director or Managing Director levels. 

Excellent management and communication skills required to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Accountable for controls testing results and advice regarding the controls execution. Necessitates a degree of responsibility over technical strategy. Responsible for supporting their manager in handling staff management issues, including resource management and allocation of work within the team/project. 
 
Responsibilities: 

• Supports the Controls Testing Utility by acting on assessing control design, designing control testing tools, developing control testing procedures, ensure control testing transitions, dispositioning exceptions, and developing insights. 

• Carries key responsibility for Control Design Assessment (CDA) by resolving escalations, defining the work plan, and designing the quality review process. 

• Performs decision-making of control testing design activity, which