Controllers Data Ops: Director, Business Integration Global Lead - Tampa

Citi is undergoing a Transformation to modernize and simplify the bank. We’re raising the bar and taking the opportunity to reevaluate the way we do business. This includes fostering a culture of curiosity and excellence and shifting our mindset to be simpler and data driven, making Citi an easier place to work and improving client experience.

The Finance-Controllers discipline is responsible for the integrity and control of Citi's financial books and records as well as the process by which reports are generated. This includes corporate/regulatory reporting, management reporting, balance sheet integrity and ensuring that franchise needs remain in focus. Focus is on strengthening the independent controls and the control environment throughout the company to support the businesses in their efforts to grow responsibly. The organization is divided into several global units of specialization that include both accounting and analytical roles. These units include Corporate/Regulatory Reporting, Accounting Policy; and Corporate Insurance and Risk Management.
 

The Controllers Systems and Data Operation (CSDO) discipline is responsible for the business ownership of Controller systems & data operations covering ledger and non-ledger applications, and Balance Sheet Reconciliations operations. Besides productions operations on data and Balance Sheet reconciliations, this global organization, with resources based across multiple global locations, is also responsible to drive firmwide Adjustment Reduction, remediation of Controller EUCs, and overall Controller data related initiatives in support of Consent Order and other regulatory requirements.

As part of Citi transformation journey multiple strategic transformation programs are in flight across Citi Businesses, requiring significant attention from Controller and wider Finance Transformation, including the Consent Order and the Strategic Ledger program delivery. The CSDO Business Integration team is being established to drive a consistent engagement and coordination across partner transformation programs ensuring governance and program management across partner programs, requirements gathering and risks impact assessment to Controller processes and controls, implementing risk mitigation options and solutions, and enable value realization for the Controller functions.

This role will be responsible for standing up and leading the Business Integration function. The function will operate as the single point Central-Hub, acting as the primary program interface between Controller groups and critical transformations programs, ensuring delivering on the Firm wide Partner transformation/change initiatives impacting Controllers owned processes, data and systems, based on a well-defined impact analysis (e.g. Consent Order, Regulatory etc.), prioritization criteria, and engagement principles.

Responsibilities:

Impactful project management for successful delivery of key enterprise partner programs impacting Finance/Controller functions. Responsibilities and priorities will reflect the needs of specific programs and might differ based on the program and extent of engagement required. However, the following are some of the specific responsibilities expected of this role:

• Leads planning, directing and coordination of day-to-day activities to deliver key program(s), with a ruthless management of critical path.
• Provides strategic direction and feedback with respect to, alignment to business goals, stakeholder management, executive communications and so on.
• Builds and manages relationships with key stakeholders, organizations, and business heads.
• Identifies and drives resolution of issues and bottlenecks, including those outside established programs of work.
• Collaborates with Senior Management on cross functional areas and other programs, as appropriate.
• Manages the communication of status, issue, and risk disposition to all stakeholders, including senior management, to escalate and resolve on a timely basis.
• Manages the identification of risks which impact program delivery and ensure mitigation strategies are developed and executed when necessary.
• Manage internal and external dependencies, including working closely with stakeholders in risk, lines of business, technology, and data.

Qualifications:

• Appropriate Citi and industry knowledge of Finance and Controller functions, systems, and data, impacting Financial and Regulatory Reporting processes.
• Knowledge and expertise in Program Management, including Project Management and/or management reporting and analysis. Requires a comprehensive understanding of multiple areas within a function and how they interact to achieve the objectives of the function.
• Requires communication and dipl