Business Risk and Control Officer

Are you looking for a career move that will put you at the heart of a global financial institution? Then bring your skills to Citi’s HR Partnership & Delivery team.

By Joining Citi, you will become part of a global organisation whose mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress.

**Team/Role Overview**

The Business Risk and Control Officer is a strategic professional operating as an in-business risk partner for HR Partnership and Delivery. The position will contribute to the directional strategy of the business and will be recognised as a risk and control authority. The role will support Risk Management, Managers Control Assessment (MCA), and Issues and Audit Management activities. The position will provide advice and counsel related to operations of the business and have a significant impact on the area by executing on complex deliverables. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required to guide and influence colleagues and business partners internally and externally.

**What you’ll do**
- Help contribute to governance and the facilitation of the execution of the Manager Control Assessment (MCA, i.e. Risk & Control Self-Assessment) as required by the MCA Standard including the assessment and appropriate approval of risk associated with business changes.
- Support teams in the quality, completeness, and accuracy of the implementation of the Control Framework, including Risk Control Policy, Control Standard, Issue Management Policy, Lesson Learned Policy and Control Inventory.
- Assist in performing a detailed analysis on the identification of issue root cause, partnering with control and process owners to recommendations holistic corrective actions and improvements, provide check and challenge to ensure appropriate escalation in according with Issue Management and Escalation Policies.
- Help contribute to the Lessons Learned Policy, including monitoring of control breaches and dissemination and learnings across other business units for process improvement to limit the occurrence of similar future events and where similar risk exposure might exist.
- Support the review and challenge process, within the Enterprise Support Function, on the effective design and management of controls to mitigate risks as required by the Control Standards, including implementation and operation, conducting the control monitoring, handling deficiencies, and escalating issues for resolution.
- Support in dealing with Operational and Compliance Risk in accordance with established Policy requirements.
- Assist in performing a detailed analysis to identify, assess, escalate, and manage risk exposures across Risk Categories (Operational Compliance, Strategic, Reputational, etc), including material, emerging and concentration risks in accordance with enterprise Policies and the establishment of Key Indicators to monitor risk exposures.
- Be part of the process to identify, assess, record and response to Operational and Compliance Risk events, ensuring these are captured accurately, timely and in accordance with requirements.
- Contribute to the risks associated with New Activities and changes to the Business, ensuring these are well understood and adequately controlled (if applicable).
- Support with standards and procedures that conform to enterprise requirements and support sound operational and compliance risk management.

**What we’ll need from you**
- Prior experience in the financial services industry in a control discipline (i.e., Risk Management, Reporting, Financial Control, Compliance, Audit, Operations, etc.).
- Prior experience in executing the Risk Management Framework.
- Detail-oriented and thorough in documenting observations and concerns.
- Proven ability to lead through influence, persuasion and negotiation.
- Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to understand the big picture with high attention to critical details.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and implement strategy and process improvement initiatives.
- Excellent written, verbal and analytical skills.
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to express ideas in a persuasive, confident, organised and articulate manner with stakeholder management experience.
- Strong presentation skills with the ability to articulate complex problems and solutions through concise and clear messaging.
- Advanced proficiency in MS Office products.

**What we can offer you**

We work hard to have a positive financial and social impact on the communities we serve. In turn, we put our employees first and provide the best-in-class benefits they need to be well, live well and save well.

By joining Citi Belfast, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefit