Compliance Risk Country Officer, Citi

Citi

Location:
Israel, Tel Aviv

Category:
Finance

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Job Description:

The Compliance Risk Country Officer (CRCO) is responsible for overseeing the Compliance Program for all Citi activity within the jurisdiction. Responsibilities include ensuring global policies, standards and processes are applied, managing regulatory relationships, and driving compliance risk management programs.

Job Responsibility:

Enhancing governance: providing a valued interactive program of support and compliance risk management services covering the assessment and reporting of key compliance risks
developing senior management relationships, including with legal entity management focus
supporting the Citi Country Officer and Banking Head in the management and development of regulatory relationships
ensuring prompt identification, logging in, evaluation and formulation of a plan to address requirements arising from new and amended laws, regulations, rules and other requirements and expectations from regulatory and enforcement authorities
providing strategic direction, oversight, coordination and cooperation in respect of the country’s Anti-Money Laundering compliance risk management program
providing direction and oversight in supporting the ICRM teams in the country related to local requirements and the applicable extraterritorial laws, regulations, relevant Citi policies, standards, and global procedures
ensuring that country elements of the ICRM global training plan are current and reflect local regulations while providing a fresh perspective on local trends and emerging regulation
working with management to ensure continued improvement in self-identification of issues, and appropriate escalation and monitoring processes to ensure timely and effective remediation to mitigate the compliance risk
proactively leading the ICRM team to provide value-added and timely compliance risk management direction, providing oversight of in-country delivery of ICRM programs

Requirements:

Credibility as a subject matter expert and experience of dealing with issues that have a high impact at all levels of the organization
experience of working with key country level regulators and industry associations
knowledge of local regulatory requirements and obligations and the ability to identify emerging compliance issues and themes
an ability to influence senior business leaders on all compliance risk-related matters affecting the business
the individual should have the ability to independently challenge, when needed, while at the same time being supportive and solution-based and not being perceived as obstructive
an ability to be “hands on” and “in the trenches” with the direct team, while also bringing a sense of strategic vision and a global sensibility to the function
ability to navigate and negotiate through conflicting demands to maintain focus on priority objectives while ensuring key stakeholders’ needs are met
strong team leadership, communication, interpersonal and management skills, with a track record of leading through change and the ability to effectively communicate the strategic vision to various stakeholder groups
effective negotiation skills, a proactive and “no surprises” approach in communicating issues and strength in sustaining independent views
strong presentation and relationship management and influencing skills are essential
the ability to thrive and execute in a complex, highly matrixed, global environment

What we offer:

Equal opportunity employment
inclusive work environment
competitive global benefits program

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
September 23, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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