Germany and Austria Controls Lead, Citi

Citi

Location:
Germany, Frankfurt am Main

Category:
Finance

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Job Description:

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a developing team in Citi’s International first line Controls organization reporting the Europe and CEP Head of Controls. This team is focused on strengthening our risk and controls environment in our two primary Legal Entities - Citibank Europe Plc, Citigroup Global Markets Europe Ag and 22 Franchises across the Europe cluster. Working in close collaboration with Business and Function Controls leads, the International Controls team maintains primary oversight of the state of controls across all Business and Functions operating in a Europe entity or franchise and driving best practices. A core objective for the team is to deliver and implement Citi’s Controls Transformation program. This program involves the implementation of global consistent, simplified and standardised operational risk processes and tools to drive standardisation and common principles across the control lifecycle.

Job Responsibility:

Appointed Controls lead for Germany and Austria in support of the Country Coordinating Officer (CCO) driving 1st line risk and controls best practices in accordance with policies, procedures, and standards and representing Controls at relevant Committees and forums
Coordinate and/or act as secretary for the Germany Country Coordinating Committee and CGME Business Risk & Controls Committee in close alignment with Europe & global governance models and policy requirements
In close partnership with the Europe Controls team, manage country-wide controls and governance exercises as required by local regulations and or policy
Support the Europe Controls Head and CGME Controls Lead to deliver the Legal Entity Oversight policy and Enterprise Risk 1LOD requirements pertaining to Citibank Europe Plc and Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG
Support and oversee the execution of the Managers Control Assessment (Risk and Control Self-Assessment) program, Controls Transformation delivery in Germany and Austria and executing local controls for International
Supporting the CCO office in executing regulatory change impact assessments and controls uplift requirements on behalf of international, leveraging Compliance applicability assignments
Supporting the implementation of new or changed (Controls related) policies, standards and procedures and ensuring on-going compliance leveraging standardised controls
Leveraging group reports/dashboards, produce, interpret and disseminate the monthly sub-cluster State of Controls Report - driving best practices and setting out concerning themes requiring action
Improving CCO Risk & Control scorecard performance by driving accountability, including self-identification of issues, timely and quality resolution of the issues and focus on root cause analysis and remediation
Support the Europe Controls Head to manage and oversee core Controls programs and projects rolled out by global and/or Europe cluster Controls
Lead working groups in the development and implementation of new risk and controls and represent Germany on the Europe Controls and MCA Working Group
Maintain a collaborative relationship with 1st, 2nd and 3rd Line of Defence partners and represent Controls performance for 2nd and 3rd line of defence reviews
Support Germany and Austria escalation process in line with escalation policy and driving compliance with global policy and LE specific requirements
Draft and coordinate the remediation of Country wide Issues and remediation plans and supporting/executing on these plans relating to controls and or governance activities

Requirements:

3-6 years’ experience in financial services with an understanding of risk and controls
Strong verbal and written communication skills
ability to present ideas to audiences at all levels internally and externally
German language skills strongly preferred, English language proficiency
Ability to manage projects and priorities across teams and work effectively under pressure in a rapidly changing environment
Balanced blend of analytical skills, problem solving, and reporting and communication skills
Good organizational skills including attention to detail, multi-tasking and following up
Experience using databases and other tracking tools to enforce global consistency
Excellent writing and presentation skills
Experience working collaboratively across various areas of the organization and presenting to senior management

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
June 28, 2025

Expiration:
July 16, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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Germany and Austria Controls Lead

Citi

Location:Germany, Frankfurt am Main

Category:Finance

Contract Type:Not provided