Global Payments Risk Head, Citi

Citi

Location:
United Kingdom, London

Category:
Finance

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

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Job Description:

Citi is the market-leading payment services provider to corporate, public sector, and financial institutions clients, offering products such as high-value payments, cross-border payments, global clearing, instant payments, collections, corporate cards, and more. The Head of Payments Risk Management will lead the global Payments Risk team, managing risks for all payment offerings while collaborating with key stakeholders.

Job Responsibility:

Manage the Payments Risk team based in the US, UK, Singapore and India
Ensure cross training and development for all team members to increase bench strength and to aid succession planning
Senior risk partner for the Global Head of Payments and her team
Function as the risk sounding board for ideas and innovation in this fast evolving and highly competitive space
Global Responsibility for the Clearing Risk portfolio
Managing the portfolio and ensuring that limits remain appropriate to strike a balance between straight through processing, real time review of exceptional peaks, credit risk appetite, and fraud risk considerations
37 Global Payments, Collections, and Card Programs: Setting Product Target Market and Risk Acceptance Criteria boundaries and approving exceptions
Collectively with other control functions, ensuring all risks are properly identified and mitigated
New Activity Committee participation to lead risk discussions on all rollouts, including groundbreaking new digital asset offerings
Risk representative on the Correspondent Banking Oversight Committee and the Payment Intermediary Oversight Committee
Intraday Liquidity Management with Treasury, including approval of the annaul Fed Debit Cap self-assessment
Primary Regulatory interface for all Payment Risk Management activities – OCC, Fed, PRA etc

Requirements:

Twenty or more years of experience in the Financial Services industry
In-depth knowledge of Products, Processes, and Systems supporting Payment products
Sufficient familiarity with other key risk areas in a Services setting such as Operational and Compliance risks
Proven experience of managing teams and influencing senior partner teams towards a common goal
Experience in driving own books of work and delivering against multiple initiatives
Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree preferred
Seasoned Senior Credit Officer, preferably with experience in OECD and Emerging Markets

Nice to have:

Ability to think critically and communicate with clarity and credibility
Excellent interpersonal, facilitation and partnering skills
Able to influence senior stakeholders in large, complex, and multicultural organizations

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
July 02, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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