The IA Business Risk and Controls team is a newly created team within IA s Chief Administrative Office (CAO) that will closely partner with Citi s Global Business Risk and Control Office. This role reports directly to the IA Risk and Control Manager and is an exciting opportunity for an individual with a keen interest to learn and make a difference.
Key responsibilities of this role include supporting key strategic and control initiatives; assisting in the maintenance of the material risk (MRI) and risk and control (ARCM) inventories; supporting an effective issues management process for IA; and assisting in preparation of the IA Business Risk and Control Governance Committee (BRCC) reporting.
Key Responsibilities:
Support issue remediation tracking for Regulatory, Quality Assurance, and Self-Identified issues against IA.
Assist the root-cause analysis of regulatory and QA issues, create strategic action plans, and identify/share lessons learned to drive continuous process improvement.
Support issue pre-validation testing and peer reviews, appropriately assessing the risk of observations noted during testing and demonstrating consideration for IA methodology.
Assist with execution of IA s Annual Risk Assessment (ARA) process and the quarterly Manager s Control Assessment (MCA) process across IA s Assessment Units (AUs).
Support the maintenance of the department s MCA with regards to completeness, quality, and mapping to regulatory requirements; support the maintenance of the Material Risk Inventory (MRI).
Apply an understanding of Internal Audit standards, policies, and technology in accordance with Citi IA methodology and risk management standards.
Assist in the execution of the end-to-end New Project Approval Process, including monitoring of progress.
Collaborate across the IA Business Risk and Control team and assist in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, annual (and ad-hoc) reporting.
Assist with the preparation information to be presented to the BRCC.
Partner with IA Innovation to identify opportunities for automation and simplification of issues management processes, as well as other strategic initiatives.
Stay abreast of current on regulatory and industry updates and identify new emerging risks impacting IA. Assess impact of emerging risks to processes and controls.
Qualifications:
4+ years of relevant experience.
Related certifications (CPA, ACA, CFA, CIA, CISA or similar) preferred.
Intermediate knowledge of foundational elements of Internal Audit including understanding of key processes, risks, and controls.
Sense of urgency, passion for results and personal accountability for achievement.
Demonstrated ability to be flexible and agile to a rapidly changing and complex environment.
Effective verbal, written, and negotiation skills.
Effective project management skills.
Demonstrated ability to remain unbiased in a diverse working environment.
Education:
Bachelor s/University degree, Master s degree preferred.
Keyskills: internal audit risk management risk assessment approval process quality assurance project management affirmative action