Team/Function Overview:

The Operations Regulatory Control group is a centralized unit within ICG O&T that is responsible for the implementation and oversight of regulatory reporting, including exception management and risk mitigation across swap dealer reporting. The group is responsible for:

• Implementation of new regulatory reporting initiatives and enhancements
• Control and exception management on swap dealer reports
• Industry level advocacy across multiple trade associations
• Partnering across Markets to remediate regulatory issues

Role / Position Overview:

• Oversee and ensure the day-to-day delivery of complete, accurate and timely reporting as defined by regulation and industry practice
• Manage and oversee BAU processes for APAC Regulatory Reporting, ensuring all reporting is completed accurately and on time. Controls / Reconciliation experience for BAU operations will be highly valued in this aspect
• Monitor daily reporting controls; identify and provide transparency into reporting issues whilst working with key stakeholders across the business and technology to remediate any gaps
• Act as point of contact for APAC (ASIC, MAS, HKMA) Regulatory Reporting
• Ensure ORC’s procedures and controls adhere to Citi’s Global Risk & Control as well as Global Regulatory Reporting policies
• Conduct data analysis on large data sets to identify root causes of complex issues
• Work closely with colleagues from Operations & Technology, Compliance, Legal, Risk & Control
• and business unit managers to ensure transparent and aligned objectives
• Support in addressing questions arising from regulators, compliance assurance and internal audit
• Work with the global team leads and reporting teams in the development and execution of a global book of work delivering new regulatory requirements, higher productivity, stronger controls and insightful metrics related to various regulatory regimes including EMIR / MIFID / CFTC Reporting and NFRR (Non-Financial Regulatory Reporting), and OTC Derivatives
• Drive change process by advocating for process improvements of existing processes to reduce manual touch points and increase efficacy and accuracy
• Create, manage and present project documents (e.g. business requirements, status updates, change requests, user acceptance testing); risk & control updates and issue/event summaries to related stakeholders. Project Management / Stakeholder Management skills are highly beneficial for change operations
• Represent Citi in major industry forums; monitor publications from trade associations and regulators to ensure Citi remains complaints with the regulations impacting the Trade Lifecycle

Candidate Requirements

• Knowledge of APAC (ASIC, MAS, HKMA, JFSA) regulatory reporting
• 6+ years of previous financial services experience, within: regulatory reporting / capital markets middle office / OTC derivative products, trade lifecycle
• Demonstrated experience in the successful implementation of projects, operational process change and improvement, preferably within capital markets operations
• Exposure to SQL/VBA (advanced Excel) is an advantage
• Experience in collecting, defining and documenting business and technology requirements, test plans and other project management artefacts
• Experienced in consulting with project stakeholders, including the skills to facilitate compromises and resolve conflicting requirements. (Strong Project Management / Stakeholder Management skills)
• Self-motivated, detail oriented well organized with strong verbal and written communication skills
• Working knowledge of related industry practices and standards, and experience in large scale implementations
• Experience in working across technology and business projects and managing inter-dependencies between the two
• Proven problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Pro-active, resilient, and tenacious
• Ability to create and deliver presentations to senior levels of management
• Ability to work under pressure and manage to tight deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements

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Job Family Group:

Finance

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Job Family:

Regulatory Reporting

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Business Acumen, Change Management, Communication, Data Analysis, Financial Acumen, Internal Controls, Issue Management, Problem Solving, Regulatory Reporting.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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