Audit Coordination and Issue Validation Analyst - Assistant Vice President

Citigroup; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial institution in Belfast seeks an Audit Coordination and Issue Validation Analyst to manage audits and regulatory examinations. The role requires strong project management and relationship skills, along with a Bachelor's degree or relevant experience. The company offers a hybrid work model, competitive salary, and generous benefits including a performance-related bonus and medical insurance.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Annual performance-related bonus

Private medical insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in Human Resources, Internal Audit, Compliance, and/or Risk Management.
• Strong relationship management skills with senior management.
• Consistently demonstrates clear communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate audits and regulatory examinations.
• Support implementation of HR Issue Management Procedure.
• Provide support in identifying and managing risk exposures.

Skills

Relationship building

Project management

Written and verbal communication

Detail-oriented

Microsoft Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a related field

Job description

Audit Coordination and Issue Validation Analyst - Assistant Vice President

Citi Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Overview

Are you looking for a career move that will put you at the heart of a global financial institution? Then bring your skills to Citi’s HR International Controls team based in Belfast. By Joining Citi, you will become part of a global organisation whose mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress.

What You’ll Do

• Coordinate and manage audits and regulatory examinations impacting HR across the Europe, Middle East and Africa (MEA), and UK clusters.
• Assist in contributing to the quality, completeness, and accuracy of the implementation of the Control Framework, including Risk Control Policy, Control Standard, Issue Management Policy, Lesson Learned Policy, and Control Inventory.
• Provide support in the identification of issue root cause, partnering with control and process owners to recommend holistic corrective actions and improvements, provide check and challenge to ensure appropriate escalation in accordance with Issue Management and Escalation Policies.
• Support the implementation of the HR Issue Management Procedure, including monitoring of control breaches and dissemination of learnings across other functional HR units for process improvement to limit the occurrence of similar future events and where similar risk exposure might exist.
• Influence decisions on the review and challenge process on the effective design and management of controls to mitigate risks as required by the Control Standards, including implementation and operation, conducting the control monitoring, handling deficiencies, and escalating issues for resolution.
• Work with the team to identify, assess, escalate, and manage risk exposures across Risk Categories (Operational Compliance, Strategic, Reputational, etc.), including material, emerging and concentration risks in accordance with enterprise Policies and the establishment of Key Indicators to monitor risk exposures.
• Provide support to identify, assess, record and respond to Operational and Compliance Risk events, ensuring these are captured accurately, timely and in accordance with requirements.
• Perform analysis to support risk and control assessments or coordination for programs within various risk stripes and ensure sufficient subject matter expertise exists to enable management of these risks within the Business (e.g., third party, fraud, sanctions etc) (if applicable).
• Be involved with the implementation of standards and procedures that conform to enterprise requirements and support sound operational and compliance risk management.
• Acknowledge and assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behaviour, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

What We’ll Need From You

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field or equivalent work experience, education, and/or training preferred.
• Experience in Human Resources, Internal Audit, Compliance and/or Risk Management.
• Strong relationship building and relationship management skills for interfacing with all levels of internal and external audit and senior management.
• Excellent project management and organizational skills.
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, including MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.
• Self-motivated and detail oriented.

Exceptional candidates who do not meet these criteria may be considered for the role provided they have the necessary skills and experience.

What We Can Offer You

We work hard to have a positive financial and social impact on the communities we serve. In turn, we put our employees first and provide the best-in-class benefits they need to be well, live well and save well. By joining Citi Belfast, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays; increasing with tenure
• A discretionary annual performance related bonus
• Private medical insurance packages to suit your personal circumstances
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

We are an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you require a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity, please see Accessibility at Citi. View Citi’s EEO Policy Statement and the Know Your Rights poster.

EEO and Accessibility

Citi is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected characteristic. Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.