Audit Coordination and Issue Validation Senior Analyst - Vice President

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

Job summary

A leading global financial institution in Belfast is seeking a Senior Analyst for Audit Coordination and Issue Validation. This role involves managing audits, supporting compliance efforts, and mitigating risks associated with HR functions across multiple regions. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree, experience in audit or risk management, and strong communication skills. The position offers a hybrid working model and competitive salary with generous benefits including private medical insurance and a performance-related bonus.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days

Discretionary annual performance-related bonus

Private medical insurance packages

Employee Assistance Program

Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Special discounts for employees

Access to learning and development resources

Qualifications

• Experience in Human Resources, Internal Audit, Compliance and/or Risk Management.
• Strong relationship-building skills for interfacing with internal and external audit and senior management.
• Excellent project management and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage audits and regulatory examinations.
• Provide support in identifying issue root causes.
• Perform analysis to support risk and control assessments.

Skills

Relationship-building skills

Project management

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Microsoft Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Job description

Audit Coordination and Issue Validation Senior Analyst - 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? Join Citi’s HR International Controls team based in Belfast and support audits and regulatory examinations across HR functions in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the UK.

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 identifying issue root causes, partnering with control and process owners to recommend corrective actions, and ensure appropriate escalation in accordance with Issue Management and Escalation Policies.
• Support the implementation of the HR Issue Management Procedure, monitor control breaches, and disseminate learnings for process improvement to limit similar events.
• Influence decisions on the review and challenge process for the design and management of controls to mitigate risks as required by the Control Standards.
• Work with the team to identify, assess, escalate, and manage risk exposures across Risk Categories (Operational, Compliance, Strategic, Reputational, etc.) in accordance with enterprise Policies and establishing Key Indicators to monitor risk.
• Support the identification, assessment, recording and response to Operational and Compliance Risk events, ensuring they are captured accurately and timely.
• Perform analysis to support risk and control assessments or coordination for programs within various risk areas (e.g., third party, fraud, sanctions) as applicable.
• Contribute to standards and procedures that conform to enterprise requirements and support sound operational and compliance risk management.
• Assess risk when business decisions are made, uphold Citi’s reputation and protect clients and assets, drive compliance with laws and regulations, adhere to Policy, apply ethical judgment, and escalate and manage 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 skills for interfacing with internal and external audit and senior management.
• Excellent project management and organizational skills.
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Self-motivated and detail oriented.

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

What We Can Offer You

We work to have a positive financial and social impact on communities and provide benefits to help employees be well, live well and save well. Citi Belfast offers a hybrid working model (up to 2 days at home per week) and a competitive base salary with annual reviews, plus a range of benefits:

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

Citi is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Accessibility accommodations are available; see Citi’s EEO Policy and Know Your Rights poster.