Control Analyst - EMEA Control Group

citi.com; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services provider is seeking a Compliance Control Room Intermediate Analyst for their Belfast office. The role includes reviewing banking deals, documenting compliance exceptions, and designing surveillance controls. Ideal candidates possess a Bachelor’s degree, knowledge of compliance regulations, and strong communication skills. The company offers a competitive salary, generous holidays, medical insurance, and hybrid working arrangements, making it an attractive workplace for professionals in the financial sector.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days

Discretional annual performance-related bonus

Private medical insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Paid parental leave

Qualifications

• Previous experience within a Compliance/Risk/Control function.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with varied levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Review and analyze Banking deals and reports.
• Document review and disposition of exceptions.
• Assist with design and implementation of new controls.

Skills

Compliance laws knowledge

Risk identification

Data analysis

Good communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

Tools

MS Office applications

Job description

## For additional information, please review .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.**Role Overview:**Serves as a Compliance Control Room Intermediate Analyst for Independent Compliance Risk Management (ICRM)’s Communication Surveillance team responsible for the design, implementation, and oversight for a suite of controls designed to detect behaviors that may need assessed for regulatory rules or internal policies and procedures. When potentially anomalous behavior is detected, the team is responsible for escalating the activity and working collaboratively with partners across the first and second lines of defense to determine the appropriate resolution of the matter, which may include employee discipline. The ICRM Global Surveillance platform encompasses a number of surveillance related portfolios including trade surveillance, e-communications and voice surveillance, employee trading, outside activities surveillance, and information barrier surveillance.**What you'll do doing:*** Reviewing and analyzing Banking deals and/or reports relating to activity and/or queries from the business.* Properly documenting the review and disposition of the exceptions as well as escalating matters appropriately.* Assisting team leads in responses to inquiries or requests from internal partners (e.g. ICRM Assurance, Internal Audit, Legal).* Assisting with the design and implementation of new controls as well as the refinement of existing ones. Interacting with IT on the specific design and testing of new surveillances.* Additional duties as assigned.* Assist in the effective documentation for enhancements and changes to process and procedures; Analyzing and collating MIS to support the metrics model for surveillance within agreed timeframes and to a high standard**What we'll need from you:*** Previous experience within a Compliance / Risk / Control function.* Knowledge of Compliance laws, rules, regulations, risks and typologies* Good written and verbal communication skills* Must be a self-starter, flexible, innovative and adaptive* Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively and with people at varied levels of the organization* Strong project management and organizational skills and capability to handle multiple projects at one time* Proficient in MS Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)* Some knowledge in area of focus* *Discretionary: Include non-English language skills where essential (e.g. Spanish, Japanese, Cantonese, Mandarin)***Education*** Required: Bachelor’s degree; and/or experience in compliance, legal or other control-related function in the financial services firm, regulatory organization, or legal/consulting firm, or a combination thereof**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 discretional 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 resourcesAlongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.------------------------------------------------------**Job Family Group:**Compliance------------------------------------------------------**Job Family:**Surveillance------------------------------------------------------**Time Type:**Full time------------------------------------------------------**Most Relevant Skills**Business Acumen, Credible Challenge, Data Analysis, Laws and Regulations, Management Reporting, Policy and Procedure, Referral and Escalation, Risk Controls and Monitors, Risk Identification and Assessment, Risk Remediation.------------------------------------------------------**Other Relevant Skills**For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.------------------------------------------------------*Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their 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 are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review* *.* *View Citi’s and the poster.*