AVP / Financial Crimes Wealth Management Policy Adherence & Engagement Senior Analyst

Citi is optimizing its relationship structure to realize a fully integrated delivery model and partnerships to deliver a remarkable customer experience, all while effectively managing and minimizing risk to our clients and our franchise. With the changing global environment, Citi reprioritized focus on financial crimes, creating a Financial Crimes and Fraud Prevention (FCFP) organization. This fusion will streamline accountability and responsibility for Risk & Control activities and deliver process consistency to protect the firm against emerging financial crime risks.

The Financial Crimes Global Policy Adherence & Engagement Team within the FCFP organization supports the delivery and ongoing direction of a comprehensive Financial Crimes Program in partnership with multiple functions such as Compliance, Operations, Technology, Risk, Audit, and multiple stakeholders at all levels of management. This team is responsible for fostering a culture of control and compliance, customer centricity and accountability while leading efforts to identify, anticipate and mitigate AML, Sanctions and Ant-Bribery regulatory, reputational, and operational risks. 

The Financial Crimes Wealth Management Policy Adherence & Engagement Lead position is responsible for supporting Wealth Management Financial Crime activities related to Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Sanctions/Screening, and Anti-Bribery & Corruption (AB&C).  Scope of coverage includes CIP (Customer Information Program), KYC (Know Your Customer), AML, and screening (sanctions and non-sanctions), and Anti Bribery & Corruption.
Responsibilities:

• Provide guidance and subject matter expertise related to policy and regulatory requirements up to senior management across the businesses and support functions

• Act as an SME for AML/KYC and Sanctions Policies for Wealth Management and develop sustainable solutions to meet policy requirements and mitigate risk.

• Attend and participate in business and 2LOD owned committees and governance forums

• Support closure of AML/KYC and Sanctions issues in partnership with  Business Risk, Compliance, Operations and Technology teams

• Manage action items for the issues management workstream by timely follow-up and coordination between multiple stakeholder groups to bring each project to closure

• Support completion of both gap and root cause analysis (RCA) exercises between Legal, Compliance, Operations, Technology, Risk and the line of business in order to create action plans that provide resolution and ensure policy adherence

• Support the impact assessment and implementation assessment for new and revised AML/KYC and Sanctions policies for Wealth Management

• Provide support when needed to Wealth Management Financial Crimes Strategy and Roadmap

• Contribute to design and execution of Horizontal Controls Assessment functional teams

Qualifications:

• 5 to 8 years of relevant experience

• 2-5 years of direct, relevant experience in financial service operations, risk and controls, compliance, audit, or regulatory management.

• Knowledge of the Wealth Management industry (Consumer Wealth / Private Banking) is preferred

• Applicable AML KYC rules, regulations, policies, and processes with preferred knowledge of and experience with Citi Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Sanctions programs.

• Demonstrated ability to identify, classify, prioritize and remediate risks

• Self-motivated with a passion for establishing and maintaining a culture of control within the business.

• Detail oriented, with proven ability to question and identify opportunities within existing processes and business practices by leveraging previous experiences and knowledge of the business. This candidate should have strong conflict resolution skills and work in a sometimes-stressful environment with quick turnaround timelines

• Pragmatic problem-solver, forward thinker with independence of thought and strong critical thinking skills

• Background in enterprise data management, especially as it applies to Financial Crimes, is a plus

• Expert in using PowerPoint and Excel, a plus

• Excellent verbal and written skills and experience presenting to senior audiences

Education:

• Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience

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