Job Description
Citi Markets is looking for a Business Disruption Risk Analyst to join its 1LOD Business Disruption & Safety Risk (BDSR) team, playing a central role in delivering Citi's regulatory Operational Resilience Programme across Markets. In this position, you will assess and manage business disruption and operational risks, ensuring Citi operates within its defined risk appetite while contributing to the bank's financial stability and long-term resilience. This is an opportunity to shape governance, strengthen controls, and support enterprise-level risk frameworks at one of the world's leading global banks.
Responsibilities
Lead risk and control assessments across business disruption and operational risk areas, providing clear mitigation recommendations that protect Citi and its clients.
Support the delivery of Citi's regulatory Operational Resilience Programme, executing enterprise framework milestones within the Markets business and ensuring timely progress against key regulatory requirements.
Manage the quarterly audit process end-to-end, coordinating responses to audit, compliance, and regulatory findings and driving remediation efforts to completion.
Monitor control exceptions and breaches, develop interim control tools, and identify opportunities to enhance or automate existing control processes for greater efficiency and effectiveness.
Facilitate Manager's Control Assessment (MCA) risk reviews, integrating risk and control responsibilities across business units to maintain sound governance standards.
Prepare clear, well-structured risk reporting and senior management communications on emerging risks, programme developments, and control performance metrics.
Support business disruption and crisis management strategies, contributing to BDSR risk stripe management and responding swiftly to risk events as they arise.
Evaluate risk implications in business decisions, ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and escalate control issues promptly with root cause analysis and recommended corrective actions.
Required Qualifications & Skills
Significant experience in Operational Risk Management, Audit, Compliance, or a comparable control function within financial services.
Ability to lead governance and control frameworks, with a demonstrable background in collaborating with business partners on audit, compliance, and regulatory remediation efforts.
Track record of enhancing or automating control processes and monitoring control exceptions and breaches to reduce operational risk exposure.
Proficiency in risk assessment methodologies, including the identification, measurement, and reporting of control issues in line with regulatory and policy requirements.
Experience maintaining oversight through metrics review and corrective action plan tracking, applying analytical skills to identify trends and drive resolution.
Effective communicator with the ability to prepare and deliver risk presentations to senior stakeholders and act as a primary liaison for audit and compliance teams.
Ability to evaluate risk within business decision-making processes and ensure adherence to relevant laws, regulations, and internal policies.
Beneficial Skills & Qualifications
Experience supporting operational resilience programmes or crisis management frameworks within a financial services or regulated environment.
Familiarity with leading process improvement initiatives, including the design and implementation of new control capabilities or monitoring solutions.
Exposure to Markets or front-office business environments, with an understanding of the associated risk landscape.
Master's degree in a relevant field such as Finance, Risk Management, Business, or a related discipline.
What We Offer
At Citi, you will work alongside experienced risk professionals in a high-performing, collaborative environment where your contributions directly influence the governance and resilience of one of the world's most significant financial institutions. This role offers meaningful work, global reach, and the support structures to help you grow professionally and personally.
A hybrid working model offering 3 days in the office and 2 days working remotely, giving you flexibility alongside meaningful in-person collaboration.
Direct influence over governance frameworks and operational resilience programmes that matter at an enterprise level.
Access to continuous learning and professional development opportunities to support your career progression in risk and controls.
Wellbeing support programmes and resources designed to help you maintain balance across all areas of your life.
Competitive financial benefits and compensation structures that reflect the impact and seniority of the role.
The opportunity to collaborate with global teams across one of the most expansive financial networks in the world.
Family support benefits and work-life balance initiatives that recognise your commitments inside and outside of work.
Apply today to take ownership of a high-impact risk remit and help shape the operational resilience of Citi's Markets business at a critical moment in the industry.
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Job Family Group:
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Most Relevant Skills
Analytical Thinking, Controls Lifecycle, Credible Challenge, Governance, Policy, Procedure, and Regulation, Risk Management Lifecycle.------------------------------------------------------
Other Relevant Skills
For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.------------------------------------------------------
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| Workplace Initiatives | |
| Program for parents returning to work after Parental Leave? | Yes- Open for vacancies in November 2019 |
| Leadership development programs? | Yes |
| Mentoring programs? | Yes |
| Coaching programs? | Yes |
| Employee-led diversity networks? | Yes |
| Internal women’s networking groups? | Yes |
| Open to discussing flexible work arrangements at interview stage? | Yes |
| No. of weeks paid maternity leave at full salary: | up to 26 weeks |
| Minimum weeks tenure required to be eligible for paid maternity leave: | 26 weeks |
| No. of weeks paid paternity leave at full salary: | 2 weeks |
| Minimum tenure required to be eligible for paid paternity leave: | 26 weeks |
| Workplace Initiatives | |
| Gender pay gap reporting information 2017 (UK): | |
| Average pay gap: | 43.50% |
| Median pay gap: | 32.00% |
| Average bonus gap: | 71.60% |
| Median bonus gap: | 71.40% |
| Signatory of the UK Women in Finance Charter? | Yes |
| Targets to raise the number of women in leadership? | Yes |
| Targets to raise the number of BAME individuals in leadership? | Yes |
| Listed in the Bloomberg Diversity & Inclusion Index? | Yes |
Returner Programme
The Citi Returner Programme is a supportive hiring programme, designed to help you transition from a career break into a career within financial services. You may have worked in the finance sector, the tech sector or another industry all together! We value your knowledge, skills and experience, regardless of how and where you have developed them. We believe that hiring people from different backgrounds with diverse perspectives brings advantages to our teams.
The programme will start in January 2020 and Returners will benefit from a structured and in-depth induction to help them transition successfully back into the workplace, followed by a tailored programme of professional development and learning delivered over a period of 15-18 months, dependent on the role and career pathway.
Returners will undertake professional qualifications as part of the programme and enjoy the benefits of being part of a supportive cohort. Citi recognises the importance of flexible working arrangements and is happy to explore these with you.
Eligible candidates will –
• Have been on a career break for at least two years
• Be looking to start the next phase of their career in financial services, in a range of roles, including operations and technology
• Demonstrate natural curiosity and be motivated to learn new skills
• Exhibit excellent leadership and communication skills
The returner programme will be open for applications on the 1st September 2019.