Operational Risk Manager - ICM Coverage

Company: Citi
Location: Hamburg
Posted on: November 26, 2022

Job Description:

The Operational Risk Grp Manager is accountable for management of complex/critical/large professional disciplinary areas. Leads and directs a team of professionals. Requires a comprehensive understanding of multiple areas within a function and how they interact in order to achieve the objectives of the function. Applies in-depth understanding of the business impact of technical contributions. Strong commercial awareness is a necessity. Generally accountable for delivery of a full range of services to one or more businesses/ geographic regions. Excellent communication skills required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Some external communication may be necessary. Accountable for the end results of an area. Exercises control over resources, policy formulation and planning. Primarily affects a sub-function. Involved in short- to medium-term planning of actions and resources for own area. Full management responsibility of a team or multiple teams, including management of people, budget and planning, to include performance evaluation, compensation, hiring, disciplinary actions and terminations and budget approval.

Responsibilities:

• Establishes and oversees the application of operational risk policies, technology and tools, and governance processes to create lasting solutions for minimizing losses from failed internal processes, inadequate controls, and emerging risks.
• independently asses risks and drive actions to address the root causes that persistently lead to operational risk losses by challenging both historical and proposed practices.
• Governance and oversight may include (not limited to) technology operational risk, cyber risk for example.
• Serves as an oversight function working with the In-Business OR and Independent Risk Teams
• Drives - Operation Risk Anticipation, Mitigation and Loss Recovery (and respective Recovery Plans)
• Ensures Operation Risk Policy implementation and exception approvals
• Informs Operational Risk Council on Sub-Segment Level OR related matters
• Attends In Business Risk Committees
• Leads- oversees the annual Key Risk Indicator (KI) reviews
• Monitors KRCIs triggers and thresholds and the analysis by the Business
• Liaises with Business ORM on breaches and action steps to correct breaches
• Communicates and Escalates breaches in KIs at the Segment Level
• Exports best practices and common risk, controls and corrective actions through Framework Papers
• Ensures that Citi wide KORs and KIs are communicated and understood by Businesses
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular 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 behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards. Qualifications:
  • 10+ years relevant experience
  • Significant experience in Operational Risk and/or Credit Risk is a must.
  • Experience in Internal Audit or Financial Control would be desirable.
  • Expertise in the following would be beneficial: Loan booking, Data Capture and Recording, Loan Maintenance, Loan Servicing, Verification/Client instruction Validation, and other lending-related control activities.
  • Excellent communication skills - verbal & written Education:
    • Bachelor's/University degree, Master's degree preferred The role is in charge of the operational risk management oversight of Institutional Credit Management, with specific focus on the Lending Product Management, composed of Transaction Management (TM), and Credit Risk Management Systems (CRMS).
      
      TM and CRMS are middle office areas in charge of the lending booking process, booking controls along with loan closing and loan servicing functions. This includes, but is not limited to: Loan booking (prior to final execution by Operations), Data Capture and Recording, Loan Maintenance, Loan Servicing, Verification/Client instruction Validation, and other lending-related control activities.
      
      The incumbent will in charge of overseen the implementation of the operational risk management framework and challenge the design and execution of control-related activities for TM and CRMS. The primary goal of this role is to achieve risk reduction across the spectrum of operational risks, allowing the organization to minimize, mitigate and/or prevent operational risk related losses, expenses or regulatory sanctions.
      
      This will be achieved through a variety of tools an activities, including:
      • Challenge of TM and CRMS Manager Control Assessment (MCA)
      • Challenge of the Risk Identification (ID) process, including Material Risk Inventory (MRI)/ Key Operational Risk (KOR)/ Key Indicator (KI)
      • Operational Risk Reviews
      • Lessons Learned Challenge
      • New Activity Reviews
      • Scenario Analysis Challenge
      • Project Management Challenge, with emphasis on Regulatory Business Critical Milestones
      • Independent Challenge/Validation of Issue Attributes or Issue Closure Emerging Risks
        
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        Job Family Group:
        
        Risk Management -
        
        Job Family:
        
        Operational Risk
        
        Time Type:
        
        Full time
        
        Primary Location:
        
        Tampa Florida United States
        
        Primary Location Salary Range:
        
        $121,640.00 - $182,460.00
        
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