SVP, Financial Crimes Wealth Management Policy Adherence & Engagement Senior Manager

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 Senior Manager is a senior-level position 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:

• Partner with Business Risk, Compliance, Operations and Technology teams to actively identify new AML/KYC and Sanctions policy gaps and agree strategy for resolution.
• Lead and set strategy for impact and implementation assessments for new and revised AML/KYC and Sanctions policies for Wealth Management
• Manage and lead execution of AML/BSA policy related Corrective Action Plans (CAP) which Includes managing CAP milestones and execution timelines
• Provide thought leadership and execution of 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
• Champion efforts to get project requests drafted to resolve gaps to ultimately retire manual workarounds
• Partner with the project group to get the project requests prioritized and delivered
• Provide leadership, 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.
• Lead execution of detailed analysis for complex recommendations to ensure appropriate risk/reward balance, including policy changes
• Provide thought leadership to Wealth Management Financial Crimes Strategy and Roadmap
• Partner with broader policy adherence team to lead design and execution of Horizontal Controls Assessments

Qualifications:

• 10 years of direct, relevant experience in financial service operations, risk and controls, compliance, audit, or regulatory management.
• Deep functional knowledge of the Wealth Management industry (Consumer Wealth / Private Banking) and applicable AML KYC rules, regulations, policies, and processes with preferred knowledge of and experience with Citi Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Sanctions programs.
• Project management and governance experience with the proven ability to develop project plans and drive a diverse group of stakeholders to identify and achieve milestones within deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to identify, classify, prioritize and remediate risks
• Superior organizational skills, with proven ability to successfully manage multiple and concurrent priorities while working independently or with little supervision.
• Self-motivated with a passion for establishing and maintaining a culture of control within the business.
• Demonstrated relationship management skills with ability to deepen relationships and build partnerships across the business and key functional support areas with a strong ability to influence a group of diverse stakeholders and drive accountability and ownership with key business partners and process owners.
• 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

• Master's degree a plus

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