Client Asset and Regulatory Reporting Intermediate Analyst

Team Overview

The EMEA Operations Regulatory Control Client Asset team performs a key role in a number of Client Asset processes, including Client Money Calculations, Client Money Diversification, CMAR, MCAR, CASS RP, 10-day break management oversight, and Prudent Segregation calculations and oversight.

The group acts as a central point of contact within O&T for Client Asset issues, enabling transparency and escalation.

Role Overview

This role is within the Client Asset Regulatory Control team as part of the Belfast Operations department, with key responsibilities for Client Assets including, but not limited to, Client Money calculation and oversight, CMAR/MCAR collation and submission to the FCA/CBI, and PS14/9 activities covering Prudent Segregation, Break Management, and Shortfalls.

The team is continuously engaged with Change Partners, identifying areas for automation, inputting into Business Requirements, performing UAT, and updating procedures resulting from change.

The team is focused on further enhancing the existing Client Asset governance process within O&T, working closely with O&T managers and the Client Asset & Depositor Protection Oversight Office.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversight of the Client Asset functions performed by Regulatory Operations, escalating issues to management where appropriate, challenging issues, and understanding root cause analysis and resolution.
• Identification of areas for improving existing processes and controls and developing and enhancing Client Asset knowledge within Regulatory Operations.
• Engagement in key business initiatives, liaising with the Change Management Team to provide business requirements, support testing of required changes, and confirm impacts to team processes.
• Work with the Change Management Team to continually challenge and improve reporting processes, articulating key risks inherent in current practices.
• Strengthen and develop the Client Asset Regulatory Operations team, supporting team members in becoming SMEs in the Client Asset field and training new hires.
• Represent Regulatory Operations across Operations and providing appropriate challenge as it relates to Client Assets.
• Work closely with the various O&T businesses and act as a central point of contact for Client Asset-related matters.
• Support Regulatory Operations management in engaging with internal and external auditors on Client Asset matters and assist O&T, CA&DPO, and Compliance in implementing changes resulting from internal or external audit reviews.
• Review and strengthen the Managers Control Assessment for Client Assets.

Development Value

• Increase regulatory, product, and business knowledge through exposure to many areas of Markets & Banking and Services.
• Develop an understanding of Citigroup at a more strategic level.
• Opportunity to build effective working relationships with Operations, Internal Audit, CA&DPO, Compliance, and several business lines

Knowledge/Experience

• Strong process leadership experience.
• Ability to monitor a range of tasks and take ownership.
• Experience and a strong Client Asset background covering all elements of Client Assets.
• Ability to build productive working relationships across Operations, Business, CA&DPO, Compliance, and Audit (internal and external).
• Ability to interpret issues raised by individual entities and promptly and succinctly summarise key issues to management and other stakeholders, whilst considering regulatory rule impacts.
• Proven experience developing creative solutions to problems.
• Ability to consistently deliver work of a high standard whilst under pressure.
• Team player who works well with colleagues at all levels in achieving value-added results.

Skills

• Self-starter, able to work on own initiative and organise effectively.
• Proactive and likely to instigate change.
• Confident team player with strong interpersonal skills.
• Able to build effective working relationships quickly and maintain them.
• Focused on providing a high standard of service to clients.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Resilient and tenacious.
• Good working knowledge of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint and AI powered tools.

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## Job Family Group:

Finance

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## Job Family:

Regulatory Reporting

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## Time Type:

Full time

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## Most Relevant Skills

Business Acumen, Change Management, Constructive Debate, Data Analysis, Financial Acumen, Internal Controls, Issue Management, Process Execution, Regulatory Management, Regulatory Reporting.

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## Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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