Senior Vice President, Financial Crimes Middle East & Africa - Services
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About the Role
Citi seeks a Senior Vice President to lead financial crimes risk management for Services businesses in the MEA cluster. This hands-on role involves developing strategy, ensuring effective controls, and providing guidance on AML, Sanctions, ABC, and Fraud.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive financial crimes strategy for Services businesses in MEA.
- Provide guidance, support, and constructive challenge to business teams to ensure effective controls.
- Assess complex issues, structure potential solutions, and drive effective resolution with senior stakeholders.
- Assess and help manage Financial Crime (AML, Sanctions, ABC & Fraud) and Reputational Risk across Services in MEA.
- Ensure adequate mapping of risk and processes and clear control ownership.
- Drive a consistent and holistic approach to Financial Crimes risk management across Services.
- Serve as an escalation point for issues emerging from Services in the MEA region.
- Prepare and provide regular updates to senior management and governance committees.
- Lead on significant Financial Crime initiatives within the business ensuring alignment to group policies.
- Support the timely, robust and coherent response to regulatory inquiries and internal control functions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s/University degree required; master’s degree desirable
- 15+ years’ experience in financial crime compliance or risk management
- Financial Crime certification preferred (ACAMS, ACSS etc.)
- Strong understanding of international Sanctions
- Strong professional experience in Financial Services, in Financial Crime Compliance and/or Financial Crime Risk & Controls
- Knowledge and understanding of Payments, Securities, Custody, Digital Assets, Correspondent Banking, Trade, Working Capital, and Liquidity Management products
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to work independently and deliver according to strict timelines and quality standards
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Team/Role Overview
- This first line role is responsible for supporting the Services businesses in managing and mitigating financial crime risks end to end for the MEA cluster.
- The successful candidate will lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive financial crimes strategy that integrates Sanctions, AML, Fraud, ABC and Reputational Risk management.
What you’ll do
- Understand business owned products and services (payments, Baas, digital assets, custody, fund services, CC, LMS, trade finance…), as well as corresponding financial crimes related controls and processes.
- Provide financial crimes compliance/risk management subject matter expertise to the Services businesses in MEA.
- Assess complex issues, structure potential solutions, and drive effective resolution with other senior stakeholders.
- Assess and help manage Financial Crime (AML, Sanctions, ABC & Fraud) as well as Reputational Risk across Services in MEA.
- Assess existing control framework, identify potential compliance gaps.
- Drive execution ensuring compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
- Ensure adequate mapping of risk and processes and clear control ownership.
- Create & maintain a robust partnership with the business heads, operations, technology and the second line of defense.
- Ensure clear and timely escalation of control issues.
- Drive a consistent and holistic approach to Financial Crimes risk management across Services.
- Ensure early engagement on new business initiatives.
- Conduct reviews of financial crimes processes and procedures.
What we’ll need from you
- Bachelor’s/University degree required, master’s degree desirable
- 15+ years’ experience in financial crime compliance or risk management
- Financial Crime certification preferred (ACAMS, ACSS etc.)
- Strong understanding of international Sanctions
- Strong professional experience in Financial Services, in Financial Crime Compliance and/or Financial Crime Risk & Controls
- Knowledge and understanding of Payments, Securities, Custody, Digital Assets, Correspondent Banking, Trade, Working Capital, and Liquidity Management products
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to work independently and deliver according to strict timelines and quality standards
- Demonstrated ability and confidence to challenge business management
- Good oral and written communications skills
- Able to drive change to business practices
- Self starting with the ability to multitask and prioritize
Most Relevant Skills
- Analytical Thinking, Controls Lifecycle, Credible Challenge, Governance, Policy, Procedure, and Regulation, Risk Management Lifecycle.
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