Compliance Analyst - Citi

Are you looking for a career move that will put you at the heart of a global financial institution? By joining Citi, you will become part of a global organisation whose mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress.

Role Overview: Serves as a Compliance Surveillance Analyst for Independent Compliance Risk Management (ICRM)'s Surveillance team responsible for the design, implementation, and oversight for a suite of surveillances designed to detect behaviours that may violate regulatory rules or internal policies and procedures. When potentially anomalous behaviour is detected, the team is responsible for escalating the activity and working collaboratively with partners across the first and second lines of defence to determine the appropriate resolution of the matter, which may include employee discipline. The ICRM Global Surveillance platform encompasses a number of surveillance related portfolios including trade surveillance, e-communications and voice surveillance, employee trading, outside activities surveillance, and information barrier surveillance.

What you'll be doing:

• Assisting team members with the reviewing and analysing of surveillance alerts and/or reports relating to firm, employee and client trading activity. Properly documenting the review and disposition of the exceptions as well as escalating matters appropriately.
• Gathering and analysing trade data to assist in the Firm's response to inquiries received from governmental and exchange regulatory bodies.
• Supporting the compliance group in evaluating surveillance results for potential problems, communicating surveillance findings to management in a clear and concise manner as well as interacting with legal and other compliance personnel.
• Responding to inquiries or requests from internal partners (e.g. ICRM Assurance, Internal Audit, and Legal).
• Assisting with the design and implementation of new surveillances as well as the refinement of existing ones.
• Other responsibilities include handling telephone hotlines and performing data entry.
• 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 judgement regarding personal behaviour, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.
• Additional duties as assigned.

What we'll need from you:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Must be a self-starter, flexible, innovative and adaptive
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively and with people at all levels of the organisation
• Proven project management and organisational skills and capability to handle multiple projects at one time
• Proficient in MS Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Knowledge of Compliance laws, rules, regulations, risks and typologies
• Some knowledge in area of focus

Education: Bachelor's degree; or relevant experience in a financial services firm, regulatory organisation, or legal/consulting firm, or a combination thereof, Advanced degree preferred.

What we can offer you: We work hard to have a positive financial and social impact on the communities we serve. In turn, we put our employees first and provide the best-in-class benefits they need to be well, live well and save well. By joining Citi Belfast, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays; increasing with tenure
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private medical insurance packages to suit your personal circumstances
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energised to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.

Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.