GF - Equities & Securities Services Audit - Audit Manager - Vice President

Internal Audit is a global organization of over 1000 professionals covering Citi's global businesses and service to clients and customers in over 180 countries.

Citi's Internal Audit division provides independent assessments of the company's governance, risk management and internal control environment for key stakeholders including the Board of Directors, senior management and Citi's numerous regulators globally.

Internal Audit is a change agent within Citi aimed to enhance the control culture of Citigroup worldwide and thereby support senior management decision making around the globe.

Job purpose:

This role supports the timely delivery of complex high quality, value added assurance and audit reports for a portfolio of business activities, which meet the requirements of the Boards of Citigroup and Citibank, their affiliates and of Citi's respective regulators, globally.

The candidate will be a member of the IA Equities and Securities Services team in Singapore. As a member of the Equities and Securities Services audit team, the individual will work on the delivery of audit tasks and to build and maintain excellent stakeholder relationships. In this role, the individual will be expected to leverage the product/functional expertise of the Global IA team and be execution focused. The candidate may be expected to travel. This position will be based in Singapore.

The Audit Manager role will focus on the Securities Services business in Singapore. Securities Services offers Agency Securities Lending; Futures, Clearing and Collateral; Global Funds Services (Fund Administration includes Fund Accounting, Transfer Agency and Middle Office Services), Issuer Services; Direct Custody & Clearing and Global Custody .

Key Responsibilities:

• Develops and executes assurance approach for the Securities Services business which includes Direct Custody and Clearing, Global Custody, Fund accounting, Transfer Agency and Trustee services.
• Demonstrate good understanding of Fiduciary rules and regulations to ensure adequate coverage of fiduciary businesses within Securities Services
• Engagement with senior stakeholders as part of Business Monitoring to track the onboarding of new clients to Citi platforms and key business updates and market events impacting Settlements, Clearing and Asset Servicing functions.
• Maintain engagement with the broader Securities Services team to ensure appropriate information sharing, keep to up to date in emerging trends and updates within the Securities Services industry.
• Support the implementation of the global coverage model for Securities Services which may include managing global audits.
• Manage a small to medium sized team of Internal Audit professionals that delivers audit reports, in accordance with Internal audit and regulatory standards
• Recruit staff, develop talent, build effective teams, and manage a budget
• Manage audit activities for a component of a product line at the regional or country level including a portion of the annual audit plan
• Review and approves the Business Monitoring Quarterly summary and serve as lead reviewer for various tasks
• Collaborate with teams across the business and determine impact on the overall control environment and audit approach
• Advise and assists the business on change initiatives, while advancing integrated auditing concepts and technology adoption
• Apply an in-depth understanding of Internal Audit standards, policies and technology to a specific product or function
• Use communication skills to influence a wide range of internal audiences including product, function, or regional executive management partners
• Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision.
• Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy.
• Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and /or other team members.
• Ability to manage teams.
• 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:

• Experience in audit and understanding Securities Services business is preferred with focus on custody processes.
• 6-10 years of relevant experience managing including experience in managing complex audits as well as senior stakeholders engagement.
• Related certifications (CPA, ACA, CFA, CIA, CISA or similar) preferred
• Effective verbal, written and negotiation skills
• Effective project management skills
• Effective influencing and relationship management skills
• Demonstrated ability to remain unbiased in a diverse working environment .

Education:

• Bachelor's/University degree, Master's degree preferred

Job Family Group:
Internal Audit

Job Family:
Audit

Time Type:
Full time

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