Market Risk Operations Specialist/Expert

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Officer (C10) - Kyc Operations Risk and Control

Taguig, National Capital Region Citi

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The Information Services Group (ISG) is responsible for providing authoritative sources of reference data, completion of KYC, reconciliation of business expense, and documentation management for our clients across the Institutional Client Services (ICG) organization, through implementing state of the art technologies which promote the collection, storage, analysis, and distribution of product, pricing, account, KYC, expenses, corporate action data and more.

ISG organization works in partnership with data clients across all ICG business lines, deploying solutions to increase their competitiveness and compliance with necessary policies/regulations, through restructuring business processes, simplifying information access, and providing business intelligence around critical data.

The Compliance AML KYC Analyst 2 will be responsible for assisting in the maintenance of robust risk and controls within the Manila ISG site in collaboration with various stakeholders to ensure all required controls and continuity of business measures are applied and enforced for the functions of this group. This is an important role, reflective of the increasing criticality of strong risk and control focus within a large operations organization such as ISG.

Role scope includes risk and control oversight of Information Services Group processes in Manila with responsibilities in the following areas:

• Continuity of Business (COB)

• Annual review and update of COB documents such as Business Impact Assessment (BIA), Business Recovery Procedures (BRP), Wide Area Disruption (WAD) Plan etc in partnership with local Operations team and Site Head.
• Lead and execute successful Denial of Access and Denial of Service tests as directed by Country Business Continuity Managers (BCM).
• Initiate semi-annual Call Tree Tests, analyze the results, and work with the operations team to improve results during the subsequent test.
• Prepare for and respond to questions on ISG Manila’s COB Plan during the annual Pacific Thunder Exercise and end of COB cycle review.
• Respond to queries and/or deliverables from Country BCM and ROHQ Risk & Controls team around COB.
• Track and report ISG Manila’s attendance to Country BCM on a weekly basis.
• Attend meetings, trainings hosted by Country BCM and ROHQ Risk & Controls team around COB.
• Remain abreast of latest COB policies/guidelines, build awareness of these policies/guidelines with the Risk & Controls team & Operations team locally, and enforce implementation.

• Risk & Controls Governance

• Alignment - Ensure alignment to the global, regional and country controls framework as required.
• Relationship Management - Develop strong partnerships within the ISG groups, as well as other organizations supporting ISG activities.

• Self-Assessment/ Review

• CAP Management - Create, monitor progress, escalate issues that could prevent timely CAP closure, and validate actions taken prior to closure through partnership with operations, Internal Audit, Compliance, Business etc.
• Review Management - liaise with auditors/reviewers and assist in related review preparation, execution, and management reporting and escalations.

• Projects/ Metrics

• Control dashboard/ KRI - ensure the control dashboards are updated to provide management with a clear view on ongoing risks/issues.
• Projects - Assist in local, regional or global risk and control related projects across operations and get involved in other group level initiatives.

• Risk management experience in an operational role is preferred but not essential

• Exhibit good written and verbal communication skills.
• Possess the ability to work with various levels of management and build and maintain effective working relationships.
• Able to interact with Auditors, Compliance and Independent Controls Groups as required.
• Ability to proficiently use MS Office products, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

• Strong communication (written and verbal).
• Planning and organising.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines as part of a team.
• Can make decisions quickly.
• Willing to be involved in all aspects of a task.
• Exhibit good attention to detail while focused on delivery.
• Ability to work on several initiatives concurrently and cope with changes in priorities.

• Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Job Family Group: Compliance and Control
• Job Family: Business KYC
• Time Type: Full time

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