Risk and Control Senior Analyst

About Citco
JOB DESCRIPTION
Citco is a global leader in fund services, corporate governance and related asset services with staff across 80 offices worldwide. With more than $1 trillion in assets under administration, we deliver end-to-end solutions and exceptional service to meet our clients' needs.

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About The Team & Business Line
Citco Group provides services to our Citco Group of Companies and helps business to succeed in client service excellence.

As a valuable member of our Risk and Control Group, you will work closely with internal stakeholders and cross-functional teams to support business operations and help them to achieve their goals.

Responsibilities
Your Role:
The Risk and Control Group ('R&C') is a group-level, global team, responsible for fostering risk and control awareness across all divisions within the Citco Group of companies as defined on The R&C strategy is to support the organization in implementing a robust risk management and control framework globally across all lines of business. The R&C team is predominantly responsible for the production of the SOC 1 reports for the Citco Funds Services, the Citco Bank and Depositary Services and Citco Corporate Solutions lines of business, in addition to many other risk management and compliance-based review projects analyzing operational effectiveness of the internal control framework.

The R&C has team members based in Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Cork and Dublin (Ireland), Jersey City (USA), Manila (The Philippines) and Toronto (Canada).

• Report to the relevant Risk and Control Supervisor. Cultivate and maintain professional relationships with management and staff in the business, external auditors and R&C colleagues.
• Involvement in the day-to-day execution of the annual SOC 1 engagement / controls testing in a quality manner, including but not limited to timely work paper completion and reporting, identification of testing issues, supporting root cause analysis and escalation of relevant matters identified in the review process to the Line Manager. This will include liaising and working with key individuals responsible on related SOC 1 review work as well as business representatives across various offices, locations and time zones working with your supervisor / manager.
• Cultivate and maintain professional relationships with Management and staff in the business, external auditors and R&C colleagues, as applicable;
• Work closely with the business to investigate and document the internal control framework (this would include walk-through of processes).
• Challenging the existing testing approach with a view to continually improve the process (to support the independent assessment of the design and operating effectiveness of the internal control framework).
• Involvement in the preparation of reports to Divisional Management on internal control testing and quality assurance review activities. Reporting includes project-planning documents, periodic Management reporting and other reporting as required.
• Involvement in other R&C or Group Risk Management initiatives (i.e. working groups / workstreams).
• Explore and recommend potential solutions to enhance control testing and other existing processes with the use of AI and other available technology within the organization.
• Assist in managing the data input of key information in line with pre-defined requirements and with electronic filing of supporting documentation.
• Providing support to R&C Management on administrative tasks and ad hoc projects such as setting up project folders, updating internal procedure documents, preparing ad-hoc reporting, etc.
• Manage personal and / or R&C mailbox (as applicable), responding to queries of the business and / or fulfilling requests for the distribution of SOC reports internally and externally;
• Cultivate and maintain professional relationships with Management and staff in the business, external auditors and R&C colleagues, as applicable.
• Foster risk and control awareness across the organization by working with management and second line functions.
• Sharing knowledge internally, including training and onboarding of new team members.
• Maintain expertise and pursue training to keep abreast of new and proposed developments in internal controls, risk management and auditing fields and consider the impact on the company through various industry organizations.

Qualifications
About You:

• The candidate must have a Bachelor's degree in Accountancy, Internal Audit, or Finance from an accredited college / university.
• Philippine's Certified Public Accountant (CPA) professional qualification is preferred.
• At least 2 years of experience working in accounting / risk management / internal controls / internal audit function is required.
• Experience with a Big 4 audit firm is an asset.
• Experience with the Fund Administration, Hedge, Private Equity and Real Estate industry is preferred.
• Experience with fund accounting applications is preferred.
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite is expected.
• Excellent written and spoken English is a pre-requisite.

• Key competencies and characteristics:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills (oral and written).

• Excellent financial analytical and problem-solving skills
• High attention to detail and drive for results.
• Reliable self-starter that is able to work both independently and in a team environment.
• Pro-active with good organization and prioritization skills.
• Inspires and energizes others through enthusiasm and a can-do attitude.
• Service oriented.
• Adaptable to change.
• Creative and innovative.
• Strive for continuous improvement.

Our Benefits
Your well being is of paramount importance to us, and central to our success. We provide a range of benefits, training and education support, and flexible working arrangements to help you achieve success in your career while balancing personal needs.

We recognize diversity as a source of organizational pride and strength. We have made it a priority to reflect our nation's evolving diversity in the people we hire, and the culture we create in our organization.

Citco welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection.