Business Execution Lead - IA Strategy Change Management & Special Projects - Senior Vice President

Citigroup Business Execution Lead - IA Strategy Change Management & Special Projects - Senior Vice President in London, United Kingdom Excited to grow your career? Are you looking for a career move that will put you at the heart of a global financial institution? Then bring your skills in analysis, problem solving and communication to Internal Audit (IA) Strategy Change Management and Special Projects. 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. Team/Role Overview The Business Execution Lead is a senior management-level position responsible for ensuring delivery, alignment and consistency of initiatives for the Internal Audit (IA) Strategy, Change Management, and Special Projects organization. This role ensures that the department's operations are efficient, compliant and well-controlled whilst contributing to its long-term success. Core responsibilities of the Business Execution Lead includes coordinating and managing activities such as supporting the annual audit cycle; coordinating timely and high-quality delivery of information for management and board committees, external stakeholder reviews and meetings, IA and Business BRCC meetings; maintain sufficient knowledge of IA's critical systems, support ongoing upkeep of technology solutions (My Audit) and new implementations (My Schedule); support the tracking of financials and resource management oversight; co-ordinate timely and high-quality delivery of commitments such as staff meetings, strategic off-sites, town halls etc. and act as a main point of contact to the Principal Risk Owner (IALT member) for review/challenge and approvals and helps with coordination and communication amongst key stakeholders. What you'll do

• Prepare reports, briefings and executive level presentations on strategic initiatives, projects and priorities with the ability to develop documents using data from various areas to tell a story
• Drive administrative, operational, and business financials and reporting with quality improvements through partnership with internal teams - reporting includes financial, staffing and headcount, risk, regulatory matters, and prudent expense management of travel & expense, conferences and vendor (third-party) management
• Support the organization's financial health by managing financial control and applying a comprehensive understanding of the department's overall budgets, optimizing expense savings opportunities and developing insightful analysis and reporting
• Review and monitor the key performance indicators across IA Strategy, Change Management, and Special Projects by providing oversight of any business critical milestone reporting processes and other reporting processes to ensure quality, efficiency and accuracy
• Support various ad hoc efforts across the different IA Strategy, Change Management, and Special Projects teams including planning, training and other programs
• Establish and manage strong relationships with a diverse group of senior stakeholders across Internal Audit and various Citi businesses and functions, to ensure adequate information sharing, reporting, alignment and communications are in place.
• Provide oversight of the Business-Critical Milestone Reporting process and other reporting processes to ensure quality, efficiency, and accuracy.
• Establish and implement best practice business execution routines and promote standardization and consistency across wider team
• Provide oversight, governance, and forecasting across risk and control and compliance reporting including training progress, tracking of Issues/CAPs tagged to the team and other mandatory stats
• Work with cross functional team to support People & Culture, Location and Communication strategies to ensure cohesion across the broader organization. This includes onboarding new team members, promoting awareness of cultural events/allyship/global affinity networks, team building activities
  
  Extensive experience in financial services with Internal Audit knowledge (preferred)
• Strong written and oral communication skills and confidence to collaborate with individuals at all organization levels and ability to negotiate with senior stakeholders
• Excellent analytical skills with an ability to deliver insight and conclusions; development, planning and execution of medium range and long-term strategic plans
• Clear and concise written and oral communication skills with ability to collaborate across all levels and effective negotiation with senior stakeholders
• Demonstrated success in project managing and managing multiple deliverables with aggressive timeframes
Attributes :
• Strong proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong team player and proven ability to collaborate in a team of diverse skill sets and cultures
• Proven ability to work in high-pressure, time-sensitive environments
• Strong leadership, interpersonal and relationship building skills are essential
• Detail orientated with the ability to see the larger picture. Demonstrates strong critical thinking skills
• Clear and logical approach to problem solving; breaking down issues to component parts and prioritizing the approach
• Proactive and ability to work independently or as a team player with the ability to develop strong relationships with numerous partners
• Ability to multitask, work under pressure in a demanding environment, be proactive and goal oriented
• 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
  
  Internal Audit is becoming a purpose-driven organization where we will develop and execute a strategy to be a Best-in-Class Audit function. Our excellence of execution will be achieved through simplification, automation and empowerment. This exciting role offers the opportunity to play a pivotal part in shaping the future of the Citi IA function. You will have the opportunity to direct, guide and support IA-wide cutting-edge research initiatives using data, AI and technology through a continuous process of innovation ideation / selection / prioritization, process optimization, solution prototyping and deployment.
  
  By joining Citi London, 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 (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
• Exclusive 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.