Client Asset Business Support Manager - Vice President
Company
Location
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Posted At
8/8/2025
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Description
Are you looking for a career move that will put you at the heart of a global financial institution? Then bring your skills to Citi’s Regulatory Operations Control Team.
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 EMEA Regulatory Operations Control team performs a key role in compiling, calculating, and monitoring all UK FCA Client Asset / Money submissions. The group also completes the Client Money and Asset Returns (CMAR) for the Citi UK FCA regulated entities. The group acts as central point of contact within O&T for Client Money and Asset issues enabling transparency and escalation and is responsible for chairing the monthly O&T Client Asset Forum in addition to participating in Business aligned forums
This role is within the Regulatory Control team as part of the Belfast Operations , with key responsibilities for Client Money and Assets. The team is engaged with business partners, Technology, Compliance with key responsibilities for Client Assets including but not limited to the governance and oversight of O&T processes and procedures as they relate to Client Money and Assets.
What you'll do:
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:
Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.
Development Value:
Job Family Group:
Finance
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Job Family:
Regulatory Reporting
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Time Type:
Full time
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Most Relevant Skills
Business Acumen, Change Management, Communication, Data Analysis, Financial Acumen, Internal Controls, Issue Management, Problem Solving, Regulatory Reporting.
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Other Relevant Skills
For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.
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Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.
If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review Accessibility at Citi.
View Citi’s EEO Policy Statement and the Know Your Rights poster.
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 EMEA Regulatory Operations Control team performs a key role in compiling, calculating, and monitoring all UK FCA Client Asset / Money submissions. The group also completes the Client Money and Asset Returns (CMAR) for the Citi UK FCA regulated entities. The group acts as central point of contact within O&T for Client Money and Asset issues enabling transparency and escalation and is responsible for chairing the monthly O&T Client Asset Forum in addition to participating in Business aligned forums
This role is within the Regulatory Control team as part of the Belfast Operations , with key responsibilities for Client Money and Assets. The team is engaged with business partners, Technology, Compliance with key responsibilities for Client Assets including but not limited to the governance and oversight of O&T processes and procedures as they relate to Client Money and Assets.
What you'll do:
- Work closely with O&T businesses and act as a central point of contact for Client money & asset related matters
- Assist with the build out of a Client Asset governance structure for O&T
- Represent Regulatory Operations at the various monthly CA Forum meetings and governance committees
- Engage with internal and external auditors on Client Asset related matters
- Partner with O&T, Client Asset and depository protection Office and Compliance implementing changes required as a result of internal or external audit reviews
- Work with Compliance and the Client Asset & depositor protection office in reviewing current and new business initiatives while adhering to Client Asset regulations. Analyzing, interpretation and providing executive summaries for key stakeholders and detailed impact analysis as required
- Attend business control forums providing appropriate challenge as it relates to Client Assets
- Oversight and support of the Client Asset (CASS) functions performed by Regulatory Operations, escalating issues to management where appropriate, challenging issues and understanding root cause analysis and resolution
- Identification of areas for improving existing processes and controls, developing and enhancing Client Asset knowledge within Regulatory Operations
- Review of Managers Control Assessment for Client Assets
- Engagement in key business initiatives, liaising with change management in providing Business Requirements to enable testing of required change and confirming impact to team’s processes.
- Work with Change Management Team to continually challenge and improve reporting process, articulating key risks inherent in current practice.
- University degree and/or relevant professional qualifications.
- Proven experience in Operations, or in a Control or Policy function
- Previous strong Client Asset / CASS experience
- Full understanding of the FCA CASS Handbook and or CAR regulation MiFID.
- Self-starter, able to work on initiative and organize themselves well with a strategic mindset
- Pro-active, likely to instigate change
- Confident team player – good interpersonal skills
- Able to build effective working relationships quickly and maintain them
- Focused on providing a high standard of service to clients
- Good attention to detail
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Resilient and tenacious
- Strong working knowledge of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
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
Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.
Development Value:
- Increase product and operational knowledge across a diverse range of businesses through exposure to many areas of Markets Operations & Banking Services
- Develop an understanding of Citi at a more strategic level
- Senior management engagement, the role provides opportunity to learn across functions within the organization.
- Opportunity to build effective working relationship with Operations, Internal Audit, Compliance and several Business lines including Exchange Traded Derivatives, Prime Brokerage, Asset Servicing, Security Settlements, Custody and Issuer, Treasury Trade Services, Private Bank, Operations Control
Job Family Group:
Finance
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Job Family:
Regulatory Reporting
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Time Type:
Full time
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Most Relevant Skills
Business Acumen, Change Management, Communication, Data Analysis, Financial Acumen, Internal Controls, Issue Management, Problem Solving, Regulatory Reporting.
------------------------------------------------------
Other Relevant Skills
For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.
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Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.
If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review Accessibility at Citi.
View Citi’s EEO Policy Statement and the Know Your Rights poster.
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