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Finance Transformation - EMEA Regional Finance Transformation Initiatives Lead

As part of Citi's Finance Transformation team, the Regional Transformation Office is responsible for ensuring a consistent execution of the Transformation Action Plan on a global basis: facilitating the communication of the regional perspectives and insightsto the Global teams, ensuring that the deployment of the approved resources and execution of the Transformation Initiatives across the regions are not siloed, and using the knowledge and role that the regions play in the firm.

The Regional Finance TransformationInitiative Lead will report directly into the Regional Finance Transformation Lead, supporting the Regional CFO and the Head of Finance Transformation.

The Regional Finance Transformation Initiatives Lead will support the Regional Lead to drive efforts to proactively engage the regional team on the Finance Initiatives as well as on key pillars of the transformation program, including: risk and controls, architectureand technology, data, and communication.

The Regional Finance Transformation Initiatives Lead will ensure that critical transformation efforts are understood by the regional teams, that they know how their work impacts these efforts, and that there is strong connectivity across and among the regionaland global teams.

The Regional Finance Transformation Initiatives Lead will work under the leadership of the Regional Transformation Lead to ensure that the Regional Transformation functions seamlessly and cohesively to maximize the impact of the organisation's transformationefforts in the region.

The Regional Finance Transformation Initiatives Lead will work with the EMEA Regional Transformation team and CFO leads in the region to coordinate response to local regulatory requests and ongoing monitoring of transformation plans at legal entity level (includingPRA and ECB).

Responsibilities:

The responsibilities of the Regional Finance Transformation Office will be to coordinate and drive activities across multiple transformation and BAU teams and understand the commitments and outcomes designed by the Global teams, translating that to implementationin the regions while bringing back to these global teams the regional, cluster, country and legal entity perspectives.
Ensure the required level of understanding and engagement in the Transformation efforts and ensure that the Transformation execution is applied across region and countries avoiding the build up or deepening of silos.
Support the execution of the Finance Transformation to ensure success across the Finance Initiatives in the region, including
Design and ensure consistent implementation of common PMO standards, reporting and closure process
Appropriately assess risk and crossenterprise dependencies when business decisions are made
Provide reporting and informational updates to the Regional Finance Transformation Lead and collaborates with the Global FTO team to develop and ensure timely and consistent PMO status reporting
Direct the communication of status, issue and risk disposition to all stakeholders, escalating any issues on a timely basis
Establish and monitor a set of key metrics relevant to the region to assess progress across initiatives
Lead effective communications to broad and diverse group of Regional and Global stakeholders
Communicating with Senior Management on the Regional Finance Transformation progress
Facilitating robust information flow between the teams
In conjunction with relevant CFO leads, coordinate Finance workstream activities relating to local regulatory responses and ongoing monitoring of transformation plans at legal entity level.
Provides strategic direction and resolves issues escalated by global workstream leads
Collaborate with senior leadership across Finance groups in the region and globally and within the FTO subgroups including Risk and Control, Architecture and Technology, Data and Governance
Partner with business stakeholders to identify, from the regional perspective, business needs, validate pain points, and determine the highlevel value proposition / business case for implementing innovative solutions via the FTO
Partner closely with function leadership to inform and advise on both ongoing transformation work and areas of opportunity in the respective region

Qualifications:

years of experience leading transformation projects and organizational change, managerial experience preferred. Experience within the Financial Services or another regulated industry is preferred.

Exceptional communication, presentation and strategic thinking skills to engage with senior leadership, and demystify technical intricacies in language and context relevant to a broader audience
Track record of success in delivering high quality work in a fast paced and dynamic environment within a matrixed organisation
Prior work experience in enterprisewide transformation/organizational change initiatives related to analytics, management or strategy consulting in financial services areas with a focus on capital and business planning is preferred
Experience in implementing digital transformation initiatives
Strong Project Management skills and experience
Strong business analysis competency with historic success in shaping opportunities via conceptual thinking and abstract problemsolving capabilities
Analytical mindset to resolve issues in a variety of complex situations
Excellent quantitative and qualitative skills; being able to analyse data, draw conclusions, identify trends and issues, and diagnose root cause of issues
Integrity, maturity, dependability, a positive professional attitude

Education:

An undergraduate degree is required. An MBA, CPA or CFA is preferred

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Job Family Group:

Finance

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Job Family:

Fin Solutions Dsgn & Implement

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Time Type:

Full time

Citi is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.