Director, Malaysia Country Finance Officer/Controller

Key Responsibilities

• The country Finance Officer and Controller is responsible for all aspects of Finance: driving legal entity performance, ensuring all Financial control processes are in place, delivering accurate, complete/timely local financial, statutory and regulatory reporting as per the applicable local rules and local / IFRS accounting standards with sound controls, as well as developing Finance talent and bench strength for the country.
• Responsible for maintaining and strengthening the independent financial, operational, and regulatory controls and the control environment across country franchise to support the business in efforts to grow responsibly and comply with country rules and regulations
• Closely monitoring legal entity economic conditions and financial performance, including a comprehensive review of the legal entity’s balance sheet and profit and loss (P&L), identifying, and assessing key financial and strategic issues and ensuring proper checks and controls are in place
• Managing legal entity’s finance requirements including regulatory reporting obligations, liquidity and capital levels and relevant ratios/limits and other key financial indicators
• Ensure compliance with any local capital requirements and ensuring that relevant Asset and Liability Committees are informed of all capital requirements
• Support Finance activities required for Local Regulatory Processes such as local ICAAP, resolution and recovery plans, and capital stress testing, if required
• Actively participate in Country Franchise governance committees and board meetings at legal entity level
• Be a strategic partner with the businesses, supporting any new business launch, new product introductions, and providing value added financial expertise on franchise related issues including advice on accounting implications
• Responsible for managing engagement with local regulatory bodies and providing clear/consistent regulatory messaging of country’s narratives with a focus on core activities such as regulatory exam management, supervisory meetings and information requests and responses to supervisory letters
• Follow common standards, procedures and governance processes to create consistent and best-in-class regulatory relations and communications protocols, and analyze and report regulatory engagements to identify, monitor, and escalate regulatory themes, trends and risks
• Collaborate with external and internal auditors to maintain integrity of financial, statutory, and regulatory reports, ensure compliance with local laws and regulations, help accomplish objectives by bringing a systematic approach to evaluate and improve effectiveness of risk management, control and governance processes
• 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 local 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, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards (in coordination with Compliance and Risk)

Qualification & Requirements

• An extensive year of relevant working experience
• Demonstrated success in business, functional and people management
• Bachelor’s or University degree, Master’s degree preferred

Benefits

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• We offer our employees resources and tools to volunteer in the communities in which they live and work. In 2019, Citi employee volunteers contributed more than 1 million volunteer hours around the world.