The Representative Officer is a position responsible for coordinating Citi’s business in Uzbekistan.
The Representative Officer's primary responsibility is to assist the Chief Country Officer (CCO) and Banking Head of Turkey, as well as the Central Asia & Caucasus Head, in continuing to meet client needs, improve client experience and innovate to build a competitive advantage while meeting regulatory, compliance and risk requirements.
Responsibilities:
- To manage Citi’s client relationships in Uzbekistan; across Public Sector, Financial Institutions, and Corporates, focusing on meeting in person with clients and prospect clients on a regular basis.
- Maintain a robust dialogue with all clients, Ministry of Finance, and Banking Regulator in Uzbekistan
- Develop and monitor a client-driven franchise growth plan and communicate a vision that is responsive to global/regional issues and emerging market trends
- Partner with Investment banking team to drive and execute episodic transactions and with key stakeholders, including Risk and Capital Management, to allocate capital prudently, appropriately and in adherence to all Citi risk policies
- Ensure client relationships and proposed client solutions meet or exceed internal risk and return standards, including stringent ethical standards and anticipated future changes in the marketplace
- 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, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards
- Acting as a single, coordinated face to the local marketplace and the lead Citi representative in the country in front of external stakeholders including clients, regulators, government, community, media and others and actively raising Citi’s profile
- Providing oversight for all critical country and other risk limits and for country scenario planning
Other key related responsibilities include:
- Coordinate with Turkey Finance & Legal, the external local Legal and Auditor for the annual tax filing and other local requirements
- Interact with regulator in conjunction with Turkey, Central Asia & Caucasus Country Head, coordinate client meetings and coordinate senior visits
- Support the Turkey, Central Asia & Caucasus Country Head with local legal counsel on legal opinions regarding specific transactions and situations
Protecting the Franchise:
- Protecting Citi’s reputation in the country to the best of his/her ability
- Ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and regulations (local, Turkey and US)
- Ensuring compliance with all applicable requirements regarding “financial inclusion”
- Ensuring compliance with all corporate policies, including ethical standards, corporate governance standards and business practice requirements
- Leading management and coordination of governmental and regulatory relationships
- Promoting a strong culture of timely escalation, ethics, compliance and control
- Identifying, assessing, mitigating, communicating and anticipating all types of risks through the development and sustainability of appropriate control mechanisms
- Managing the organization and corporate governance of country-based legal entities and their regulatory reporting
- Leading Citi’s response to a franchise-wide event, e.g. crisis or disaster. In such a situation, all business and function heads must work under the CCO’s direction
Qualifications:
- 5-10 years of experience
- Fluent in Uzbek, English and Russian
- Strong risk skill-set and track record in products
- Demonstrated ability to balance between internal management and external client time
- Demonstrated knowledge of compliance issues and regulatory requirements (global and local)
- Proven leadership skills and intellectual capability to create momentum and an agenda across multiple products with a diverse population and competing priorities
- Demonstrated intellectual grasp of the industry, ability to anticipate and lead the organization to future changes and translate vision into executable plans
- Proven analytical and problem-solving skills with pragmatic approach to ensure limited resources are directed appropriately
- Consistently demonstrate clear and concise written and verbal communication
Education:
- Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience
- Master's degree preferred
The role will be based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan at our office located in the Trilliant Business Center
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Job Family Group:
Institutional Banking
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Job Family:
Corporate Banking
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Time Type:
Full time
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Most Relevant Skills
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