Banking & International Controls - Financial Crimes SVP (UK & EMEA Coverage)

Financial Crimes SVP (UK & EMEA Coverage) Overview: The Senior Vice President (SVP) will support the execution of the Financial Crime Risk Management strategy for Citi's Banking business across the UK & EMEA region. This role is a critical component of the First Line of Defense (1LOD), providing cluster leadership and oversight of financial crime risk matters, while ensuring effective coordination across businesses, control functions, and legal entities. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to senior business stakeholders on financial crime risk matters, drive effective governance and portfolio oversight, lead strategic initiatives and thematic reviews, and support the continuous enhancement of Citi's financial crime risk management framework. The role will also provide guidance, oversight and subject matter expertise to junior team members conducting day-to-day client reviews, risk assessments and monitoring activities Key Responsibilities: Provide regional leadership and oversight of financial crime risks across the UK & EMEA Banking franchise, ensuring effective identification, assessment, escalation and mitigation of AML, Sanctions, AB&C and reputational risks. Provide independent challenge and strategic guidance to senior business management on higher-risk clients, sensitive relationships, emerging typologies, client onboarding, retention and exit decisions. Lead and execute complex financial crime risk assessments, thematic reviews, portfolio analyses and sensitive client matters, while providing oversight and subject matter leadership across financial crime review activities to ensure robust analysis, sound risk-based decision making, effective escalation and consistent risk management. Represent Financial Crime Risk in governance forums and management committees, presenting assessments of material risks, emerging trends, portfolio exposures and remediation efforts, and influencing risk management outcomes across the Banking franchise. Foster effective coordination across Business, Compliance, Legal, Risk and other control functions to ensure consistent identification, assessment and management of financial crime risks across businesses, legal entities and jurisdictions. Support the development of policies, procedures, controls and risk management standards, and contribute to regulatory commitments, audit activities, remediation efforts and transformation initiatives that strengthen the firm's financial crime risk management framework. Qualifications: The ideal candidate will possess: Proven expertise in identifying, assessing and mitigating complex financial crime risks, including higher-risk clients, sensitive industries, cross-border risk exposures and emerging financial crime typologies. Strong understanding of AML, Sanctions, Anti-Bribery & Corruption (AB&C) and reputational risk management within a global banking environment.