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Head of Audit Employment Opportunity – Citi Bank
Posted by: ugashare-Volunteer
Posted date: 2025-Feb-22
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Job Title:  Head of Audit Organisation: Citi Bank Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda About US: Citigroup Inc. or Citi is an American multinational investment bank and financial services corporation headquartered in New York City. The company was formed by the merger of banking giant Citicorp and financial conglomerate Travelers Group in 1998; Travelers was subsequently spun off from the company in 2002. Citigroup owns Citicorp, the holding company for Citibank, as well as several international subsidiaries. Citigroup is incorporated in Delaware. Job Summary:   The Head of Audit – Uganda is responsible for performing audits and assessments of Citi’s risk and control environments in coordination with the Citi Internal Audit team. The individual will be responsible for delivering a range of assurance activities including audits, audit and regulatory issues validations, business monitoring, and risk assessment for the country and globally across International. Key Duties and Responsibilities: - Attend and contribute at local governance forum such as Country Coordinating Committee (CCC), effectively communicating Internal Audit activities, and partnering with country management including the Citi Country Officer (CCO).
- Ensuring the Audit Committee and where applicable the local Board receives prompt, timely and complete information relating to the activities of Internal Audit as part of governance forums and regular updates.
- Representing Citi Internal Audit (IA) function in discussions with regulators within the country and delivering regulatory commitments.
- Take a proactive approach in ensuring local deliverables are aligned with global requirements to mitigate any risks to the local franchise.
- Perform International and local country audits, applying Citi’s Internal Audit Methodology and professional standards.
- Leading, providing supervision and delivering assigned audits and regulatory validations on time and within budget.
- Partnering with the Citi IA SME teams to ensure alignment and focus on critical priorities.
- Analyse regulatory landscape, including emerging key risks, and tailor audit scope to regulatory expectations.
- Drafting audit reports, present findings to management and business units, and recommend actionable corrective actions plans.
- Track and address emerging issues through business monitoring and complete regulatory reporting on time.
- Recommend appropriate solutions to mitigate risk and control weaknesses.
- Collaborate with internal audit quality assurance team to address findings and the management information team to analyse audit data.
- Adhere to policies, regulations, and ethical standards.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Minimum 15 years of experience (with at least 10 years in banking) with at least 2 years at General Manager/VP grade level.
- Minimum of 5 years must have been in a senior position within the audit function.
- Minimum Bachelors’ degree. BA/BS or equivalent.
- Higher degree or related certifications (ACCA, CIA, CPA, ACA, CFA, CISA, CAMS or similar) is desirable.
- Must be a member of ICPAU (Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda) in good standing.
- Experience in working with global teams and dealing with integrated internal audit and assurance delivery is desirable.
- Good understanding of banking sector.
- Prior experience of conducting risk-based audits and presenting results to management.
- Knowledge and experience of risk issue management criteria, tools, and methods.
- Understanding of how risks and control deficiencies need to be prioritized and remediated across the first and second line of defence.
Skills: - Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal; ability to digest vast amounts of information and be able to succinctly present messages.
- Strong analytical and numerical skills with advanced Excel proficiency.
- Demonstrating a high level of analytical rigor in formulating objectives and measuring results.
- Exceptional people skills for interacting with all levels within the organization, including senior management and regulators.
- Effective influencing skills, with a proactive and ‘no surprises’ approach in communicating issues/requests.
- Pragmatic problem solver, with independence thinking and a forward-looking mindset.
- Self-motivated and goal oriented with a strong work ethic.
Exceptional candidates who do not meet these criteria may be considered for the role. How to Apply: All interested candidates should apply at the link below. Click Here For more of the latest jobs, please visit https://www.ugashare.com or find us on our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Ugashare Job Title:  Office Assistant (2 No Experience O’ Level Jobs)… Job Title: Assistant Logistics Officer Organisation: SeaOwl Energy Services Duty Station: Kampala,… Job Title:  Financial Manager Organisation: Unifi Africa Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda … Job Title:  Research Officer Organization:  Capital Markets Authority (CMA) Duty Station:  Kampala,… Job Title:  Cashier (2 No Experience Jobs) Organisation: Yopsa Microfinance… Job Title:  Call Center Officer (No Experience Jobs) Organisation: Yopsa…
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