CSIS Investigators are assigned a wide range of corporate investigation case work including complex, sensitive fraud investigations across the UK, Europe and across EMEA when required. The Investigator may be asked to perform additional tasks such as coordinating investigative efforts within the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region; participating in projects for wider global investigations team; or carrying out peer reviews.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conducting investigations independently in order to identify the root cause of Citi product/process vulnerabilities, identification of employee behaviour that breaches policy, detection of fraud perpetrators and the recovery of stolen or lost assets.
- Carrying out investigative interviews, gathering available evidence and analysing the facts of a matter
- Documenting investigation outcomes in the form of comprehensive investigation reports in a timely manner.
- Ensuring immediacy of responses to critical situations such as funds in flight risks.
- Developing and adding value to investigative referrals through data research, analysis, interviewing, liaison with law enforcement agencies and compilation of information from a variety of sources both internal and external to the business.
- Build internal relationships with peers in the risk and control functions and with the different business groups CSIS supports.
- Build and maintain external relationships with sister bank fraud investigators, law enforcement, industry peers and other sources of support in an effort to establish partnerships and areas of support that enhance the ability for timely intelligence sharing, prosecution and recovery.
- Responsible for representing Citi in criminal prosecution and civil court matters. Must have some knowledge of banking products, operations and processes in order to provide accurate and supportive testimony.
Development Value:
The CSIS EMEA function is a mature independent corporate security function operating across more than 50 countries. The CSIS Europe Investigations team works in partnership with equivalent investigation teams across the globe. The CSIS team is comprised of experienced specialists from a variety of backgrounds including commercial investigations, forensic accountancy, fraud risk, law enforcement, technology, computer forensics, data analysis, and due diligence. Joining the CSIS team will enhance the investigator’s pure skills and ability to operate across a diverse region.
Knowledge/Experience/Qualifications:
- Ideally, 7+ years financial crime and/or internal/ ethics investigative experience in a corporate, regulatory, consultancy or law enforcement environment. However, serious consideration will be given to candidates without investigative experience who possess strong banking product knowledge, in an audit, controls, risk or compliance capacity.
- Ability to travel, often at short notice.
- Knowledge of Capital Markets / Markets & Security Services.
- Alternative language skillspreferable
- An understanding of applicable legal statutes as they relate to financial crimes and/ or appropriate procedures for conducting internal investigations
- University level education preferred or equivalent work experience
Skills and Competencies:
- Excellent English report writing skills
- Excellent communication, motivational and personal skills
- Ability to multitask by carrying a diverse and complex caseload
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Demonstrates a desire to continually develop own skills
- MS Office Word and Excel proficiency
- Self-sufficient and a self-starter
- Demonstrates an appreciation of a diverse workforce
- Willingness to take on feedback and adapt to CSIS methodologies
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