Are you looking for a career move that will put you at the heart of a global financial institution? Then bring your skills in analysis, problem solving and communication to Citi’s KYC team.
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Team/Role Overview
The Head of Client Experience & KYC Onboarding is a senior global leadership role within SMB KYC Operations, responsible for defining and executing Citi’s end‑to‑end strategy for client experience and new‑to‑bank KYC onboarding. This role provides enterprise‑level oversight of KYC execution across all regions, ensuring adherence to AML/KYC regulatory frameworks, delivering operational excellence, and driving a world‑class client journey.
What you’ll do
Strategic Leadership & Governance
Set and execute the global Client Experience and New‑to‑Bank KYC strategy aligned to Citi’s AML/KYC framework.
Serve as senior authority on KYC policy interpretation and operational application across jurisdictions.
Lead governance routines including KPIs, KRIs, regulatory interactions, audit readiness, and performance reporting.
Operational Execution
Lead the end‑to‑end onboarding lifecycle, ensuring a seamless, intuitive, and compliant client experience.
Oversee global capacity planning, workforce optimization, and service delivery across hubs and satellite teams.
Monitor and drive productivity, quality, and timeliness against defined SLAs and regulatory commitments.
Identify and implement process automation, digitization, and continuous improvement opportunities.
Compliance & Risk Management
Ensure global alignment with AML, sanctions, and financial crime regulatory expectations.
Strengthen first‑line risk ownership and maintain a robust control environment.
Partner with Compliance, Risk, Financial Crime, and Legal on policy updates and operational impacts.
Lead responses to regulatory inquiries, internal audits, and testing engagements.
Stakeholder Engagement
Design and manage global Pipeline Management frameworks to ensure transparency and throughput visibility.
Act as primary operations partner to Compliance, Business Lines, Technology, and senior leadership.
Communicate regulatory changes, operational performance, and risk themes to executives.
Influence enterprise‑wide programs and partner on transformation initiatives including CitiKYC.
People Leadership
Lead senior managers and large multi‑region operational teams, setting standards of execution and accountability.
Build and sustain a high‑performance culture focused on transparency, quality, and regulatory excellence.
Drive global talent strategy, succession planning, and professional development.
What we’ll need from you
- Extensive experience in KYC/AML operations, financial crime, risk management, or compliance.
Leadership of large global operational teams and complex workflows.
Success in strategy development, organisational transformation, and change delivery.
Strong understanding of global financial crime regulatory frameworks.
Experience with KYC technology, workflow tools, data management, and automation solutions.
Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, communication, and decision‑making skills.
Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
What we can offer you
By joining Citi Dublin, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed) and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits that support you (and your family) to be well, live well and save well. Discover more here.
Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energised to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.
Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.
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Candidates applying for this role must be aware that it is a Senior Management Function pursuant to the FCA and PRA Senior Managers Regime. The Senior Managers Regime is one element of the FCA and PRA Individual Accountability Regime which came into effect on 7 March 2016. Under the Senior Managers Regime, certain Citi entities must ensure that employees working in certain roles, designated as a Senior Management Function, where the individual is referred to as a Senior Manager, are assessed as fit and proper to carry out their role. As a Senior Manager your appointment must be pre-approved by the FCA and/or PRA before you perform any regulated activity. Under the guidance provided by the FCA and PRA, firms should have regard to the following when assessing fitness and propriety:
Honesty, integrity and reputation
Financial soundness
Competence and capability
In order to comply with the requirements of the Senior Manager Function, certain Citi entities must take reasonable care to ensure that an employee does not perform a Senior Manager Function role without first being certified as Fit and Proper. For this reason, you will be assessed for this role against the Fit and Proper requirements, as described above. This assessment will be carried out through extensive interviews, self-disclosures, permitted criminal record checks, reference checks, credit checks and other background checks. If hired for this role, you will also be required to complete an annual declaration regarding your Fitness and Propriety.
By submitting your application, you acknowledge that you have read the information above and that you are applying for a Senior Management Function. You also agree to Citi carrying out any additional screening required, including permitted criminal record checks, reference checks, credit checks and any other relevant background checks.
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Job Family Group:
Operations - Services------------------------------------------------------
Job Family:
Business KYC------------------------------------------------------
Time Type:
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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:
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Most Relevant Skills
Business Acumen, Credible Challenge, Laws and Regulations, Management Reporting, Policy and Procedure, Program Management, Referral and Escalation, Risk Controls and Monitors, Risk Identification and Assessment, Risk Remediation.------------------------------------------------------
Other Relevant Skills
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