Vice President- Implementation Manager, Operations (Japanese Speaking)

At Citi, we get to connect millions of people across hundreds of cities and countries every day. And we've been doing it for more than 200 years. We do this through our unparalleled global network. We provide a broad range of financial services and products to our clients – whether they be consumers, corporations, governments or institutions – to help them meet their biggest opportunities and face the world's toughest challenges. Citi’s Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) provides global solutions that can help clients drive their business forward while investing in innovation to bring new solutions to life. We’re currently looking for a high caliber professional to join our team as Vice President- Implementation Manager, Operations. (Internal Job Title: Client Onboarding Lead Analyst - C13) based in KL, Malaysia. Being part of our team means that we’ll provide you with the resources to meet your unique needs, empower you to make healthy decision and manage your financial well-being to help plan for your future The Client Onboarding Lead Analyst is a seasoned professional role. Applies in-depth disciplinary knowledge, contributing to the development of new techniques and the improvement of processes and work-flow for the area or function. Integrates subject matter and industry expertise within a defined area. Requires in-depth understanding of how areas collectively integrate within the sub-function as well as coordinate and contribute to the objectives of the function and overall business. Evaluates moderately complex and variable issues with substantial potential impact, where development of an approach/taking of an action involves weighing various alternatives and balancing potentially conflicting situations using multiple sources of information. Requires good analytical skills in order to filter, prioritize and validate potentially complex and dynamic material from multiple sources. Strong communication and diplomacy skills are required. Regularly assumes informal/formal leadership role within teams. Involved in coaching and training of new recruits Significant impact in terms of project size, geography, etc. by influencing decisions through advice, counsel and/or facilitating services to others in area of specialization. Work and performance of all teams in the area are directly affected by the performance of the individual. Responsibilities: * Responsible for customer interaction, documentation issuance, review and system setups. * Demonstrates high level of diligence, motivation and organizational skills. * Focuses on timely and accurate delivery of all account opening functions, as well as delivering excellent customer service and resolution of customer issues. * Performs day to day management of the account opening and maintenance processing, including daily management of in-process, pended, and service related activities, ensuring account opening requirements are clearly defined to support all scenarios of account opening and maintenance requirements, to include delivery of very high quality service to customers and internal partners. * Responsible for various types of project management in the account services space, and managing cross-functional relationships with all teams. * Determines new work procedures, analyzes complex and variable issues with significant departmental impact. * Encourages cross functional training for staffs to enrich their skill base. * Optimizes manpower to achieve higher productivity levels. * Understands client requirements and implements them correctly. Understands new customer requirements and ensures adequate support to new customer requirements and initiatives. * Monitors customer satisfaction and service level and drives process changes. Provides innovative solutions to clients. Ensures a strong and robust processing environment with effective controls. * Establishes risk management practice. Maintains a culture of risk and controls in the team through...