Artem Kovalev
Regulatory Reporting, Data & Controls Executive
Senior Vice President at Citi | Transformation and Large-Scale Delivery | EC Long-Term Resident
Budapest, Hungary
Executive Profile
I lead complex regulated finance functions at the intersection of regulatory reporting, data, controls and transformation. At Citi, I lead an 85+ person multicultural organisation across two countries, accountable for local regulatory reporting for 30+ European legal entities representing more than USD 230 billion in total assets.
My remit spans BAU delivery, regulatory change, specialist reporting, control effectiveness, operating models, capacity and coverage, escalation, and senior stakeholder governance. Within Citi’s 450+ person International Regulatory Reporting organisation, I also lead cross-regional strategic initiatives across EMEA and LATAM and hold delegated functional sign-off authority for 65+ parallel testing engagements.
Across more than 15 years in banking, risk management and entrepreneurship, I have built and transformed teams, established governance and control frameworks, and delivered regulated change in complex environments.
Core Expertise
- Local regulatory reporting and financial controls
- Data governance, lineage and quality
- Transformation and large-scale delivery
- Operating-model design and organisational leadership
- Senior stakeholder and regulatory governance
Scale & Scope
- 85+
People across two countries - 30+
European legal entities - USD 230 billion+
Assets within reporting scope - 65+
Parallel testing engagements under delegated functional sign-off
Recommendations.
Artem is an easy-going, candid manager, who is eager to help when needed but allows people to work independently. He is also a knowledgeable professional, with a wide range of areas to cover across finance. I would be happy to work with him in the future.
Andrea Gardonyi (ACCA)
Reported directly to Artem · 2 July 2023
I worked with Artem the last few years and can confirm he is a reliable person, who is full of ideas and initiatives. He is always keen to get the most positive result from everything, he is result and detail oriented with a TO-DO attitude. Artem is a good people manager as well and his team can count on him in every situation, he is a caring manager who provides to his people support, guidance, knowledge trainings and is there to help them. Artem has a good control mindset and very good technical skills. He is open for feedback, to learn new things and develop.
Stella Serfőző
Managed Artem directly · 23 August 2022
Artem has a rare combination of technical knowledge and creativity skills. Highly motivated self-sufficient professional involving in collaborating peoples from all levels of the organization in the work process. He showed initiative in implementing strategic initiatives adopted by the organization, with suggestions for their further improvement. Able to build all components from scratch: personnel, IT, and methodology – as a new business process for himself and the company. It was noticed by the best representatives of the market.
Andrew Kovalev
Worked with Artem on the same team · 9 May 2020
Artem is a high-skilled, goal-oriented person, who proposed creative solutions for various business issues while presenting deep understanding of finance. I recommend Artem to any business person or company.
Oleg Szczerbak
Worked with Artem across companies · 26 April 2016
Artem is very good in project and risk management for projects under negotiation. He showed deed knowledge of CIS Banking.
Savvas Shiatis
Worked with Artem across companies · 23 November 2015
