VP, Finance Solutions Lead Analyst

Introduction

The Finance Solutions Lead Analyst is accountable for management of complex/critical/large professional disciplinary areas. Leads and directs a team of professionals. Requires a comprehensive understanding of multiple areas within a function and how they interact in order to achieve the objectives of the function. Applies in-depth understanding of the business impact of technical contributions. Strong commercial awareness is a necessity. Generally accountable for delivery of a full range of services to one or more businesses/ geographic regions. Excellent communication skills required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Some external communication may be necessary. Accountable for the end results of an area. Exercises control over resources, policy formulation and planning. Primarily affects a sub-function. Involved in short- to medium-term planning of actions and resources for own area.

Responsibilities:

• Contributes to the design, roll-out and governance of financial solutions, including:

• Participates in formulating and setting strategic direction for the process, organization and architecture covering Finance across Citi businesses, products, functions and locations

• Assists in setting business and information architecture standards for Finance

• Plays a part in settling and operating necessary forums and frameworks to establish and govern policies and starts for global Finance processes

• Participates in assessing and incorporating changing business, regulatory and market information needs into finance processes and applications

• Manages a small team, or function as a single incumbent with management responsibilities for a function.

• Integrates expertise and industry expertise within a defined area.

• Advises on standards around which others will operate.

• Coordinates and contributes to the ideas of the entire function.

• Performs other duties and functions as assigned

• Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision.

• Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy.

• Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and /or other team members.

• Ability to manage teams.

• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.

Qualifications:

• 6-10+ years of relevant experience, within the financial services industry preferred

• Recognized technical authority for an area within the business.

• Requires communication and diplomacy skills in order to guide and influence others.

• Experience and demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities in a complex and dynamic environment

• Self-motivated with the ability to make decisions in the absence of detailed instructions.

• Proficient Microsoft Office skills

• In depth knowledge of banking products / systems preferred.

• CPA preferred

• Knowledge of any financial products such as Derivatives, Securities, SFTs, Loans, Deposits, Cash, etc. is desirable

• Proven record of process improvement implementation, with demonstrated problem-solving and business analysis skills

• Advanced understanding of project management methodologies

Education:

• Bachelors degree, potentially Masters degree

Key Skills:

• Understanding of financial reporting and testing requirements

• Stakeholder management and communication

• Data analysis, profiling, and reporting

• Quality assurance and risk management

• Governance and oversight

• Analytical skills for issue identification and resolution

• People management and working across teams

Specific responsibilities of the Source Document Retrieval role:

• Document Sourcing - Identify and retrieve source documentation for use in testing. Obtain documents via direct system access and Business/Technology SME outreach. Request, retrieve and package source documentation across a range of financial products obtained via various global functions to ensure they meet the established requirements

• Data Analysis - Compare reported values to source documentation. Review, analyze and raise issues in raw data received from Testing Partners. Maintain Last Traceable Point (LTP) Inventory which codifies applicable documents, sources, and retrieval methods for each product

• Project Management - Managing the Document Sourcing process through cycles including allocation of resources and issue escalation management

• Stakeholder Management - Professionally and effectively presenting information to all levels of management

• Process Management and Process Improvement Implementation - Analyzing Data Tracing current process, identifying and implementing process improvements

• Communications Management - Continual interaction with peers and senior leadership in SMC businesses

• Risk Management - Proactively identify and manage risk

Competencies:

• Strong communication skills - Business-level English

• Exceptional attention to detail

• Ability to professionally and effectively present information and respond to questions from all levels of management

• Proven relationship skills with ability to build relationships, partner with, and influence across organizational lines

• Strong project management, planning and time management skills

• Ability to monitor tight deadlines or unexpected requirement changes

• Able to take initiative and demonstrate leadership to problem solve and escalate as required

• Result orientated mindset in order to provide fast and effective delivery under scrutiny of senior management

• Pro-active, flexible, and collaborative within team environments

• Proficient in use of Microsoft Applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint); Strong skills in MS Excel required with solid experience in VLOOKUP, conditional formulas and Pivot tables.

Key Objectives Include:

• Leading and organizing daily calls and having indirect management and influence over Senior Analysts and Intermediate Analysts, as well as have oversight responsibility of offshore vendor resources ensuring they deliver against tight deadlines on behalf of global senior stakeholders.

• Lead and maintain pre-tracing analysis; which includes reviewing the logic and lineage of data attributes/elements and sample selections before a transaction trace begins.

• Maintain project trackers and Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies (RAID) trackers for the team.

• Create/maintain reporting & MIS to disseminate to the Data Tracing Team and other stakeholders.

• Produce documentation to capture current data sources and contacts by product, system, region, etc.

• Second Level Escalation: Handle follow-up escalations to business/operations if Senior Analysts are not getting the needed response. They will track until requested documents are received and set up calls with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) as needed.

• Report Document Sourcing updates to Senior Management through various governance processes

• Liaise with the central Data Planning teams to agree requirements to meet regulatory commitments

• Provide product expertise to improve the efficiency of the Document Sourcing current process

• Work with QATV, Internal Audit (IA), and Finance Chief Risk Office (FinCRO) to ensure consistent approach is followed for data tracing and source document retrieval

• Coordinate metric updates to management to report real time doc sourcing progress

• Ensure KPI's are deployed and effectively managed in-line with operating model expectations

• Proactively identify and manage risk/team performance

• Deals with complex and variable issues with substantial potential impact.

• Develop wide exposure to multiple business and product lines

Job Family Group:
Finance

Job Family:
Fin Solutions Dsgn & Implement

Time Type:
Full time

Primary Location:
Tampa Florida United States

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:
$113,840.00 - $170,760.00

In addition to salary, Citi's offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

Anticipated Posting Close Date:
Apr 23, 2025

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