IT Business Analyst - Assistant Vice President
About The Position
Citi FXLM Operations Technology is seeking a Business Analyst to support projects in Operations and Regulatory Technology. The role contributes to new and existing projects involving back-office applications, processing systems, risk management systems, and interfaces with business applications. The Operations and Regulatory Technology function designs, develops, and supports client-facing and internal applications for the Global FXLM business, enabling settlements, payments, accounting, and regulatory reporting of trade events. The role works across FX, money markets, fixed income, and derivatives, partnering with business units and technology teams to support high-volume global operations. The Business Analyst partners with senior business and technology leaders to help define the next-generation Operations Technology platform. The position has visibility across FXLM products and stakeholder teams, and includes business analysis, requirements management, functional design, delivery coordination, and technology partnership.
Requirements
- At least 6–8 years of experience as a Business Analyst with an investment or global bank in Foreign Exchange, trade processing, or risk management.
- Understand the end-to-end workflow for at least two asset classes among FX, fixed income, money markets, and derivatives, including deal capture, execution, risk management, confirmations, accounting, and settlements.
- Familiarity with SDLC and Agile development methodologies.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate business requirements into precise functional and technical specifications.
- Strong analytical skills, including the ability to create business analysis from scratch and troubleshoot data-quality issues.
- Ability to work across teams and under pressure.
- Ability to prioritize conflicting tasks and focus on essential work.
- Positive, hardworking, proactive attitude and ability to take initiative.
- Planning and organizing skills, including identifying steps needed to achieve objectives.
- Resilience when working toward tight deadlines and under pressure.
- Accountability, including self-starting on goals and achieving targets.
- Appreciation of workforce diversity and ability to use differing perspectives to add value to decisions and organizational success.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of FX options, bonds, or rates.
- Strong academic record and ideally a bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or a related technical discipline from a top-tier university.
- An MBA with a finance specialization from a top-tier university is an advantage.
Responsibilities
- Run meetings and coordinate with stakeholders in Trading, Operations, Finance, Product Control, Technology, and PMO to gather business requirements.
- Work with stakeholders across business lines on transformation projects to understand their businesses and processes.
- Understand current business processes and provide functional design input for proposed technology solutions.
- Create high-quality business and functional requirements documentation.
- Manage requirements traceability from the business requirements document through test plans and results.
- Analyze large data sets, create flow diagrams, and prepare summaries and workflows.
- Coordinate with development leads on enhancements and defects, and assist with troubleshooting and application defect resolution.
- Engage with software developers and testers to support quality, on-time delivery.
- Plan and estimate work, manage risks and issues, report on projects, manage stakeholders, and build relationships with business partners.
- Support project execution through JIRA, tracking work for technical teams and providing status updates to internal and business stakeholders.
- Work with development leads to shape application architecture and define robust solutions aligned with the technology roadmap.
- Develop best practices for evaluating, selecting, and implementing technologies across FXLM technology.
- Monitor developments in data visualization and analysis technology within ICG and the broader industry, and recommend technology adoption.
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- 401(k)
- Life insurance
- Accident insurance
- Disability insurance
- Wellness programs
- Paid time off, including planned vacation and unplanned sick leave
- Paid holidays
- Eligible employees may receive discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
