About The Position
The Equity Finance Technology team is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to support projects and work efforts within the Prime Finance business for Securities Lending. The role requires liaising with technologists to exchange information in a concise, logical, and understandable way. The successful candidate must be able to manage delivery whilst adopting an agile methodology and managing project timelines and risks.
Requirements
- Strong expertise in Prime Brokerage and Securities Lending.
- Experience collaborating with industry bodies, including active participation with market utility functions and Central Clearing for Securities Lending.
- Proven ability to model intricate business rules and evaluate their impact on outcomes, for example, trade pricing.
- Proficiency in using JIRA and Confluence for workflow management, collaboration, and documentation.
- Ability to perform effectively and maintain composure in high-pressure, fast-paced environments.
- Flexibility to work seamlessly with a geographically dispersed global team across multiple time zones.
- Exceptional problem-solving skills and the capacity for strategic thinking to address complex challenges.
- Practical experience working within an Agile delivery framework.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a proven track record of effectively managing senior stakeholder expectations.
Nice To Haves
- SQL or Python would be a plus
- Understanding of key regulatory requirements, e.g. SFTR, SEC 10c1-a, CSDR
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with internal teams, as well as various functional groups including Equity Finance, Prime Brokerage, Cross Product, Risk, Finance, MOT Technology, Compliance, and Front-Office. The objective is to facilitate the implementation of requirements, provide necessary training, and ensure adherence to Citi's established standards.
- Offer in-depth and insightful analysis, employing interpretive thought to pinpoint issues, devise creative resolutions, and guide strategic functional choices.
- Contribute expertise throughout the development and implementation stages, specifically in defining the scope and objectives of systems, and identifying essential system enhancements for intricate, high-impact projects.
- Identify and communicate risks and impacts and propose risk mitigation options, considering business implications of the application of technology to the current business environment.
- Engage with business stakeholders to ascertain the functional specifications for systems, and collaborate with various management teams and other departments to achieve organizational goals.
- Assess emerging IT advancements and changing business needs, then propose suitable system alternatives or improvements to existing systems. This involves a thorough analysis of business processes, current systems, and industry benchmarks.
- Guarantee compliance with the PM standard procedures and with all applicable tools used for program and project management (including, but not limited to, issue/risk tracking and escalation, and scorecard/metrics).
- Develop, refine, and ensure re-baselined detailed milestone plans are available for all critical deliverables and that interdependencies are understood and addressed.
- Execute against multiple contending priorities simultaneously, performing the required combination of business analysis, project management, systems analysis, and stakeholder management tasks.
- 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 judgement regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.
Benefits
- medical, dental & vision coverage
- 401(k)
- life, accident, and disability insurance
- wellness programs
- paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
