Senior Margins Business Analyst - Vice President

Citi • Jersey City, NJ

5d • $129,840 - $194,760 • Onsite

About The Position

The Technology Business Analyst (VP) will serve as a critical bridge between business stakeholders and technology teams within the Margin & Risk technology platform. This role will support Citi’s multi‑year transformation to modernize margin, risk, and post‑trade platforms across asset classes, with a particular focus on OTC derivatives and cross‑asset margining. The ideal candidate will combine strong domain expertise, analytical rigor, and technical fluency, playing a hands‑on role in requirements definition, control design, data analysis, and delivery governance across complex, regulated systems.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience as a Business Analyst in a financial services or regulated technology environment.
• Strong understanding of margining, derivatives, and risk management concepts
• Deep experience working with complex data flows (trades, MTMs, reference data)
• Working knowledge of SQL, data analysis tools, and process modeling
• Experience working in Agile / Scrum delivery models
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into technical deliverables
• Experience supporting large‑scale, distributed systems in a production environment
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and critical‑thinking skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting OTC derivatives, repos, or cross‑asset margin platforms.
• Familiarity with VaR/SIMM and risk calculation concepts.
• Prior exposure to platform modernization initiatives (cloud, microservices, APIs, Kafka/event streams).
• Risk or regulatory background; experience interacting with Audit or regulators is a plus.
• Master's degree preferred
• Professional certifications (e.g., CFA, FRM) are a plus

Responsibilities

• Partner with Trading, Risk, Operations, Finance, and Technology to gather, analyze, and document complex business and regulatory requirements related to margin, collateral, and risk calculations
• Translate business needs into clear, actionable artifacts (user stories, BRDs/FRDs, data mappings, process flows)
• Perform gap analysis of current vs. target‑state processes, data flows, and controls
• Support design decisions aligned with target‑state architecture, including microservices‑based and event‑driven platforms
• Support systems calculating and optimizing margin requirements using models such as VAR, SIMM, and Credit Stress
• Analyze trade, market data, and MTM flows, ensuring consistency, completeness, and accuracy across the lifecycle
• Partner closely with Quant, Risk, and Data teams to validate methodologies, assumptions, and outputs
• Contribute to the design and enhancement of data quality, completeness, accuracy, and timeliness controls
• Ensure alignment with internal governance, regulatory expectations, and audit requirements
• Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and control gaps, escalating where appropriate
• Work closely with development leads and engineers throughout the SDLC
• Participate in agile ceremonies, backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, and UAT
• Coordinate with global and offshore teams to ensure consistent delivery and documentation standards
• Support production releases, validation activities, and post‑deployment reviews
• Communicate complex concepts clearly to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders
• Influence across teams without formal authority to drive alignment and delivery
• Contribute to roadmap discussions, platform modernization initiatives, and continuous improvement efforts

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior