Site Reliability Engineer - Vp jobs at Citi Group in United Kingdom, Belfast

Responsibilities:

• Manage a small team of internal audit professionals that performs moderately complex global markets related (products as well as cross function) audits
• Complete assigned audits within budgeted timeframes, and budgeted costs
• Monitor, assess, and recommend solutions to emerging risks
• Contribute to the development of audit processes improvements, including the development of automated routines to help focus audit testing
• Draft audit reports, and present issues to the business while discussing practical cross-functional solutions
• Recommend appropriate and pragmatic solutions to risk and control issues
• Apply understanding of internal audit standards, policies, and local regulations to provide timely audit assurance
• Develop internal audit staff, and provide coaching to team members
• 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:

• 5-8 years of relevant experience
• Effective verbal, written and negotiation skills
• Effective project management skills
• Effective influencing and relationship management skills

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

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Responsibilities:

• Develops detailed IT work plans, schedules; project estimates, resource plans and status reports.

• Interfaces with senior project staff and client senior management teams regarding status of projects.

• Recommends and oversees process improvements.

• Has considerable business impact through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes, system processes and industry standards.

• Provides expertise in area and an advanced level of understanding of the principles of IT project leadership.

• Possesses a comprehensive understanding of how own area and others (i.e., architecture or infrastructure) collectively integrate to contribute towards achieving business objectives.

• Directly impacts the business by influencing strategic functional decisions through advice, counsel or provided services.

• Acts as advisor or coach to new or lower level analysts; allocates work.

• Provides in-depth and sophisticated analysis with interpretive thinking to define problems and develop innovative solutions.

• Persuades and influences others through and comprehensive communication and diplomacy skills.

• 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.

Qualifications:

• 6-10 years experience in a related technology role and subject matter expert in overall field

• 6 - 10 years experience with JIRA, Confluence & Agile

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience, potentially Masters degree

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

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This role will require interaction with business management teams and support partners (Tech, ICRM, Control, Middle Office etc) - timely escalation and remediation of issues, continued drive towards efficiency and closure of any control gaps. Members of the team are required to escalate, investigate and remediate any issues identified through the control processes.

What you'll do:

• Liaise with front office contacts while establishing and maintaining solid relationships with our internal partners in the business
• Proactively identify opportunities to optimize and streamline processes, propose solutions and lead implementation of improvements
• 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
• Collaborating with various businesses across Markets to deliver on organizational objectives
• Working as part of a global team to monitor controls, provide oversight and escalate issues in a timely manner
• Developing communication and similar material for presentation to a wide variety of audiences from stakeholders, peers and management.
• Assisting in special projects/tech enhancements
• Act as the main point of contact for time sensitive issues

What you'll bring:

• Undergraduate degree required
• Strong influence management and relationship skills
• Significant relevant work experience in Business Risk & Controls
• Knowledge of global markets traded products including downstream processing practices and related control principles a positive
• Leadership skills in bringing together processes that include different businesses, regions and support functions
• Demonstrated expertise of Microsoft Office product suite and proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint preferred.
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills

By joining Citi Belfast, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays; increasing with tenure
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private medical insurance packages to suit your personal circumstances
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

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By Joining Citi, you will become part of a global organisation whose mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress.

This role will focus on end-to-end operational process improvements, helping us eliminate friction, reduce manual effort, and scale what works. You’ll also help translate ideas into clear visuals and proposals, supporting leadership’s decision-making.

What you’ll do

This role is ideal for someone who thrives at simplifying complex processes, delivering scalable solutions, and bringing structure to fast-moving, high-impact work.

• Processing Automation & AI: Own the pipeline for process improvement ideas, partnering with teams to identify opportunities, design solutions, and implement automation or AI
• Innovation Intake & Governance: Launch and manage a clear intake process to prioritize, track, and scale innovation opportunities
• Simplification: Rethink how our team operates, eliminating handoffs and duplications
• Execution Support: Partner with other team leads to ensure automation and simplification align with broader team priorities
• Presentation & Communication: Create clear, simple, and visual PowerPoint updates that showcase innovation progress and highlight the impact
• Stakeholder Alignment: Collaborate across teams to ensure change is practical and tied to measurable results

What we’ll need from you

• Experience leading operational transformation, automation, or innovation efforts
• Familiarity with process design, AI use cases or workflow tools
• Strong problem-solving mindset: able to identify root causes and design practical solutions
• Excellent communication and PowerPoint storytelling skills: able to clearly show impact and next steps
• Strategic thinker who also executes

By joining Citi Belfast, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays; increasing with tenure
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private medical insurance packages to suit your personal circumstances
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

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The Software Engineer role leads and participates in solving business problems by building robust, high-performance large-scale enterprise applications. You will leverage your deep technical knowledge to design and code scalable and easily maintainable solutions as well as mentor other more junior engineers as needed. You will promote a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvements within the team.

Responsibilities

• Develop and engineer solutions within multiple agile software delivery teams, working to collaboratively deliver sprint goals, write code, and participate in the broader Citi technical community and team-level Agile and Scrum processes.
• Engage in the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), including planning, development, testing, and deployment ensuring adherence to best practices in CI/CDpipelines
• Foster relationships with end users and stakeholders and influence product design evolution and delivery strategies

Required Qualifications

• Experience as a Software Engineer/Developer using Java and/or Python
• Clear understanding of Data Structures and Object-Oriented Principles
• Experience building horizontally scalable software using Cloud-native development or Container Orchestration tools such as Kubernetes
• Spring Framework including Core, Integration, Batch, JDBC, Hibernate.
• Databases - RDBMS preferably Oracle, NoSQL preferably MongoDB.
• Familiarity with Linux environment including scripting skills.
• SDLC/Dev Ops - Git/BitBucket, CI/CD pipeline frameworks such as Jenkins, SonarQube, JIRA, Any secure coding toolkits.
• Experience using Generative AI tools such as CoPilot
• Demonstrated clear and concise written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated leadership, project and stakeholder management skills

Education

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree in software or computer engineering

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Position Overview

As a Senior QA Analyst, you will be an integral part of our agile delivery team, driving the development and execution of high-quality functional testing in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. You will work closely with product owners, developers, and other stakeholders to ensure that our applications meet both functional and non-functional requirements. Your expertise in Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), agile methodologies, and deep understanding of functional domains will be key to ensuring the success of our projects.

Agile QA Practices

• Actively participate in all Agile ceremonies, including backlog grooming, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and development teams to understand project requirements and define comprehensive test strategies.
• Develop, execute, and maintain test plans, test cases, and test scripts aligned with Agile methodologies.

Functional Domain Expertise

• Leverage in-depth knowledge of financial products and services to design effective test scenarios.
• Ensure test coverage for functional and non-functional requirements, focusing on areas such as trade processing, confirmation, settlement, and margin.
• Conduct thorough root cause analysis for defects and implement preventative measures to enhance production stability.

Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)

• Implement and advocate for BDD practices within the QA process.
• Provide test scenarios and maintain automated test scripts using BDD tools such as Cucumber, ensuring efficient regression testing and maximum test coverage.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to write clear and concise Gherkin scenarios that accurately reflect business requirements.

Team Collaboration

• Foster a collaborative environment by working closely with developers, business analysts, and other stakeholders to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Mentor junior QA team members, providing guidance and support to enhance their professional growth.
• Communicate effectively with global teams, demonstrating strong attention to detail and the ability to organize and prioritize work effectively.

Experience

• Hands-on experience in software quality assurance, with a focus on Agile methodologies.
• Proven experience in leading User Acceptance Testing (UAT) cycles for business-critical applications
• Strong financial product knowledge, with a distinct advantage in derivatives.

Technical Skills

• Proficiency in test automation tools and frameworks, particularly those supporting BDD such as Cucumber.
• Solid understanding of UNIX, shell scripting, and SQL.
• Understanding of microservices architecture and test requirements
• Experience with test management and defect tracking tools, with the ability to generate and interpret associated reports.

Soft Skills

• Self-motivated individual with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and within global teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a keen attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to multi-task and prioritize effectively.

A good understanding of capital markets, trade lifecycle, OTC derivatives and settlements and payments would be a clear advantage.

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Are you looking for a career move that will put you at the heart of a global financial institution? Then bring –your strong global banking experience along with thorough understanding of banking data structures and products. Excellent communication skills required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level

By Joining Citi(Belfast),you will become part of a global organisation whose mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress.

This ORM Foundational and Capital / Stress Testing Data role will be responsible for managing ORMs foundational and Capital / Stress Testing Data and Infrastructure. The focus would be on data quality, data governance, master data management, data conversion and reconciliation, and defining common intake and output templates for all inbound and outbound integrations for Foundational and Capital/Stress Testing infrastructure.

What you’ll do:

• Responsible for helping drive upstream and downstream adherence to data standards.
• Partners with finance, technology and external providers in delivery of role.
• Often requires development of new concepts and approaches to solving issues affecting data.
• Develops and maintains relationships across the business users and Lines of Defense to better understand and deliver customer requirements by responding to changes in the internal and external business environment
• 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.
• 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 behaviour, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

What we’ll need from you:

• Solid experience navigating and networking across an enterprise utilizing internal and external resources within Operational Risk / Capital / Stress Testing experience preferred.
• Previous experience in data quality, data governance, master data management, data conversion and reconciliation roles.
• Strong global banking experience along with through understanding of banking data structures and products.
• Excellent communication skills required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level.

By joiningCiti Belfast, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays; increasing with tenure
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private medical insurance packages to suit your personal circumstances
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources.

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