Citi Group Senior Digital Accessibility Specialist 

United States, Florida, Jacksonville 

427859274

• Act as the subject matter expert (SME) for WCAG guidelines and stay informed of new guidelines as they evolve
• Understand how a global matrixed organization operates and functions, and thrive in this type of environment
• Focus on highest priority demands while maintaining progress on other important work activities; understand how initiatives support organizational success; eliminate activities that distract from the critical few priorities.
• Establish bold performance goals; strive to achieve more than what seems possible and put in persistent extra effort when needed; hold self accountable for exceeding expectations.
• Work across the organization to help drive the adherence and implementation of key compliance guidelines including identifying opportunities to increase effectiveness
• Provide expert accessibility feedback in the areas of design (UX/UI), development, and testing to teams across Citi on new features and functionality
• Assist accountable parties (technology, journey owners) to interpret accessibility audit reports and identify root causes of defect creation and monitor remediation of those root causes
• Partner with groups across Citi to share best practices for digital accessibility
• Assume the intentions of others are based on common goals and shared purpose, and proactively help colleagues achieve their goals.
• Participate in testing and evaluating digital accessibility software

• 6+ years front end development experience
• 6+ years native mobile development experience
• 6+ years of digital accessibility development and testing for WCAG compliance
• Experience implementing WCAG compliant technologies using Swift (iOS), Java and Kotlin (Android), HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, Angular, JQuery
• Experience performing accessibility audits using assistive and automated technologies such as VoiceOver, TalkBack, JAWS, NVDA, Attest, axe, Access Continuum, and WAVE
• Experience integrating automated accessibility testing with unit testing frameworks such as Karma, Selenium, and Protractor
• Experience integrating automated accessibility testing within CI/CD pipeline
• Experience with the following digital accessibility guidelines:
  • W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0 and 2.1 A and AA)
  • Section 508
  • User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG)
  • Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG)
• Experience writing Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) code within HTML
• Experience with PDF/UA and PDF accessibility
• Consumer-centric; empathetic toward the customer with the ability to put oneself in their shoes
• Solid interpersonal skills, with an emphasis on collaborating, influencing, and coaching
• Ability to mentor others in methods and techniques for addressing accessibility barriers on web applications and mobile devices and in a variety of forums
• Fast learner, with enthusiasm and ability for acquiring knowledge to become a subject matter expert on compliance guidelines and initiatives
• Experience working in an agile environment
• Experience working with vendors on development and testing for accessibility
• Strong verbal and written communication and diplomacy skills, with ability to maintain working relationships across a geographically dispersed organization
• Industry certifications desired: International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) CPACC, ADS, WAS, and/or CPWA, DHS Trusted Tester Training for Web on Windows

• degree or equivalent experience

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