Citi Group VP Finance Solutions Lead Analyst 

United States, Florida, Tampa 

627707250

The Finance SolutionsLead Analyst is accountable for management of complex/critical/large professional disciplinary areas. Leads and directs a team of professionals.Requires a comprehensive understanding of multiple areas within a function and how they interact in order to achieve the objectives of the function.Applies in-depth understanding of the business impact of technical contributions. Strong commercial awareness is a necessity.Generally accountablefor delivery of a full range of services to one or more businesses/ geographic regions. Excellent communication skills requiredin order tonegotiate internally, often at a senior level. Some external communication may be necessary.Accountable for the end results of an area.Exercises control over resources, policy formulation and planning. Primarily affects a sub-function. Involved in short- to medium-term planning of actions and resources for own area.

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• Contributes to the design, roll-out and governance of financial solutions, including:

• functions

• Plays a part in settling andoperatingnecessary forums and frameworks toestablishand govern policies and starts for global Finance processes

• Participates in assessing and incorporating changing business, regulatory and market information needs into finance processes and applications

• functionas a single incumbent with management responsibilities for a function.

• expertiseand industryexpertisewithin a defined area.

• on standards around which others willoperate.

• Coordinates and contributes to the ideas of the entire function.

• Performs other duties and functions as assigned

• 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.

• Ability to manage teams.

• 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.

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• 6-10+ years of relevant experience, within the financial services industry preferred

• Recognized technical authority for an area within the business.

• Requires communication and diplomacy skillsin order toguide and influence others.

• Experience anddemonstratedability to manage competing priorities in a complex and dynamic environment

• Self-motivated with the ability to make decisions in the absence of detailed instructions.

• Proficient Microsoft Office skills

• In depthknowledge of banking products / systems preferred.

• CPA preferred

• Knowledge of any financial products such as Derivatives, Securities, SFTs, Loans, Deposits, Cash, etc. is desirable

• Proven record of process improvement implementation, withdemonstratedproblem-solving and business analysis skills

• Advanced understanding of project management methodologies

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• degree, potentiallyMasters

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• Understanding of financial reporting and testing requirements

• Stakeholder management and communication

• Data analysis, profiling, and reporting

• Quality assurance and risk management

• Governance and oversight

• Analytical skills for issue identification and resolution

• People management and working across teams

Specific responsibilities of the Source Document Retrieval role:

• – Identify and retrieve source documentation for use in testing.Obtain documents via direct system access and Business/Technology SME outreach. Request, retrieve and package source documentation across a range of financial products obtained via various global functions to ensure they meet the established requirements

• Data Analysis– Compare reported values to source documentation. Review, analyze and raise issues in raw data received from Testing Partners.  Maintain Last Traceable Point (LTP) Inventory which codifies applicable documents, sources, and retrieval methods for each product

• Project Management

• Stakeholder Management- Professionally and effectively presenting information to all levels of management

• Process Management and Process Improvement Implementation- Analyzing Data Tracing current process,identifyingand implementing process improvements

• Communications Management

• Risk Management- Proactivelyidentify

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• Strong communicationskills - Business-level English

• Exceptional attention to detail

• Ability to professionally and effectively present information and respond to questions from all levels of management

• Proven relationship skills with ability to build relationships, partner with, and influence across organizational lines

• Strongproject management,planningand time management skills

• monitortight deadlines or unexpected requirement changes

• Able to take initiative anddemonstrateleadership to problem solve and escalate asrequired

• Result orientated mindsetin order toprovide fast and effective delivery under scrutiny of senior management

• Pro-active, flexible, and collaborative within team environments

• Proficient in use of Microsoft Applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint);Strongskills in MS Excelrequiredwith solid experience in VLOOKUP, conditionalformulasand Pivot tables.

Key Objectives Include:

• Leading and organizing daily calls and having indirect management and influence over Senior Analysts and Intermediate Analysts, as well as have oversight responsibility of offshore vendor resources ensuring they deliver against tight deadlines on behalf of global senior stakeholders.

• Lead andmaintainpre-tracing analysis; which includes reviewing the logic and lineage of data attributes/elements and sample selections before a transaction trace begins.

• Maintain project trackers and Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies (RAID) trackers for the team.

• maintainreporting & MIS todisseminateto the Data Tracing Team and other stakeholders.

• Produce documentation to capture current data sources and contacts by product, system, region, etc.

• Second Level Escalation: Handlefollow-up escalations to business/operations if Senior Analysts are not getting the needed response.They will track until requested documents are received and set up calls with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) as needed.

• Report Document Sourcing updates to Senior Management through various governance processes

• Liaise with the central Data Planning teams to agree requirements to meet regulatory commitments

• Provide productexpertiseto improve the efficiency of the Document Sourcing current process

• Work with QATV, Internal Audit (IA), and Finance Chief Risk Office (FinCRO) to ensure consistent approach is followed for data tracing and source document retrieval

• Coordinate metric updates to management to report real time doc sourcing progress

• Ensure KPI’s are deployed and effectively managed in-line with operating model expectations

• identifyand manage risk/team performance

• Deals with complex and variable issues with substantial potential impact.

• Develop wide exposure to multiple business and product lines