Overview of Citi:
Citi is a world-leading global bank. We have approximately 200 million customer accounts and a presence in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. We provide consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. We enable clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing them with cutting-edge ideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity.
Citi Belfast is one of the largest employers in Northern Ireland with a diverse and talented team of over 3000 people from over 40 different nationalities across our four Belfast offices.
We are the only global investment bank operating in Northern Ireland. Every day, our local experts interact with global teams in over 100 countries developing and supporting next-generation technology solutions for the enterprise and delivering critical services to the bank and its customers, to make sure we are a stronger and safer organization for our clients.
You will have a truly global reach, which will provide you with new experiences and development opportunities right here in Belfast’s iconic Titanic Quarter.
The role:
The Business Analysis Group Manager is a senior management-level position responsible for liaising between business users and technologists to exchange information in a concise, logical and understandable way in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to contribute to continuous iterative exploration and investigation of business performance and other measures to gain insight and drive business planning.
This role offers the opportunity to partner with key stakeholders across Markets Treasury Business, Corporate treasury, product control and senior technology partners to define our technology platforms. As the business uses all asset classes including FX, Rates, FI, Money Market & Derivatives, the role has high visibility and individual will be considered a critical partner across the various technology and business stakeholder teams.
Responsibilities:
Manage multiple business analysts supporting multiple projects or over a business analysis functional area (depending on size of business) with responsibilities including work allocation, budget and planning, performance evaluation, compensation, staffing and other duties as assigned
Provide technical leadership and expertise to ensure the efficient design, development and implementation and to ensure essential procedures are followed
Resolve issues that have impact beyond own area and apply in-depth understanding of business analysis concepts and procedures and basic knowledge of other areas
Work as a team to achieve objectives and influence and negotiate with senior leaders across functions, communicating with external parties as needed
Work with stakeholders across Business lines, for transformation projects to understand their business and process
Work with Senior stakeholders in Trading Business, Operations, Product Control and Finance, Technology units and PMO to run meetings, coordinate and gather business requirements
Interact with various cross functional teams like Data, Risk and Finance Platforms etc. to develop plans around strategic flow/store of Risk data.
Plan, estimate, and manage risks and issues, project reporting, managing stakeholders, and building strong relationships with the business
Provide evaluative judgment based on analysis of information in complicated, unique and dynamic situations, drawing on diverse range of internal and external sources
Understand current business process and provide functional design inputs for the proposed technology solution
Create high quality documentation for Business and Functional Requirements
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.
Analyze huge data sets, create flow diagrams, prepare high level summaries and workflows
Work in close co-ordination with the development leads on enhancements and defects, and assist with troubleshooting / resolution of application defects
Engage successfully with software developers and testers to ensure quality delivery, on time
Identify opportunities for cost saves and optimizations, in terms of legacy system retirement, eliminating EUC and reducing MTPs
Vendor Management and assistance in budget planning / contracting
Qualifications:
Proven years relevant experience as Business Analyst with any Investment/ Global Bank in the areas of Trade Processing & Risk Management
Proven overall experience working in a Banking/Financial services industry
Should understand money market and fixed income trade processing cycle globally viz., deal capture, deal execution, risk management, PnL calculation, liquidity impacts etc.
Should have very good knowledge on FI,MM, FX products and Intra-day liquidity management
Familiarity with SDLC and Agile development methodologies
Demonstrated leadership in previous role to build team and executed projects for successful business delivery
Essential Skills/Competencies:
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to transform business requirements into precise functional/technical specifications
Strong analysis skills; ability to create business analysis from scratch, ability to troubleshoot data quality issues
Ability to work as part of various teams and under pressure
Planning and Organizing – Ability to identify the steps to be taken to achieve objectives
Accountability –self start on goals and achieve targets
Education:
Strong academic record ideally with a Bachelors or Master’s degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline from a top tier University. Master’s degree (MBA) with specialization in Finance from top tier University will be an added advantage.
What We Offer:
We work hard to have a positive financial and social impact on the communities we serve. In turn, we put our employees first and provide the best-in-class benefits they need to be well, live well and save well.
We’ll provide you with the resources to meet your unique needs, empower you to make healthy decisions, and allow you to choose which benefits suit you and your personal life best.
Visit our Global Benefits page to learn more.
Highlights to our core benefits include:
Award winning pension
On-site health services
Private medical insurance packages to suit your personal circumstances
Paid parental leave
Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 Days plus bank holidays; increasing with tenure
Citi Belfast also champions diversity within our workforce, which helps us be well and live well together. We have over 40 different nationalities in our Northern Ireland offices, are a vocal supporter of LGBTQ+ rights, and are proud to have 47% of our leadership team made up of individuals who identify as women.
We encourage and lead inclusivity through our Pride, Disability, Multicultural, Families Matter, and Women affinity networks that are run by and for, Citi Belfast colleagues; providing them with the support they need in their personal and professional journeys and supplying them with the tools to help educate colleagues on all things related to each network to help us work better together.
Applications processed via employer's online application form
