Data Quality Analyst, Vice President
Citi is looking for a Data Quality Analyst to play a central role in maintaining the integrity of supervisory and transaction monitoring controls across global markets. In this position, you will oversee the full data quality lifecycle - from identifying critical data elements and building monitoring rules, to investigating exceptions and reporting control effectiveness - ensuring that data-driven decisions are built on a reliable and governed foundation. This is a high-impact role that sits at the intersection of data governance, risk controls, and cross-functional collaboration, giving you direct visibility into how data quality underpins Citi's control environment.
Responsibilities
- Identify critical data elements across supervisory and transaction monitoring controls by conducting structured SQL reviews, ensuring data quality rules are accurately defined and fit for purpose.
- Monitor data quality exceptions on an ongoing basis, performing root cause analysis to determine the underlying cause of threshold breaches and coordinating with technology teams to drive timely remediation.
- Manage and prioritise data-related risks, dependencies, and issues, escalating where necessary to ensure timely resolution and control effectiveness.
- Conduct ad-hoc data analysis to interrogate, reconcile, and validate datasets, providing quality-assured outputs before they are shared with stakeholders.
- Consult with business users to assess integration requirements and identify opportunities for system enhancements and process automation that improve data management outcomes.
- Develop and implement mitigation strategies to address identified data gaps and deficiencies, reducing control risk in a structured and timely manner.
- Contribute to the development of KPIs and metrics that enable stakeholders to assess control performance and data quality trends over time.
- Ensure all data management activities align with Citi's risk frameworks, policies, and risk appetite, supporting accurate and timely reporting within the Managers Control Assessment.
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Proficiency in SQL, with the ability to interrogate complex datasets and conduct structured data reviews to support control identification and exception analysis.
- Experience in data quality management, including the definition of data rules, threshold monitoring, and exception investigation within a regulated or financial services environment.
- Ability to perform root cause analysis on data issues, translating findings into clear remediation actions in collaboration with technology and business teams.
- Understanding of risk and control frameworks, with the ability to ensure data activities are consistently aligned to governance standards and policy requirements.
- Strong analytical capability, with experience running ad-hoc analysis and reconciling data across multiple sources to surface actionable insights.
- Clear and confident communication skills, with the ability to present data quality findings and control metrics to a range of internal stakeholders.
Beneficial Skills & Qualifications
- Familiarity with supervisory or transaction monitoring controls within a financial markets or banking context.
- Experience working with issue-tracking and workflow management tools to coordinate data remediation activity across technical and business teams.
- Exposure to database architecture and infrastructure concepts, including an understanding of how data systems interconnect to support business processes.
- Experience producing KPIs or management information reports to support governance and control oversight activities.
What We Offer
Joining Citi means becoming part of a global organisation where your work has real impact on the controls and data foundations that support markets activity worldwide. We offer a collaborative, performance-driven environment where your analytical capabilities are valued, your development is actively supported, and your contributions are visible at a meaningful scale.
- A hybrid working model with 3 days in the office and 2 days working remotely, giving you flexibility while maintaining strong team connection.
- Exposure to complex, high-impact data and control challenges across global markets, building deep expertise in data governance and risk management.
- Access to structured learning and development resources to help you grow your technical skills and advance your career within a global financial institution.
- The opportunity to work across business, technology, and risk functions, broadening your professional network and cross-functional knowledge.
- Wellbeing and financial benefits designed to support your health, balance, and long-term security.
- A clearly defined role within a globally recognised organisation, with the scale and stability to develop a long-term career in data and controls.
Apply now to bring your data quality expertise to a role where your work directly strengthens the controls that Citi's markets business depends on.
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Most Relevant Skills
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