Securities Lending Technology Business Analyst (Equity Finance) Vice President
Overview
Equities Technology at Citi is undertaking a bold, multi-year transformation to build a best-in-class, global equities platform across execution, prime services, clearing, and cross-product margining. One that combines scale, balance sheet efficiency, global reach, and deeply integrated execution, financing, margin, and post-trade capabilities.
We are re-engineering our technology estate to deliver world-leading performance, resiliency, and scalability - enabling advanced execution capabilities, global market connectivity, and modernized post-trade, financing, and margin workflows.
What We do / The Team
The Equity Finance Technology team are seeking an experienced Business Analyst to support projects and work efforts within the Prime Finance business for Securities Lending. The role requires liaising with technologists to exchange information in a concise, logical, and understandable way. The successful candidate must be able to manage delivery whilst adopting an agile methodology and managing project timelines and risks.
Role Overview/What will you do:
- Partner with program/project teams and functional groups (Equity Finance, Prime Brokerage, Cross Product, Risk, Finance, MOT Technology, Compliance, and Front-Office) to drive execution of requirements, training, and ensuring compliance with Citi standards.
- Provide in-depth and sophisticated analysis with interpretive thinking to define problems, develop innovative solutions and influence strategic functional decisions.
- Provide input during development and implementation phases, including formulation and definition of systems scope, objectives, and necessary system enhancements for complex, high-impact projects
- Identify and communicate risks and impacts and propose risk mitigation options, considering business implications of the application of technology to the current business environment.
- Consult with business clients to determine system functional specifications and partner with multiple management teams and other units to meet organizational objectives.
- Evaluate new IT developments and evolving business requirements and recommend appropriate systems alternatives and/or enhancements to current systems by analysing business processes, systems and industry standards.
- Guarantee compliance with the PM standard procedures and with all applicable tools used for program and project management (including, but not limited to, issue/risk tracking and escalation, and scorecard/metrics)
- Develop, refine, and ensure re-baselined detailed milestone plans are available for all important deliverables and that interdependencies are understood and addressed.
- Execute against multiple contending priorities simultaneously, performing the required combination of business analysis, project management, systems analysis, and stakeholder management tasks
- 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 judgement regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.
Key Skills and Experience required
- Extensive BA experience
- Proven Investment banking experience with particular knowledge of Securities Lending and Funding
- JIRA and Confluence skills are a must
- Proven ability to work in high pressure environment
- Flexibility to work with a global team, across geographies and time zones
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to think strategically.
- Familiarity with agile methodologies.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to manage stakeholder expectations
- Demonstrated experience with ppt and visual representations
Any Beneficial / Nice to have skills and experience:
- SQL would be a plus
- Knowledge of Prime Services is a plus
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
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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