Job Description

+ Management responsibility for a team or multiple teams, including management of people, budget and planning, performance evaluation, compensation, hiring, disciplinary actions and terminations and budget approval

+ The position will require both analytical work as well as partnership across teams to identify solutions to business inquiries in a timely manner and own the implementation / execution steps to autonomously drive solution for business problems

+ Coordinates project prioritization, platform direction, and future state planning and strategic direction

+ Exposure into various facets of reference data strategy within Citi; interacting with various levels within the organization

+ Work closely with End Users/Clients to understand Business Process/Industry Standards/Regulatory Mandate requirements

+ Financial Data Modeling Capabilities

+ Data Analysis for complex system

+ Reverse engineering functional specifications from data

+ Work closely with IT and Operations partners

+ Work with external data vendors (i.e., Bloomberg, Reuters, IDC, Markit, etc) and standards organizations

Qualifications

+ Working experience of 10+ years in managing business analyst organization in financial services industry

+ Demonstrated ability to develop and implement strategy and process improvement initiatives

+ Experience working in global and complex settings with multiple stakeholders

+ Strong background in financial reference data and capital markets

+ Strong SQL knowledge required (able to query data, analyze and troubleshooting)

+ Strong Data analysis and Mapping skill

+ College degree, specialized training or equivalent work experience

+ Data Oriented with an excellent attention to detail

+ Experience/understanding of business process reengineering and business modeling concepts, systems development lifecycle

+ Strong analytical skills and writing skills, to include solid experience in writing functional and technical specifications

+ Must possess good communication skills with the ability to be assertive

+ Ability to focus on high quality work while under pressure

+ Experience utilizing various SDLC methodologies like Waterfall, Agile (JIRA etc.)

+ Comprehensive knowledge of the Testing Lifecycle with SIT, UAT, and Production

**Preferred Skills**

+ Experience working with major vendor data providers (i.e., Bloomberg, Reuters, IDC, Markit)

+ Experience working closely with IT Project managers and development teams

+ Knowledge of MS Excel, Visio

+ Experience with vendor product implementation