Citi Looking for Genesis Retail Chennai – IT Lead Business Analyst C13 at Chennai, Tamil Nadu Full Time

The IT Business Lead Analyst is a senior-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.

To be successful in this role, you will need to have proven experience in development of solutions/platforms for Financial markets environment. It is expected that you will have superior technical knowledge of current programming languages, technologies and other leading edge development tools

What we offer :

• Be a part of global team to develop, enhance, support and maintain solutions for GFTS Data Services applications.
• Participate in Functional Discussions/technical discussions/brainstorming sessions and define ideas and strategies for existing and future platforms
• Gain exposure to Wholesale, Retail business across data, risk and finance
• Work across diverse set of data platforms and have an opportunity to be part of re-architecture and re-platforming initiatives on modern Big Data technologies

GFTS Data Services platform is a global Data Repository of Contracts, Position and Balances for all of Citi’s assets and liability. This data repository is build on Enterprise Data Standards and anchored to the financials, for the use of Finance and Risk; regulatory and management reporting.

Responsibilities:
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 analyzing business processes, systems and industry standards

Provide in-depth and sophisticated analyses with interpretive thinking to define problems, develop innovative solutions and influence strategic functional decisions

Supervise day-to-day staff management issues, including resource management, work allocation, mentoring/coaching and other duties and functions as assigned

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.

Minimum of 12+ years’ experience as a business analyst in retails banking environment and experience in wholesale is added advantage.

Working experience with Retail Consumer products in retail Card, Loans, Mortgages

Comfortable working with large data volumes and be able to demonstrate a firm understanding of logical data structures and analysis techniques

Strong data analysis skills, excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Able to demonstrate an expertise in identifying and resolving data quality issues – in data sets at rest and in flight

Experience in financial services industry and/or regulatory environments

Experience with all phases of Software Development Life Cycle

Comprehensive knowledge of the principles of business analysis

Mandatory Skills & Technologies:
Excellent Problem solving skills

Knowledge of Rel Datamart(NAM DW).

Knowledge of Branded, Costco, and other CO Branded Cards, Personal Loans, Mortgages data.

Knowledge of Risk and Finance data convergence to create a single DW repository

Knowledge of Banking DW Data Model and various entities.

Hands on using SDLC Tools – JIRA, GIT, CMS, Visio

Having knowledge of data management tools like Collibra, would be added advantage

Qualifications:
A graduate Engineer holding degree in any of the Engineering streams. Masters degrees preferable. Exceptional candidates who do not meet these criteria may be considered for the role provided they have the necessary skills and experience.

Competencies

Adept written and verbal communicator

Organized and prepared to manage multiple parallel pieces of work

Prior experience working with remote teams

Experience in Mentoring and developing

Development Value:

• Exposure to data science, Finance & Risk functions in a dynamic and challenging industry with regular close collaboration with our Data Governance team

10-15 years of relevant business analysis/data analysis experience

Prior experience of driving technology projects in banking & financial services is must

Should have hands-on experience on large financial Data warehouse and worked on implementing data acquisition solutions for provisioning the data to downstream systems

Knowledge of data sources & product processors engaged in sourcing of retail portfolios

Detailed understanding of Loss Mitigation data acquisition and reporting.

Experience of managing multiple stakeholders and senior management engagement is preferred

Excellent communication, articulation, and documentation skills

Proficiency in SQL for data analysis/modelling is must

Strong in Business Analyst and Project management tools – MS Project, JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint

Experience with all phases of Software Development Life Cycle

Comprehensive knowledge of the principles of business analysis

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Job Family Group:
Technology

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Job Family:
Business Analysis / Client Services

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Time Type:
Full time

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