Citi Looking for R22083861: GFT Finance- IT Business Analyst- C11 at Pune, Maharashtra Full Time

Job Overview:
Global Function Technology (GFT) delivers innovative technology solutions and key global platforms for Citi’s Global Functions division. These solutions enable Citi to comply with regulatory mandates and empower our businesses to achieve their goals, both current and long-term. Our products and initiatives adhere to Citi’s strategic architecture and support the end-to-end integration of multiple global functions within the bank including Finance, Risk, and Controls.

The GFT Finance Accounting Program is a multiyear initiative which will evolve Citi’s Accounting landscape, consolidating disparate flows into a Central Platform, evolving our Finance ecosystem. The program spans the entire of the Citi organization with stakeholders in Finance, Operations, Technology and the Chief Data Office.

The Senior Business Analyst is a 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.

Responsibilities:
Define business requirements in the form of BRDs/ FRDs/ Jira stories and systems goals through partnership with decision makers, systems owners and end users

Identify and establish scope and parameters of systems analysis to define outcome criteria and measure-taking actions

Analyze business processes, gaps in capabilities, as well as appropriate data sources, interfaces and process changes required to address capability gaps

Generate and compile reports based on findings, including probable causes and potential solutions to systems issues

Support and change requests from Business, perform impact/ feasibility analysis and track until closure.

Ensure essential procedures are followed and contribute to defining standards

Prioritize and validate potentially complex material from multiple sources and perform other duties and functions as assigned

Appropriately assess risk and impact 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 behaviour, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Experience:
Preferred experience of Accounting and/or Ledger implementations and Corporate Finance organization and ideally experience of working on a Finance transformation program.

Knowledge of retail and/or investment banking products and lifecycle

Experience with Oracle/SAP desirable but not mandatory

Experience in delivering regulatory projects is desirable but not mandatory

Consistently demonstrate clear and concise written and verbal communication

Proven ability of using complex analytical, interpretive, and problem-solving techniques, to synthesize and present complex information to stakeholders of various levels using tools such as Excel (macros), Powerpoint and Word.

Experience in Finance data modelling, SQL is desirable.

Experience of writing user stories, functional specifications, designing and executing test cases.

Exposure to different methodologies such as Agile, Waterfall etc.

Stakeholder management across multiple geographies and functions, as well as demonstrated ability to build strong collaborative relationships that culminate in a delivery track record

Qualifications:
5-8 years of experience in business or system analysis preferably in retail or investment banking, general ledger reconciliation and accounting domain.

Education:
Bachelor’s/ Master’s degree/University degree in Finance/ Accounting.

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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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