Fin Solutions Sr. Analyst

QATV Overview

The Finance Quality Assurance, Testing, and Validation (QATV) team is dedicated to ensuring the highest standards of accuracy, reliability and control through testing Citi’s regulatory and management reporting while providing an objective assessment of issue remediation. The team sits within the Finance organization and comprises nine teams with more than 250 colleagues across the globe.

QATV is the critical First Line Testing for key BCBS 239 reports and quality assurance and issue management across Finance. We will continue to enhance our methodology, deliver enterprise-wide frameworks, and drive controlled and consistent results with our partners.

This is an exciting time to join QATV with growth plans and business critical deliverables across all regions.

Role Description:

The Fin Solutions Sr. Analyst is a seasoned professional role. Applies in-depth disciplinary knowledge, contributing to the development of new techniques and the improvement of processes and workflow for the area or function. 

Integrates subject matter and industry expertise within a defined area. Requires in-depth understanding of how areas collectively integrate within the sub-function as well as coordinate and contribute to the objectives of the function and overall business. 

Evaluates moderately complex and variable issues with substantial potential impact, where development of an approach/taking of an action involves weighing various alternatives and balancing potentially conflicting situations using multiple sources of information.Requires good analytical skills in order to filter, prioritize and validate potentially complex and dynamic material from multiple sources.

Strong communication and diplomacy skills are required. Regularly assumes informal/formal leadership role within teams. Involved in coaching and training of new recruits. Significant impact in terms of project size, geography, etc. by influencing decisions through advice, counsel and/or facilitating services to others in area of specialization. Work and performance of all teams in the area are directly affected by the performance of the individual.

Responsibilities:

Contributes to the design, roll-out and governance of financial solutions, including:

• Participates in formulating and setting strategic direction for the process, organization and architecture covering Finance across Citi businesses, products, functions and locations

• Assists in setting business and information architecture standards for Finance

• Plays a part in settling and operating necessary forums and frameworks to establish and govern policies and starts for global Finance processes

• Participates in assessing and incorporating changing business, regulatory and market information needs into finance processes and applications

• Resolves complex problems or transactions, where expertise is required to interpret policies, guidelines or processes.

• Manages one or more processes, reports, procedures or products, and considered analytical or procedural "expert" representing a unit or team on cross-function process or project deliverables.

• May supervise day-to-day work of junior level employees.

• Performs other duties and functions as assigned.

• Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision.

• Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy. 

• Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and /or other team members.

• 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.

Specific responsibilities of the Source Document Retrieval role:

• Document Sourcing – Identify and retrieve source documentation for use in testing. Obtain documents via direct system access and Business/Technology SME outreach. Request, retrieve and package source documentation across a range of financial products obtained via various global functions to ensure they meet the established requirements 

• Data Analysis – Compare reported values to source documentation. Review, analyze and raise issues in raw data received from Testing Partners.  Maintain Last Traceable Point (LTP) Inventory which codifies applicable documents, sources, and retrieval methods for each product

• Stakeholder Management – Build and maintain relationships with SMEs across the business and global functions. Professionally and effectively presenting information to some levels of management 

• Process Management and Process Improvement Implementation – Contributes to the design, roll-out and governance of financial solutions.Provide inputs to enable the analysis of the document sourcing current process, identifying and implementing process improvements 

• Project Management - Managing the Document Sourcing process through cycles including allocation of resources and issue escalation management 

• Risk Management - Proactively identify & manage risk 

Additional Information

• Qualifications:

• 5-8+ years of relevant experience, within the financial services industry preferred

• Excellent relational and communication skills

• SME knowledge of any financial products such as Derivatives, Securities, SFTs, Loans, Deposits, Cash, etc. 

• Proficient use ofMicrosoft Applications (PowerPoint, Access, Word), especially MS Excel with strong background in Lookups and Pivot Tables 

• Experience in information management or sourcing within testing environments

• Background in regulatory reporting or compliance documentation

• Experience working with SMEs to gather necessary documentation

• Familiarity with systems and databases used for documentation management

• Education:

• Bachelor’s degree

• Key Skills:

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy

• Knowledge of documentation management systems

• Attention to detail and organizational skills

• Ability to identify, retrieve, and organize source documentation efficiently

• Understanding of financial reporting and testing requirements

• Knowledge of BCBS 239 principles and regulatory reporting (Desirable)

• Proficiency with data analysis tools (Excel, etc.)