Project Management – Payroll Senior Analyst
HUF12.2M - HUF20.5M+ Home office allowance
Senior
Budapest, Hungary
HybridHybrid schedule allows up to 2 days working at home per week.
Project & Program ManagementProject Management
About the job
Requirements
- Strong capability in problem decomposition, data-driven analysis, and critical reasoning.
- Proven track record leading User Acceptance Testing cycles, designing complex test scenarios, managing defect triage, and executing parallel-run reconciliations.
- Extensive experience drafting comprehensive Business Requirement Documents, Functional Requirement Documents, process flowcharts, user stories, and traceability matrices.
- Solid understanding of data flows, application programming interfaces, batch and extract-transform-load processing, data mapping, and interface validation.
- Hands-on experience using generative artificial intelligence tools such as Copilot and large language models, and project platforms and tools including Jira, Confluence, Visio, advanced Excel, and PowerPoint.
- In-depth knowledge of software development lifecycle stages and Agile delivery frameworks.
- Experience engaging executive stakeholders and cross-functional teams, with strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
- Prior experience in Payroll Operations, Human Capital Management, or Financial Systems Transformation.
- Functional familiarity with Workday Payroll and/or PeopleSoft Payroll modules.
- Experience operating in regulated environments such as banking or financial services, with exposure to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and audit standards.
Responsibilities
- Apply structured analytical frameworks and root-cause analysis to translate complex, ambiguous business problems into clear functional and technical requirements.
- Analyze current-state operating models, identify process bottlenecks and data discrepancies, and develop optimized future-state workflows.
- Identify edge cases, failure scenarios, and data dependencies across multi-tier systems.
- Lead and govern end-to-end User Acceptance Testing and business verification activities across project phases.
- Develop business test strategies, high-coverage test matrices, and detailed test scenarios.
- Direct parallel system and payroll-run reconciliations, ensuring data accuracy, variance resolution, and prevention of calculation leakage.
- Drive defect triage and lifecycle management in Jira, including identifying root causes, setting severity levels, and partnering with technology teams on resolution.
- Manage operational readiness verification, regression testing, and cutover sign-offs.
- Author and maintain transformation artifacts, including Business Requirement Documents, Functional Requirement Documents, As-Is and To-Be process maps using BPMN 2.0 or swimlane diagrams in Visio or Lucidchart, Agile epics, features and user stories with acceptance criteria in Gherkin syntax, requirements traceability matrices, business cases, use cases, gap analysis matrices, and data dictionaries.
- Maintain centralized documentation repositories in Confluence and Jira.
- Map system-to-system integrations, including application programming interfaces, batch processes, extract-transform-load pipelines, and message-driven data exchanges.
- Define interface requirements, field mappings, and interface control documents between core platforms such as Workday, PeopleSoft, Time and Attendance, and financial ledgers.
- Validate end-to-end integration flows and troubleshoot data payload, mapping, and latency issues across connected platforms.
- Promote adoption of enterprise artificial intelligence and productivity tools, including Microsoft Copilot, enterprise large language models, and advanced Excel Power Query.
- Use artificial intelligence tools to optimize requirements drafting, test case generation, meeting synthesis, and large-scale data reconciliation.
- Identify and support robotic process automation and workflow automation opportunities to streamline manual operational activities.
- Manage projects across the full software development lifecycle within Agile (Scrum or Kanban) and hybrid delivery models.
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies, track sprint burndowns, manage backlogs, and resolve delivery blockers.
- Create executive-level presentations, dashboards, and steering committee updates using structured business storytelling techniques.
About the company
Citi runs banking, investment and payment services for companies, governments and individuals around the world. Its global network connects institutions with local banking systems, while its US consumer business sells credit cards and deposit accounts. Corporate clients use Citi to manage cash, finance trade and raise capital, and investors use its trading, custody and wealth services to hold and manage assets. The bank earns interest on loans and fees from payments, securities transactions, financial advice and account services. Citi traces its banking roots to 1812; the Citigroup holding company was formed in 1998, and its headquarters are in New York City.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
1812
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Revenue is expanding: Citi reported $24.8 billion in the June 2026 quarter, up 14% year over year.
- US parents get protected time: eligible Citi employees receive 16 weeks of bonding leave at full base pay.
- Institutional deposits are sticky: Citi says around 80% of Services deposits come from clients with relationships exceeding 15 years.
What critics are saying
- Lending losses remain substantial: Citi's net credit losses reached $2.4 billion in the June 2026 quarter.
- Australian hybrid roles require office time: Citi sets a minimum of three office days weekly for designated hybrid positions.
- Job cuts carry a cost: Citi booked roughly $500 million in severance in the March 2026 quarter.
What makes Citi unique
- Corporate payments move at scale: Citi processes around $6 trillion daily through its Treasury and Trade business.
- Deposits move beyond banking hours: Citi Token Services transfers cash between participating Citi branches around the clock.
- Employees use a shared AI workspace: Citi's Stylus platform reaches over 180,000 people for research and multi-step workflows.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- 401(k) Company Match
- Wellness Program
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Sick Leave
- Paid Holidays