The Data Governance Foundation Function Group Manager is a senior level professional role accountable for Finance data quality management across a broad set of assets (Business Products, Functions or Geographical area), ensuring that is compliant to Regulations, Laws, and Citi Policies, Standards & Procedures to reduce and manage Citi’s data risk.  The Data Governance Foundation Function Group Manager is responsible for the overall data remediation strategy, roadmap development, delivery, and issue management including management of data quality metrics, demonstration of endpoint improvement, engagement with second and third line, and aligning with the targe state architecture. They are responsible for influencing senior leaders in the business to drive proactive data quality management and remediation. Through collaboration with Enterprise Data Office teams, Technology, and business stakeholders, provide data consumers across the organization’s businesses and functions with fit for purpose data that meets their requirements.  The role will serve as a thought leader in their space driving process development, refinement, and implementation in the data quality management space.

Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple teams of senior professionals to deliver enterprise data remediation programs.
• Leverage exceptional interpersonal and executive communication skills to drive consensus and influence relationships across a wide range of audiences.
• Accountable for budget and planning to execute on data objectives. Has authority to negotiate and make independent decisions on issues/activities that have critical impact or influence on business operations.
• Define and deliver against the Finance data quality strategy in line with enterprise data strategy for the execution of data quality deliverables; work with the functions, lines of business and regions to define and deliver against the prioritized scope for the enterprise data programs.
• Integrate and align functions, lines of business and regional data roadmaps into a data quality roadmap to deliver on the data mandate and liaise with key stakeholders to communicate the data quality strategy and progress towards achieving it.
• Build and execute the prioritized book of work to remediate data quality issues including operational processes and system enhancements; tooling updates; and reporting.
• Manage and monitor data quality metrics to proactively identify remediation opportunities, drive solutioning, and improve data quality scorecards. Establish organizational construct and encourage culture of identifying and logging data quality issues through the appropriate process and tooling.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating consideration for the firm’s reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable rules, laws, and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgement regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating managing and reporting control issues with transparency.
• Address Regulatory feedback by developing remediation plans, providing consistent and clear updates to regulators in a timely manner, and being responsible for the on-time delivery against regulatory milestones and deliverables.
• Oversee internal audit and risk management engagement and drive successful outcomes across BAU processes and internal or external initiatives through the identification of Issues and on time remediation of corrective action plans.
• Ensure sound program / project management for entire Data portfolio (in partnership with Program Management Office), including ensuring clear deliverables and timelines are defined accurately, there is timely identification of risk/risk management established, internal sponsors / clients / beneficiaries are accurately assessed and engaged, and a process that ensures accurate milestone reporting and changes is instituted.
• Develop and leverage end-to-end change management processes to drive data quality remediation efforts, including change delivery, adoption, governance, and sustainability.
• Develops, monitors, interprets, and applied policies and procedures, and provides effective review and challenge to ensure they align with data quality strategy and roadmaps.
• Create and deliver effective presentations suitable for all audience types, including the Citigroup Board, Executive Management Team, and partners.

Qualifications:

• 15+ years relevant experience in in Banking, Financial Services, with 10+ years’ managerial experience.
• Experience in defining and implementing data management, data capabilities, analytics and information management supporting operational processes.
• Strong ability to perform extensive strategic leadership in delivering business value through vision, governance, and executive management.
• Strategic mindset, with ability to foresee future possibilities and translate them into breakthrough strategies.
• Manage through ambiguity by making sense of complex, high quantity and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Communicates effectively; develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Experience creating and executing against frameworks that improve the quality and value of data to meet regulatory commitments and enhance risk management.
• Understanding of all aspects of Data Management, including Data Lineage, Metadata, Data Quality, Data Remediation, and Issue Management.
• Experience leading an organization through significant change covering strategy, operations, process, structure, culture and behavior, ranging from operational change management to business-wide transformation.
• Experience creating and being a champion for a positive risk culture that supports sustainable business growth through transparent engagement, a partnership approach, and a no-tolerance approach for behavior that exposes the organization to an inappropriate amount of risk.
• Able to anticipate and balance needs of multiple stakeholders.
• Exceptional leadership skills to build a culture of accountability, collaboration, and teamwork across the organization.
• Working knowledge of data operating models and data quality management and remediation strategies.

Education:

Bachelor’s/University degree, Master’s degree preferred

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Job Family Group:

Data Governance

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Job Family:

Data Governance Foundation

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Time Type:

Full time

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Primary Location:

New York New York United States

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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$250,000.00 - $500,000.00

In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Jan 17, 2025

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