Data Analytics Senior Analyst – Assistant Vice President

Citigroup Inc.; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An established financial services company in Belfast seeks a Data Analyst to join their Research Labs Team. The role involves developing innovative solutions and automating processes. Candidates should have a relevant degree and experience in data analytics. This position offers a hybrid work model, competitive salary, and a comprehensive benefits package including private medical insurance and a pension plan.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Performance-related bonus

Learning and development resources

Paid parental leave

Qualifications

• Previous relevant experience within Data Analytics.
• Ability to effectively use complex analytical, interpretive, and problem-solving techniques.
• Strong interpersonal and multicultural skills for interfacing with diverse teams.
• Self-driven, adaptable, curious about learning new skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Detail-oriented with focus on data completeness.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in data manipulation and visualization tools.

Responsibilities

• Gather business requirements and design technical solutions.
• Apply disciplinary knowledge for new techniques and improvements.
• Drive efficiency through data automation.
• Identify ways to improve processes by evaluating new data sources.
• Build relationships with audit teams for automation opportunities.

Skills

Data manipulation

Scripting

Automation

Data visualization

Agile project management tools

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Tableau

PowerBI

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Team/Role Overview

The Research Labs Team within the Citi Internal Audit (IA) Strategy, Change Management and Special Projects works across Internal Audit to identify innovation and improvement opportunities, and prototype solutions to promote automation, efficiency, and impact. Candidates must be proficient in key analytics toolsets and have functional knowledge of banking processes and related risks and controls. The ideal candidate is proactive, agile, and able to exercise independent judgment to solve complex business problems.

What you will do

• Gather and translate business requirements and design end-to-end technical solutions to solve varied problem statements.
• Understand the applicability of data and analytics in an audit context and use provided self‑serve solutions.
• Apply in‑depth disciplinary knowledge, contributing to the development of new techniques and the improvement of processes and workflows.
• Understand the end‑to‑end solution design process, including how your work fits into the bigger picture.
• Understand the end‑to‑end innovation process (ideation, prototyping, evaluation) and execute elements of the process.
• Understand the typical solution development lifecycle (plan, design, build, test, adopt) and execute elements of the process.
• Drive efficiency through implementation of business process and data automation.
• Continuously identify ways to improve IA processes by exploring and evaluating new data sources, tools, and capabilities.
• Develop professional relationships with audit teams to assist in the definition of analytics and automation opportunities.

What we will need from you

• Previous relevant experience within Data Analytics.
• Ability to effectively use complex analytical, interpretive, and problem‑solving techniques.
• Strong interpersonal and multicultural skills for interfacing with all levels of internal and external teams and management.
• Self‑driven, adaptable, curious about learning and developing new skillsets.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving ability, able to understand business processes and develop appropriate solutions.
• Detail‑oriented approach, consistently performing diligent self‑reviews of work product, and attention to data completeness and accuracy.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to explain technical subjects to non‑technical stakeholders.
• Proficiency in one or more of the following technical skillsets is required: data manipulation, scripting, and automation (e.g., Pandas and NumPy); data visualization (Tableau, PowerBI, etc.); agile project management tools (Jira, Confluence, etc.); solution development life cycle; visual design; and business process design.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree/University degree or equivalent experience.

What we can offer you

We work hard to have a positive financial and social impact on the communities we serve. In turn, we put our employees first and provide the best‑in‑class benefits they need to be well, live well and save well. By joining Citi Belfast, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary, a discretionary annual performance‑related bonus, private medical insurance packages, employee assistance program, pension plan, paid parental leave, special discounts for employees, family and friends, and access to an array of learning and development resources.

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