Prime Finance Applications Support - Assistant Vice President

Citigroup; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Discretional bonus

Private Medical Care & Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Employee discounts

Learning & development resources

Job summary

Citi technology in Belfast is seeking an IT professional to join the Production Services team supporting the Prime Finance Application stack. You will drive front line support, monitor systems, and work with business partners to ensure rapid incident resolutions and platform stability.

Work closely with teams across India, UK, Hong Kong, US and Canada in a follow-the-sun model, developing application knowledge and leading stability projects.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Advanced experience with Unix/Linux operating systems; SQL queries.
• Experience with financial messaging tech: Solace, MQ, Kafka.
• Databases: Sybase, Microsoft SQL, MongoDB.
• Trading and Middle Office exposure is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct user support for critical Prime Applications.
• Support Prime business issues.
• Develop, maintain and enhance monitoring solutions.
• Handle requests from central ticketing queue during core hours.
• Ensure platform is operational for business hours.
• Onboard new systems for support.
• Complete stability projects to improve processes.
• Coordinate with development teams on change management.
• Create proactive solutions to ensure systems are resilient.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Unix/Linux

SQL queries

Solace

MQ

Kafka

Sybase

Microsoft SQL

MongoDB

Trading experience

Middle office experience

Autosys

ITRS Geneos

Securities Lending SME

Regulatory knowledge SFTR/FD

Tools

Autosys

ITRS Geneos

Job description

Citi, the world leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and a presence in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. Citi enables clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing them with cutting-edge ideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity.

Citi technology are seeking a highly motivated IT professional to join our Production Services team support group in Belfast. The Prime Finance support group provides technical and business support for Citi's Prime Finance Application stack, encompassing Prime brokerage and Securities Lending business streams. The applications are business critical, providing trade capture and maintenance for Trading, Sales, Middle Office and Operations.

Role / Position Overview:

We are searching for a highly motivated and enthusiastic person who will drive front line support functions as part of the Prime Finance Support team. We work in partnership with the business running the production platform, providing quick resolutions to their issues, drive stability, efficiency and effective improvements to help us and the business succeed. The role will entail working closely with business partners, developing application knowledge, driving and tracking projects around stability and service improvement, incident resolution and follow-up activities and providing strategic technical solutions. You will develop detailed knowledge of the Prime Business. You will be working closely with your counterparts in India, UK, Hong Kong, US and Canada operating in a follow-the-sun global model, along with application developers and business analysts in the team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide direct user support for critical Prime Applications.
• Support for all Prime business issues.
• To develop, maintain and enhance monitoring solutions within the decided monitoring solution.
• Mansging requests from the central ticketing queue - handling all incoming business requests during core business hours.
• To ensure that the platform is operational for business during all business hours.
• Onboard new systems for support.
• Complete application support stability projects to improve current operational processes.
• Work with development teams to ensure change management process is implemented correctly.
• Create proactive solutions to ensure systems are resilient

Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Advanced experience with Unix/Linux operating systems, complex SQL queries, and financial messaging technologies (e.g., Solace, MQ, Kafka).
• Databases - Sybase, Microsoft SQL (Oracle/DB2 a plus) and Mongo
• Experience in trading and Middle office functions a bonus but not essential
• Monitoring and Automation Tools: Advance-level proficiency with batch scheduling tools (e.g., Autosys) and enterprise monitoring systems (e.g., ITRS Geneos).
• Technical Expertise: Act as the primary subject matter expert for Securities Lending application functionalities, architecture, and interdependencies.
• Regulatory and Compliance Assurance: Understanding of external regulatory mandates (e.g., SFTR, Dodd-Frank).

What we'll provide you:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

Full time

Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color,