Senior Business Associate (Hybrid)

Citi; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Citi is a world-leading global bank. We have approximately 200 million customer accounts and a presence in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. We provide 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. We enable 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 Belfast is one of the largest employers in Northern Ireland with a diverse and talented team of over 3000 people from over 40 different nationalities across our four Belfast offices.

We are the only global investment bank operating in Northern Ireland. Every day, our local experts interact with global teams in over 100 countries developing and supporting next-generation technology solutions for the enterprise and delivering critical services to the bank and its customers, to make sure we are a stronger and safer organization for our clients.

You will have a truly global reach, which will provide you with new experiences and development opportunities right here in Belfast’s iconic Titanic Quarter.

Overview of role:

We are currently recruiting for a Business Associate to join the ICG Technology Financial Governance team responsible for the overall administrative activities within financial control.

The role is providing a high level of support to the ICG Technology Financial Governance team, primarily in the areas of Software financial management and the preparation and dissemination of robust management information to facilitate the effective management of the financial resources of the Organization, as well as aid effective decision making across all layers of management within the organisation.

The role involves proactively liaising with the various business office contacts across the wider Business Management community on financial related matters (including Software Management, Headcount Reporting, Expense Tracking and Management Information Reporting) and acting as a key interface between the ICG Technology organizations and other operational partners (e.g. Finance, HR, Renault/PTS teams) to drive the timely delivery on agreed key deliverables and working to ensure the organisation’s financial targets are achieved.

Responsibilities:

• Assisting in financial forecasting, budgeting and management for the Software Book of Work across ICG Technology lines of Business.
• Producing regular and ad hoc high quality financial reports in line with agreed reporting schedules and ensuring the timely distribution of these against agreed SLAs and using appropriate dissemination channels.
• Interface with global Relationship Managers to ensure suppliers are consistent with resource and location strategy.
• Submit approval/disapproval of funds requests for budget reports and analyse monthly department reports to maintain expenditure controls.
• Examine budget estimates for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures and regulations.
• Complete compliance related activities and reporting.
• Assist with real estate analytics and reporting.
• Provide advice and technical assistance with cost analysis, fiscal allocation, and budget preparation.
• Review data for accuracy and create required reporting to manage the data.
• 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 behaviour, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:

• Experience with databases and information management.
• Advanced Excel expertise including demonstrated capabilities with pivot tables, VLOOKUP’s, and formulas.
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.
• Prior experience working within a team environment and working to deadlines.
• Financial experience beneficial but not essential.

What We Offer:

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.

We’ll provide you with the resources to meet your unique needs, empower you to make healthy decisions, and allow you to choose which benefits suit you and your personal life best.

Highlights to our core benefits include:

• Award winning pension.
• On-site health services.
• Private medical insurance packages to suit your personal circumstances.
• Paid parental leave.
• Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 Days plus bank holidays; increasing with tenure.

Job Family Group:

Business Strategy, Management & Administration

Job Family:

Business Administration

Time Type:

Full time

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