Business Data Intermediate Analyst

Citigroup Inc.; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Citigroup Inc. is seeking a Business Data Intermediate Analyst in Mumbai to join RUBY operations. The role focuses on forecast platform support for interest rate risk and regulatory scenarios, with opportunities to enhance onboarding models and refine processes across treasury and risk teams.

The candidate will analyze complex data, coordinate with Global Process Owners, and balance competing priorities while contributing to platform direction and technical improvements.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of Program or Project management experience within Information Technology.
• 2+ years with Data modeling and the modeling process including working knowledge of the following phases: model development, model validation, model testing and technical model implementation / onboarding for production use.
• 2+ years experience with SAS, Java, Python, other modeling languages, Oracle DB.
• Thorough knowledge of interest rate risk concepts such as Duration, Convexity, and a familiarity with modelling paradigms thereof
• Sound understanding of fundamental Balance Sheet and P&L
• Experience with analyzing Actual and Forecast results, in particular Balance Sheet and Treasury
• Understanding Of Transfer Pricing And Other Intercompany Items
• Seasoned experience working with large data sets
• Working knowledge of Citigroup Financial Systems-Working knowledge of Citigroup Financial Systems would be a plus (PEARL / GENESIS / Etc.)
• Strong written and oral communications with

Responsibilities

• Lead integration of functions with understanding of client core business functions and partner with multiple senior management teams to meet goals and deploy new products and process enhancements.
• Solve the highest-impact, highest-profile problems with significant business impact through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes, system processes and industry standards.
• Serve as the contact for model onboarding within RUBY; collaborate with various modelling teams, comprehend business requirements, performs cost estimations, and create project development plans based on scope
• Produce customized technical solution.
• Decide business priorities, project timelines, resource planning, manages project risks, and ensure successful delivery while appropriately managing the work assigned to the RUBY model onboarding team.

Skills

Program or Project management

Financial services

Data modeling

SAS

Java

Python

Oracle DB

Interest rate risk

Balance Sheet

P&L

Transfer Pricing

Intercompany items

Large data sets

Citigroup Financial Systems

Tools

SAS

Java

Python

Oracle DB

Job description

Whether you’re at the start of your career or looking to discover your next adventure, your story begins here. At Citi, you’ll have the opportunity to expand your skills and make a difference at one of the world’s most global banks. We’re fully committed to supporting your growth and development from the start with extensive on-the-job training and exposure to senior leaders, as well as more traditional learning. You’ll also have the chance to give back and make a positive impact where we live and work through volunteerism.

Shape your Career with Citi

Citibank serves as a trusted advisor to our retail, mortgage, small business and wealth management clients at every stage of their financial journey. Through Citi's Access Account, Basic Banking, Citi Priority, Citigold and Citigold Private Client, we offer an array of products, services and digital capabilities to clients across the full spectrum of consumer banking needs worldwide.

We’re currently looking for a high caliber professional to join our team as Business Data Intermediate Analyst based in Mumbai, India. Being part of our team means that we’ll provide you with the resources to meet your unique needs, empower you to make healthy decision and manage your financial well-being to help plan for your future. For instance:

• Citi provides programs and services for your physical and mental well-being including access to telehealth options, health advocates, confidential counseling and more. Coverage varies by country.

• We believe all parents deserve time to adjust to parenthood and bond with the newest members of their families. That’s why in early 2020 we began rolling out our expanded Paid Parental Leave Policy to include Citi employees around the world.

• We empower our employees to manage their financial well-being and help them plan for the future.

• Citi provides access to an array of learning and development resources to help broaden and deepen your skills and knowledge as your career progresses.

• We have a variety of programs that help employees balance their work and life, including generous paid time off packages.

• We offer our employees resources and tools to volunteer in the communities in which they live and work. In 2019, Citi employee volunteers contributed more than 1 million volunteer hours around the world.

The RUBY Operations team partners with the Global Process Owners (GPO) in process standardization and design, ensuring business processes are enabled through standard data and technology platforms. The group provides a single interface for Finance and Risk groupʼs strategic initiatives which allows for one integrated view of technology design, architecture, and prioritization.

This position is part of the team that operates Citiʼs RUBY forecast platform used for Interest Rate Risk, CCAR, and internal financial forecasting exercises. The team is involved in supporting both regulatory mandated external forecast scenarios as well as internally focused planning and analytical exercises. This position will include a combination of executing existing forecast processes as well as working with business and technology partners to identify and develop enhancements, improvements, and new functionality.

The position will require an in depth operational and theoretical understanding of interest rate risk measurement. Additionally, this job will offer the prospective candidate the opportunity to impact the current demand for onboarding models for immediate use but also to suggest process and technical enhancements to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the model onboarding process.

The requires individual analytical work as well as partnership across teams to identify solutions to Treasury and Risk inquiries and own the implementation / execution steps to drive open issues to completion. Attention to detail and the ability to work within tight deadlines are essential. The position will be heavily involved in team decisions including project prioritization, platform direction, and strategic direction. This work will involve defining information and refining process requirements in partnership with Global Process Owners, Operations and Technology. The job will entail supporting an active forecasting engine, and at times require balancing conflicting partner and platform priorities.

This job will offer the prospective candidate an enormous exposure into various facets of Risk and Finance Processes within Citi. It also offers them the exposure to interacting with various levels within the organization. This would lead to them being able to improve upon analytical skills, communication skills, teamwork, negotiation, and problem solving.

In this role, you’re expected to:

• Lead integration of functions with understanding of client core business functions and partner with multiple senior management teams to meet goals and deploy new products and process enhancements.

• Solve the highest-impact, highest-profile problems with significant business impact through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes, system processes and industry standards.

• Serve as the contact for model onboarding within RUBY; collaborate with various modelling teams, comprehend business requirements, performs cost estimations, and create project development plans based on scope

• Produce customized technical solution.

• Decide business priorities, project timelines, resource planning, manages project risks, and ensure successful delivery while appropriately managing the work assigned to the RUBY model onboarding team.

As a successful candidate, you’d ideally have the following skills and exposure:

• 2+ years of Program or Project management experience within Information Technology

• 2+ plus years of experience working for a financial services organization

• 2+ years with Data modeling and the modeling process including working knowledge of the following phases: model development, model validation, model testing and technical model implementation / onboarding for production use.

• 2+ years experience with SAS, Java, Python, other modeling languages, Oracle DB.

• Thorough knowledge of interest rate risk concepts such as Duration, Convexity, and a familiarity with modelling paradigms thereof

• Sound understanding of fundamental Balance Sheet and P&L

• Experience with analyzing Actual and Forecast results, in particular Balance Sheet and Treasury

• Understanding Of Transfer Pricing And Other Intercompany Items

• Seasoned experience working with large data sets

• Working knowledge of Citigroup Financial Systems-Working knowledge of Citigroup Financial Systems would be a plus (PEARL / GENESIS / Etc.)

• Strong written and oral communications with