Business Analytics Senior Analyst - Assistant Vice President

Citi; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

The Citi Fraud Analytics, Modeling & Intelligence team is seeking a Senior Analyst – Assistant Vice President to apply advanced analytics to detect and prevent fraud across Citi's credit card and retail banking businesses. You will work with data, build rules and models, and present insights to stakeholders.

Applicants should have a Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field and 3+ years of experience, with SAS/SQL, Python, and Tableau skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in statistics, mathematics, physics, economics, or a related quantitative field.
• 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with Big Data environments and coding in SAS, SQL, Python, Impala, or Hive.
• Experience with machine learning techniques and algorithms (e.g., logistic regression, gradient boosting).
• Proficiency with data visualization tools such as Tableau.
• Strong quantitative, analytical, and communication skills.
• Detail-oriented with ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Leverage data and advanced analytics to derive patterns, trends and insights.
• Own and manage fraud rules, scores, and detection strategies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to propose data-driven strategies.
• Build relationships within and outside Fraud to ensure timely execution.
• Identify process gaps and opportunities to improve controls and governance.
• Generate and manage regular and ad-hoc reporting.

Skills

Big Data analytics

SAS/SQL

Machine learning

Data visualization

Strong communication

Detail oriented

Time management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in analytics or quantitative field

Tools

SAS

SQL

Python

Impala

Hive

Tableau

Job description

Business Analytics Senior Analyst – Assistant Vice President

Location(s):

Jacksonville, Florida, United States, San Antonio, Texas, United States, Tampa, Florida, United States, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, Irving, Texas, United States, New Castle, Delaware, United States

Job Type:

Hybrid

Discover your future at Citi

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Job Overview

As part of the Fraud Analytics, Modeling & Intelligence organization, this role executes the fraud analytics and strategies supporting Citi’s North American and global credit card and retail bank businesses. This includes leveraging data to identify fraud trends, designing and implementing strategies to prevent and mitigate fraud attacks across the fraud lifecycle, including application and synthetic ID fraud, account takeover and sophisticated new attack schemes.

This role partners closely with Fraud Policy, Operations and various partners to keep apprised of business and technology direction in order to determine potential and existing fraud impacts.

Responsibilities:

• Leverage data and advanced analytics to derive patterns, trends and insights, and perform risk/reward trade-off analysis.
• Ownership and management of fraud rules, scores, and detection strategies, Risk appetite execution, POS interdiction strategies and defect analysis.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide strategy recommendations based on data and trend analysis, and implement mitigation strategies.
• Build effective relationships within and outside the Fraud organization to help ensure successful and timely execution of key portfolio priorities.
• Leverage knowledge of information acquired to identify potential process gaps and opportunities for improving effectiveness of controls and governance processes.
• Generate and manage regular and ad-hoc reporting to enable effective monitoring and identification of emerging trends.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree required in statistics, mathematics, physics, economics, or other analytical or quantitative discipline.
• 3+ years in relevant field.
• Experience working with:
  Big Data environment with hands on coding experience within various traditional (SAS, SQL, etc.) and/or open source (i.e. Python, Impala, Hive, etc.) tools.
  Traditional and advanced machine learning techniques and algorithms, such as Logistic Regression, Gradient Boosting, Random Forests, etc.
  Data visualization tools, such as Tableau
• Excellent quantitative and analytic skills; ability to derive patterns, trends and insights, and perform risk/reward trade-off analysis.
• Good written and verbal communication skills, with ability to connect analytics to business impacts; comfortable presenting to peers and management.
• Extremely detail-oriented; intellectual curiosity
• Ability to multi-task and work against tight deadlines.
• Ability to work independently with baseline instructions/guidelines from management

Job Family Group:

Decision Management

Job Family:

Business Analysis

Time Type:

Full time

Primary Location:

Jacksonville Florida United States

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$87,280.00 - $130,920.00
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.

Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Sep 15, 2026

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