Client Financials Solutions Lead Department, Apps Development - Director

Citi; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking a Director-level Client Financials Solutions Lead to join their Apps Development team in Tampa, Florida. This role focuses on technology leadership and delivery across data-heavy applications within the Client Financials portfolio.

The incumbent will define and execute the technology roadmap, building strong relationships with senior business and technology partners, while leading engineering teams to deliver scalable, high-quality solutions.

Qualifications

• In-depth expertise with AbInitio for high-volume ETL pipeline development.
• Deep expertise in OLAP technologies and analytical query optimization.
• Strong background in designing resilient data integration patterns.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Hadoop ecosystem for data processing.
• Knowledge of GoogleBigQuery for cloud-native analytical processing.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the multi-year technology roadmap.
• Build relationships with senior business partners.
• Drive execution of high-priority cross-functional programs.
• Establish robust project tracking and governance frameworks.
• Lead engineering teams to deliver business and technology value.

Skills

AbInitio for ETL development

ApacheSuperset

ApacheDruid

Python-based data engineering

ApacheSpark

Hadoop ecosystem

GoogleBigQuery

Institutional banking rules

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking a Director‑level Client Financials Solutions Lead to join our Apps Development team. The role focuses on technology leadership and delivery across data‑heavy applications within the Client Financials portfolio. The incumbent will define and execute the technology roadmap, build strong relationships with senior business and technology partners, and lead engineering teams to deliver scalable, high‑quality solutions.

Required Qualifications

• In‑depth expertise with AbInitio for enterprise‑grade, high‑volume ETL pipeline development and orchestration.
• Deep expertise in ApacheSuperset, ApacheDruid, ApachePinot and other OLAP, multidimensional cube technologies, and analytical query optimization for complex financial reporting.
• Proficiency in Python‑based data engineering, automation, and pipeline orchestration; experience with ApacheSpark and PySpark for large‑scale distributed data transformation.
• Strong background in designing resilient, idempotent data integration patterns across heterogeneous source systems.
• Extensive hands‑on experience with the Hadoop ecosystem (HDFS, YARN, MapReduce) for large‑scale data processing.
• Expertise in Parquet and Iceberg formats; Hive and Impala for high‑throughput SQL‑on‑Hadoop analytical workloads.
• Knowledge of GoogleBigQuery for cloud‑native analytical processing and ad‑hoc financial analysis at scale.
• Functional knowledge of institutional banking rules related to capital and liquidity metrics (e.g., RWA, Stress Capital Buffer).
• Demonstrated ability to influence remote, senior stakeholders, including senior business executives.
• Experience in tracking and monitoring delivery, productivity, and organizational health metrics.
• Experience planning, forecasting, and managing a technology book of work at the team level, including project tracking and governance.
• Demonstrated systems thinking, critical analysis, and design thinking skills.
• Ability to work in a globally matrixed environment and partner with virtual teams and external partners.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to working with AI‑assisted software development models and experience implementing GenAI use cases.
• Experience providing leadership for scaled agile release trains (SAFe).

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the multi‑year technology roadmap and strategy for the Client Financials portfolio, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards, data governance, and business priorities.
• Provide ownership and technology direction for all Client Financials products, driving innovation and continuous improvement across the platform.
• Implement key revenue and expense attribution methodologies to standardize reporting of accurate client returns.
• Build and sustain trusted, strategic relationships with senior business counterparts, finance leadership, and enterprise technology partners.
• Drive the execution of high‑priority, cross‑functional programs in partnership with business, infrastructure, security, data and architecture teams — ensuring delivery commitments are met with quality and predictability.
• Hold peer leaders in testing, architecture, infrastructure, and other partner functions accountable for their contributions to shared delivery outcomes.
• Own and oversee the technology book of work for the Client Financials portfolio, including planning, forecasting, and financial governance to ensure targets are met and investments are optimized.
• Establish and maintain robust project tracking, reporting, and governance frameworks to provide transparency on delivery progress, risks, and resource utilization.
• Lead and manage engineering teams to deliver business and technology value with a relentless focus on velocity, quality, and agility.
• Champion and institutionalize modern engineering practices including Scaled Agile (SAFe), DevOps, CI/CD, infrastructure‑as‑code, and end‑to‑end automation.
• Evangelize / introduce new technologies (including AI) to business partners that offer high‑performance with low technology footprint.

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