Rec & Proofing Sr Manager - C13 - PUNE

Citi; New York (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking a Vice President – Transformation Lead with expertise in stock record management to enhance operational effectiveness in New York, NY. You will lead large-scale initiatives focused on stock record accuracy and control modernization.

The ideal candidate will have over 12 years of experience in Market Operations, strong stakeholder management skills, and the ability to drive strategic transformation in a high-pressure environment.

This role offers significant impact on compliance and governance across financial operations.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience within Market Operations, Securities Operations, or Stock Record environments.
• Strong understanding of stock record controls and reconciliation frameworks.
• Experience leading large transformation programs within financial institutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead stock record transformation and strategic initiatives.
• Define operating model for stock record governance.
• Drive remediation of stock record breaks and reconciliation gaps.

Skills

12+ years of experience in Market Operations

Strong understanding of securities processing

Ability to operate in high-pressure environments

Strong analytical and communication skills

Stakeholder management skills

Tools

Power BI

Alteryx

Job description

Overview

Rec & Proofing Sr. Mgr. - C13 - Pune. Job Type: On-Site/Resident. Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India. Job Req Id: 26965572. Posted: Jun. 15, 2026.

Discover your future at Citi: Working at Citi is a career with a global team focused on growth, community impact, and delivering value.

Job Overview

Vice President – Transformation Lead

The Rec & Proofing Sr. Mgr. achieves results through management of professional teams and departments, integrating subject matter expertise within a defined area, and contributing to standards for the function. Requires basic commercial awareness, developed communication and diplomacy skills to guide and influence others, and responsibility for the quality, timeliness, and delivery of end results. May include planning, budgeting, policy formulation, and personnel management including hiring and performance evaluation.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Stock Record Transformation Lead to drive strategic remediation, operating model enhancement, and control modernization across the stock record environment within Market Operations. This role leads large-scale initiatives including stock record accuracy, reconciliation governance, books & records integrity, control framework effectiveness, and regulatory compliance. The candidate should bring deep domain expertise in stock record operations and industry best practices from leading financial institutions. The individual will partner with Market Operations, Technology, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, and Front Office stakeholders to identify gaps, design scalable solutions, and establish a robust target-state operating model.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership
  • Lead end-to-end stock record transformation and other strategic initiatives across equities, fixed income, financing, and related products.
  • Define and implement target operating model for stock record governance and control framework and contribute to shaping overall tech strategy.
  • Drive remediation of stock record breaks, reconciliation gaps, timing differences, and feed integrity issues.
  • Establish sustainable governance, escalation, and oversight processes.
• Stock Record Expertise
  • Provide subject matter expertise on stock record lifecycle, securities movements, settlements & fails management, stock borrow & loan, repo/reverse repo impacts, corporate actions, omnibus and segregated positions, and location/custody breaks.
  • Assess operational and regulatory risks affecting books and records integrity.
• Controls & Reconciliations
  • Review current reconciliation landscape and identify coverage gaps.
  • Design preventive and detective controls for missing/incorrect system feeds, position breaks, timing discrepancies, manual adjustments, and unsupported reconciliations.
  • Drive control standardization and implement best-in-class reconciliation practices.
• Stakeholder Management
  • Lead workshops and in-depth sessions with Operations and Technology teams.
  • Influence senior stakeholders and translate complex issues into remediation plans for executive leadership.
• Transformation & Automation
  • Partner with Technology teams to improve stock record architecture and data quality controls.
  • Support automation and AI-enabled reconciliation capabilities.
  • Introduce industry benchmarks and best practices for scalable operational design.

Qualifications

• Required
  • 12+ years of experience within Market Operations, Securities Operations, Books & Records, or Stock Record environments.
  • Strong understanding of securities processing and stock record controls.
  • Experience leading large transformation or remediation programs within global financial institutions.
  • Deep knowledge of reconciliation frameworks, exception management, and operational risk.
  • Experience interacting with regulators, audit, compliance, and risk functions.
  • Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Ability to operate effectively in high-pressure regulatory and control environments.
• Preferred
  • Experience in regulatory remediation or consent order environments.
  • Familiarity with Rule 17a-3/17a-5/17a-13 books & records expectations.
  • Experience with reconciliation platforms such as SmartStream TLM or similar tools.
  • Knowledge of automation, AI-assisted operations, and data governance frameworks.
  • Consulting or industry benchmarking experience preferred.

Additional requirements

• Storytelling, PowerPoint & presentation excellence: create high-quality presentations for senior management, translate complex data into visual storytelling, design clean slides, convert data into charts and executive summaries, and improve presentations to meet corporate standards.
• Hands-on expertise in Power BI, Alteryx, and other dashboard tools is advantageous.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate combines deep operational expertise in stock record management with strategic transformation leadership, capable of assessing control weaknesses, applying external best practices, and influencing senior stakeholders to drive improvements.

CitI is an equal opportunity employer. This description contains standard EEO language and is intended for internal use only.

If you are a person with a disability and need accommodations to use our search tools or apply, please review Accessibility at Citi and the Know Your Rights poster.