VP, Finance Architecture & Transformation

Citigroup Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 142,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Citigroup Inc. in New York seeks a VP Business Architect to translate complex finance and technology challenges into clear architecture.

You will define and evolve Citi’s Finance architecture, contribute to current-state documentation and future-state design with a growing emphasis on AI and automation. You will set standards across Enterprise Business Architecture, collaborate with Finance and Shared Services, map data dependencies with data architects, and guide engineering teams on Citi

Qualifications

• 6+ years in an engineering and/or architecture capacity supporting Finance or related business functions.
• Track record of contributing to cross-functional business process improvement and enterprise architecture change.
• Comfortable in matrix environments; self-motivated, organized, and able to manage multiple workstreams.
• Strong communication skills enabling effective engagement up to senior management level.

Responsibilities

• Assists in defining strategic direction and setting business architecture standards covering Enterprise Business Architecture & Transformation applications across Citi businesses, products, functions and locations
• Participates in assessing and incorporating ongoing business and regulatory needs into the Enterprise Business Architecture & Transformation business architecture
• Collaborate with Finance and Shared Services to document current and future-state business architectures, anchored to business processes and functions
• Work alongside data architects to map data dependencies and support alignment of data architecture — including Finance-wide data vision, governance, and platform direction — with business architecture objectives
• Engage technical partners to align investments to target state architecture, flagging material deviations as appropriate
• Contribute to business architecture principles supporting straight-through processing and the timeliness, completeness, and accuracy of financial reporting
• Apply and promote Citi architecture principles, providing guidance to engineering teams on practical application
• Contribute to theFinance Tech Design Authorityand supportPermit to Design / Permit to Buildgovernance processes
• Assist in identifying and evaluating opportunities to embed AI, ML, and GenAI within Finance processes, supporting appropriate governance frameworks
• Contribute to capability mapping, maturity assessments, and the centralized architecture knowledge repository
• Support continuous improvement of the business architecture discipline through adoption of best practices, tooling, and training
• 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 behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency

Skills

Business Architecture

Finance domain knowledge

AI/GenAI understanding

Stakeholder communication

Project management

Regulatory/compliance awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Oracle Financials

Anaplan

OneStream

SAP BPC

Oracle EPM

Essbase

TM1

Job description

Citigroup Inc. in New York seeks a VP Business Architect to translate complex finance and technology challenges into clear architecture.

You will define and evolve Citi’s Finance architecture, contribute to current-state documentation and future-state design with a growing emphasis on AI and automation. You will set standards across Enterprise Business Architecture, collaborate with Finance and Shared Services, map data dependencies with data architects, and guide engineering teams on Citi