Markets Senior Business Analyst - Master Agreement Central

Are you looking for a career move that will put you at the heart of a global financial institution? Then bring your skills in analysis, problem solving and communication to Citi Belfast. By Joining Citi, you will become part of a global organisation whose mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress.

Team/Role Overview

With the transition of MAC (Master Agreement Central) ownership to Markets, an opportunity has risen to be part of a global support team within the business. The Markets Senior Business Analyst is a developing professional role, and the successful candidate will work from Belfast as part of global team managed centrally in EMEA. The successful candidate will work closely with the team manager and be consulted on about team strategy and work load management.

In the main, the role will be aimed at helping support large volumes of daily communications pertaining to the applicability of data within MAC (Master Agreement Central), audits, projects and other variables. The successful candidate will be central to meeting project deadlines and deliverables and will have a degree of project ownership and responsibility - displaying leadership qualities and the ability to work autonomously dealing with high volumes of requests.

The role will include extensive involvement with audit requirements related to MAC and independent work involving information gathering and the preparation of analysis to be presented, explained and relayed to both internal and external audit stakeholders. The successful candidate will display a high level of business acumen and commercial awareness to aid in the task of ranking priorities on a daily basis to ensure the sustainability of our core systems and stakeholder relationships. MAC is a centralized web-based repository application that contains data that is relied upon downstream in many other Citi systems, applications and domains.

The accuracy of that data is downstream is of paramount importance and the role will be core in the sustainability of that data and in helping assist key stakeholders with basic analysis of contractual documentation that is stored in MAC and translated onto the system where issues have been identified. The candidate must therefore apply a degree of specialty area knowledge in monitoring, assessing, analyzing and/or evaluating processes and data.

What you’ll do

• Performs support functions related to MAC (Master Agreement Central. business operations, technology, risk/controls.)
• Performs documentation analysis to apply terms to MAC that is heavily relied upon by downstream systems & stakeholders.
• Consultation on team strategy and workload management
• A degree of ownership on projects and deliverables.
• Responsibilities related to audit requirements including but not limited to information gathering and the preparation of analysis to be presented, explained and relayed to both internal and external audit stakeholders.
• Collective participation on calls related to MAC strategy, MAC development and MAC maintenance.
• Responds to communications from internal stakeholders within the organization pertaining to MAC - such as margin operations, technology, XVA, client onboarding, MAC ops, risk & control.
• Performs varied work requests from multiple sources that may be complex in character and have tight deadlines
• Responsible for tasks associated with a program or projects
• Liaises with other control and functional business in support of projects and initiatives
• Works closely with the team’s manager to complete tasks assigned
• 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 behaviour, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

What we’ll need from you

• Relevant experience
• Knowledge of the MAC application is required
• Basic knowledge of Legal Agreements is an asset
• General understanding of Citi's Market business is helpful
• Experience in role requiring juggling multiple tasks and responding dynamically

What we can offer you

This is a role that'll offer you the opportunity to build an in-depth knowledge of financial services operations. Every day there will be new business challenges that will help you develop new skills that can drive your career. We work hard to have a positive financial and social impact on the communities we serve. In turn, we put our employees first and provide the best-in-class benefits they need to be well, live well and save well.

Whilst the role will be based in Belfast it will comprise part of one centralized and collaborative team on a global scale to help manage and streamline MAC related process management. There will be regional cross over and scope to co-operate on the management of MAC within other locations that were previously siloed. The conjoined approach will help broaden the successful candidate’s knowledge and experience of MAC on an international basis. In summary the role will allow for monitoring in data or results, define business issues and formulate recommendations on policies, procedures or practices. There is opportunity to establish disciplinary knowledge within own specialty area and develop a good understanding of how the team interacts with others in accomplishing the objectives of the area. The role allows application of working knowledge of industry practices and standards.

By joining Citi Belfast, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as: 

• Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays; increasing with tenure
• A discretional annual performance related bonus 
• Private medical insurance packages to suit your personal circumstances
• Employee Assistance Program  
• Pension Plan 
• Paid Parental Leave 
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends 
• Access to an array of learning and development resources 

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day.  We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive. 

Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.

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