Program Fin Solutions Sr. Lead Analyst - C14

The Fin Solutions Sr. Lead Analyst is a strategic professional who closely follows latest trends in own field and adapts them for application within own job and the business. Typically, a small number of people within the business that provide the same level of expertise. Excellent communication skills required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Accountable for significant direct business results or authoritative advice regarding the operations of the business. Necessitates a degree of responsibility over technical strategy. Primarily affects a sub-function. Responsible for handling staff management issues, including resource management and allocation of work within the team/project.

Responsibilities:

• Contributes to the design, roll-out and governance of financial solutions, including:

• Drives end results of the project as a representative of the business

• Defines, teaches, and enforces the use of good project management practices such as techniques in resolving complex, interdependent activities into tasks and sub-tasks that are documented, monitored and controlled.

• Assesses project risk potentials and discover potential problems before they occur. Articulates problems, bring the right people together to solve problems and know when the problem has been properly addressed and closed.

• Communicates to all concerned parties project milestones, status updates, as well as any existing or potential escalation issues.

• Uses best practice PM (CPMC) methodology to create a project plan to fit the stakeholders/customers’ needs and deliver within budget on desired outcomes.

• Manages complex/critical/large professional disciplinary areas.

• Participates in formulating and setting strategic direction for the process, organization and architecture covering Finance across Citi businesses, products, functions and locations

• Assists in setting business and information architecture standards for Finance

• Plays a part in settling and operating necessary forums and frameworks to establish and govern policies and starts for global Finance processes

• Participates in assessing and incorporating changing business, regulatory and market information needs into finance processes and applications

• Applies in-depth knowledge of the business impact of process design and technical contributions.

• Accountable for delivery of a full range of services to one or more businesses/ geographic regions.

• Regularly interacts with peers within the firm and externally, including regulators and professional organizations.

• Provides advice to internal clients on the implications of business trends, issues, operating environment changes and firm or business unit strategy.

• Performs other duties and functions as 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 behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of project management experience using a structured methodology to successfully track, plan, monitor and report on concurrent projects, within the financial services industry preferred.

• Manage project scope by assessing requirements changes, determining and conveying impact on budget, time and risk.

• Manage client expectations, anticipates operational and tactical risks and tracks them; clarify, identify, and track requirements and issues, remove barriers, resolve minor project issues and escalate to immediate manager where required

• Requires a comprehensive understanding of multiple areas within a function and how they interact in order to achieve the objectives of the function.

• Requires communication and diplomacy skills in order to guide and influence others.

• Experience and demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities in a complex and dynamic environment

• Self-motivated with the ability to make decisions in the absence of detailed instructions.

• Advanced Microsoft Office skills

• In depth knowledge of banking products / systems highly preferred.

• PMP certification strongly preferred

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