Senior Margins Business Analyst - Vice President

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Job Overview

The Technology Business Analyst (VP) will serve as a critical bridge between business stakeholders and technology teams within the Margin & Risk technology platform. This role will support Citi’s multi‑year transformation to modernize margin, risk, and post‑trade platforms across asset classes, with a particular focus on OTC derivatives and cross‑asset margining.

The ideal candidate will combine strong domain expertise, analytical rigor, and technical fluency, playing a hands‑on role in requirements definition, control design, data analysis, and delivery governance across complex, regulated systems.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with Trading, Risk, Operations, Finance, and Technology to gather, analyze, and document complex business and regulatory requirements related to margin, collateral, and risk calculations
• Translate business needs into clear, actionable artifacts (user stories, BRDs/FRDs, data mappings, process flows)
• Perform gap analysis of current vs. target‑state processes, data flows, and controls
• Support design decisions aligned with target‑state architecture, including microservices‑based and event‑driven platforms
• Support systems calculating and optimizing margin requirements using models such as VAR, SIMM, and Credit Stress
• Analyze trade, market data, and MTM flows, ensuring consistency, completeness, and accuracy across the lifecycle
• Partner closely with Quant, Risk, and Data teams to validate methodologies, assumptions, and outputs
• Contribute to the design and enhancement of data quality, completeness, accuracy, and timeliness controls
• Ensure alignment with internal governance, regulatory expectations, and audit requirements
• Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and control gaps, escalating where appropriate
• Work closely with development leads and engineers throughout the SDLC
• Participate in agile ceremonies, backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, and UAT
• Coordinate with global and offshore teams to ensure consistent delivery and documentation standards
• Support production releases, validation activities, and post‑deployment reviews
• Communicate complex concepts clearly to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders
• Influence across teams without formal authority to drive alignment and delivery
• Contribute to roadmap discussions, platform modernization initiatives, and continuous improvement efforts

Qualifications (Required):

• 6+ years of experience as a Business Analyst in a financial services or regulated technology environment.
• Strong understanding of margining, derivatives, and risk management concepts
• Deep experience working with complex data flows (trades, MTMs, reference data)
• Working knowledge of SQL, data analysis tools, and process modeling
• Experience working in Agile / Scrum delivery models
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into technical deliverables
• Experience supporting large‑scale, distributed systems in a production environment
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and critical‑thinking skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Qualifications (Preferred):

• Experience supporting OTC derivatives, repos, or cross‑asset margin platforms.
• Familiarity with VaR/SIMM and risk calculation concepts.
• Prior exposure to platform modernization initiatives (cloud, microservices, APIs, Kafka/event streams).
• Risk or regulatory background; experience interacting with Audit or regulators is a plus.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master's degree preferred
• Professional certifications (e.g., CFA, FRM) are a plus

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Business Analysis / Client Services

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Time Type:

Full time

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Primary Location:

Jersey City New Jersey United States

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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$129,840.00 - $194,760.00

In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Jun 01, 2026

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