FX Production Application Support Lead - VP

As a Senior Application Support Analyst you will play a pivotal role in running and maintaining the production environment for Citi’s franchise critical applications, enabling our business to confidently service our clients.

Additionally, you will play an active role in driving stability and service improvements, developing application knowledge and working with senior business partners across the globe. This will include partnering with our Application Technology Development teams, Infrastructure teams and Business Product Owners.

This role presents an excellent opportunity for the successful candidate to develop a broad range of technical and soft skills, as well as the ability to develop a thorough understanding of Foreign Exchange (FX). You will gain significant experience of the advanced technologies used to run our business regionally and globally, giving you vast exposure to new and existing methodologies and systems.

There will be multiple opportunities for exposure to our firmwide technology network and potential to develop into a role in one of our many growing technology functions throughout Citi. If you can demonstrate an appetite to learn technical concepts, have strong problem-solving skills and an ability to build excellent working relationships then we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities:

• Manage, maintain and support applications and the associated operating environments, providing technical and business support. This includes providing resolutions to application issues, and driving stability, efficiency and effectiveness improvement initiatives to help the department and overall business succeed.

• Perform start of day checks, continuous monitoring, regional handovers, and same day risk reconciliations.

• Develop and maintain technical support documentation for support team members and wider technology teams.

• Partner with appropriate application development and production support teams to prioritize bug fixes and support tooling requirements.

• Assess risk and impact of production issues, escalating to the business and technology management in a timely and appropriate manner.

• Participate in application releases from development, testing and deployment into the production environment.

• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating consideration for the firm's reputation, safeguarding 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.

• Work closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts and Systems Analysts to determine and document impact and support requirements.

• Consider implications of the application of technology to the current environment.

• Act as an advisor or coach to new or lower-level analysts.

• Provide in-depth analysis with interpretive thinking to define problems and develop innovative solutions.

Qualifications:

• Experience in a Production Support role/environment is essential.

• Experience with technical tools and systems, and a willingness and ability to learn new technologies – eg. SQL, Linux, Python.

• Experience installing, configuring, and/or supporting business applications.

• Knowledge and experience of Problem Management Tools.

• Good interpersonal and communication skills.

• Ability to engage senior stakeholders and lead discussions with clear, articulate, and highly assertive communication skills.

• Experience working in a fast-paced environment whilst demonstrating practical problem solving and strategic thinking skills.

• Experience in a Foreign Exchange / Markets Support is preferred.

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience.

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