Technical Intermediate Business Analyst

Citi, the world leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and a presence in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financialproducts and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. Citi enables clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing them with cutting-edgeideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity. **Role Overview** Join a creative, inclusive, and data-focused team looking to transform how Citi manages Corporate Loans data and operational processes and enhance how regulatory reports are produced - two major initiatives for the bank. The Cross Functional Business Analysis(CFBA) team within ISG Loans Technology at Citigroup is searching for an analyst skilled in data analytics to aid in creating strategic automation solutions and process reengineering within the Information Services Group (ISG) and Institutional Client Group(ICG) for Loans Products and for Credit Risk Monitoring. The role involves partnering with several key internal stakeholders (Operations, Technology, Banking, Markets, Commercial Bank, TTS, Compliance and Risk) in order to create holistic and strategic solutions that fully support, satisfy, and anticipate the operational,credit monitoring, and reporting needs of the business and our regulators. The CFBA team can be described as a consultancy-style team of Technical Product Managers and Business Analysts that are deployed to varying projects across the Loans Reengineering Initiative in ICG as a lot of these projects include solutioning and definingrequirements across multiple internal systems. **Organization & Department Overview** The Information Services Group (ISG) aims to be the best for our clients by creating a Service-Centric organization focused on digitizing Institutional Client Group's (ICG) products/services, driving out manual work, and delivering world-class Client Experienceand enabling growth via scalability. The ISG organization works in partnership with data clients across all ICG business lines, deploying solutions to increase their competitiveness, through restructuring business processes, simplifying information access,and providing business intelligence around critical data. **Job Functions** The team is looking for a growth-oriented and curious business analyst who will: - Conduct data analysis - using Excel, SQL and/or Python - Communicate effectively - summarize analysis with business context in mind & be able to verbally describe analysis with senior management and key business partners - Learn quickly, be self-driven, and reliant - the CFBA team moves quickly and an analyst will be expected to grow with the team. This will likely involve researching concepts and using Citi intranet to search for educational materials to learn additionalcontext on the projects - Define and own the resolution of issues - own their projects and deliverables fully including overcoming hurdles with the support of the CFBA team, - Be a change agent - review existing processes critically in order to identify inefficiencies and automation solutions, - Hunt for the right solutions - collaborate with team members, technology partners, and business partners to identify efficient and strategic solutions, - Be organized and timely - have a strong appreciation for regulatory deadlines. An example of the analyst's expected responsibilities would include using SQL or Excel to identify data quality issues and proposed resolutions throughout a project to generate an accurate regulatory report. In order to do so effectively, the analyst must gainan understanding of the meaning behind the data and how this data applies to a loan. The analyst must develop a working knowledge of the business use case related to the data in order to propose resolutions, which is the ultimate need. The analyst would alsobe expected to document the proposed resolution as a business requirement that would need business approval and be added to a BRD (Business Requirement Document) or into Jira. The expectation is for the analyst is to be able to take on various business analysis projects collaborating with others on the team and provide any necessary documentation and presentation materials related to the project. **Personal Development** In the role, the business analyst will have opportunities for senior management exposure, to make highly impactful process improvements, and to grow their leadership skills. - gain leadership skills and exposure to leaders and senior managers across the bank - grow to lead projects/programs over time - enhance presentation skills that cater to the audience using multiple mediums (verbal, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.), - receive mentorship from the analyst's reporting line as well as through formal development and leadership programs within ISG, - be part of a collaborative, diverse, and results-driven team that supports one another on a daily basis. **Qualifications** The business analyst is expected to have: - a bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Data Science or Analytics, Statistics, Engineering, Economics, or other similar degrees, - a baseline understanding of financial instruments used by institutions. An understanding of loans products or credit risk management is a plus, - working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, - any experience with data analysis tools such as SQL, Python, etc. - experience working in a related field like Lending, Data Analytics, Product Management, Business Analytics, Banking Consultancy is not a requirement but would be a plus This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required. **What we Offer** As well as a competitive salary and consideration for a yearly discretionary bonus Citi offer; - 27 days paid annual leaveAward winning pension scheme,