Senior Business Analyst - Fixed Income Trade Processing - Hybrid

Job Id: 23652893

The IT Business Senior Analyst is an intermediate-level position responsible for liaising between business users and technologists to exchange information in a concise, logical and understandable way in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to contribute to continuous iterative exploration and investigation of business performance and other measures to gain insight and drive business planning. The role will directly face with various desks in Citi’s leading ICG Fixed Income businesses. The candidate will be working closely with senior business counterparts across Trading and Sales functions to enable technology solutions for business growth opportunities. . The candidate will also interface with the project teams and SMEs from the other partner systems. The role will also require identifying and documenting key requirements, participate in discussions/workshops to create detail specs, work closely with development team at all stages of SDLC and communicate program/project updates to the stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Identify and communicate risks and impacts and propose risk mitigation options, considering business implications of the application of technology to the current business environment
• Provide in-depth and sophisticated analyses with interpretive thinking to define problems, develop innovative solutions and influence strategic functional decisions
• Provide input during development and implementation phases, including formulation and definition of systems scope, objectives and necessary system enhancements for complex, high-impact projects
• 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.
• Evaluate new IT developments and evolving business requirements and recommend appropriate systems alternatives and/or enhancements to current systems by analyzing business processes, systems and industry standards
• Consult with business clients to determine system functional specifications and partner with multiple management teams and other units to meet organizational objectives

Qualifications:

• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint) with extensive experience using Excel for data analysis
• Comprehensive knowledge of the principles of business analysis
• 5+ years of experience in business analysis in an international investment bank and/or major financial services firm.
• Experience with all phases of Software Development Life Cycle

Education:

• Strong academic record, ideally with a Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Information Science, engineering or related technical discipline.

FI Trade Processing Services (FiTP) Overview

FiTP is Citi’s primary Fixed Income trading platform processing Derivatives, Cash and Exotics products with 2000+ Trading, Sales, Middle Office users globally. Citi is the market maker and a global leader in all major Fixed Income markets in across the globe. FiTP, built on state of the art technology stack processes around 100,000 transactions daily and provides real time position management capabilities. It has connectivity to 60+ electronic trading venues and 20+ regulatory bodies globally. TPS has cross asset , cross jurisdiction and cross regulation coverage with impact across every single FO Fixed income business (Rates, Spread products, Local Markets) A key goal of the team is to continuously provide competitive advantage to our business by delivering a world-class, scalable resilient trading platform that enables them to offer more solutions to grow their businesses many fold.

Role / Position Overview:

The role is joining the global team part of Markets Securities and Services organization. This role is based in Toronto, Canada. You are expected to demonstrate a combination of business aptitude, quantitative skills, and strong written and oral communications skills. You will be leading medium-large scale projects and are expected to work effectively as an individual and as part of a team. Some common driving characteristics we look for in you are: assertiveness, attention to detail, ability to grasp concepts quickly, initiative, leadership, a can do mentality, good work ethic and the resilience to work effectively under pressure and tight deadlines. The job is demanding and challenging in a dynamic environment, offers tremendous opportunity for growth, access to senior leadership, and the potential for crafting your career effectively.

What will you be doing?

• Work with traders, Sales, business unit managers and heads of businesses to understand business practices and provide solutions enabling business growth and growing operational efficiencies
• Take lead in planning the best practice solutions, tracking, execution and overall project management of the roll out of cross asset and multi functional initiatives
• Lead the analysis and requirements gathering for fixed income product flows – bonds, derivatives and exotics
• Establish and maintain periodic communication to business and technology partners
• Lead deliveries end to end from requirements, design, construction, testing and implementation; provide user and operational support on application to business users.
• Foster & maintain positive relationship with internal and external clients

What we are looking for:

• In-depth knowledge of Credit Derivatives and Structured Credit Products is desirable.
• Experienced in all aspects Agile Methodology (Scrum, Kanban) and usage of Atlassian JIRA
• Proficient at delivering business requirements in BDD form and enabling test driven development
• Strong working knowledge of databases / SQL and ability to correlate the relational data to application functionality
• Broad knowledge of Capital markets; Fixed income Bonds and OTC Derivatives
• Experience working with the Clearing Houses (ICE, LCH etc) and Markit for Credit Derivative trade processing
• Experience in regulatory reporting jurisdictions and requirements
• Experience with trade front to back processes and life-cycle events

Citi Canada is an equal opportunity employer. Accordingly, we will make accommodations to respond to the needs of people with disabilities (including, without limitation, physical and mental health disabilities) during the recruitment process and otherwise in accordance with law. Individuals who view themselves as Aboriginals, members of visible minority or racialized communities, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

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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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