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Data Security Governance Analyst

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 3 Oct 2025

About the role

Overview of the Role:

Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.

As a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and in our clients’ best interests. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Enterprise Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first-class customer experience. We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient services.

Our commitment to diversity includes a workforce that represents the clients we serve from all walks of life, backgrounds, and origins. We foster an environment where the best people want to work. We value and demand respect for others, promote individuals based on merit, and ensure opportunities for personal development are widely available to all. Ideal candidates are innovators with well-rounded backgrounds who bring their authentic selves to work and complement our culture of delivering results with pride. If you are a problem solver who seeks passion in your work, come join us. We’ll enable growth and progress together.

The Data Security Governance Analyst is an intermediate level position responsible for leading efforts to prevent, monitor and govern information/data breaches and cyber-attacks. The overall objective of this governance role is to ensure adherence to standards and activities are in alignment with Citi's data security policies and standards.

Responsibilities:

Generate metrics and ensure productivity to guarantee Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and client expectations are met
Analyze and determine the root cause of issues and impacts to business to develop a corrective action plan.
Initiate the assessment, knowledge transfer, and transition of new security systems
Ensure procedures are followed, define operating standards and processes and develop clear procedures and process control manuals
Perform information security awareness and training activities
Suggest improvement to process efficiencies
Verify through testing that essential procedures are followed
Provide informal guidance or on-the-job-training to new team members
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:

2+ years of demonstrated hands-on experience in Information Security (Data Protection, Cryptography, Data at Rest, Governance, etc)
One or more industry-recognized certifications is highly preferred or a commitment to achieve certification within 12 months of joining.
Ability to articulate (written and verbally) complex technical or business concepts clearly to various audiences
Proven analytical skills to interpret complex data, identify root causes and implement viable solutions.
A proactive approach to problem-solving, anticipating challenges, and making informed decisions to drive efficiency.

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