Digital Solutions Senior Analyst

The Transformation and Digital Team in is part of the Regional Controllers organization and is responsible for managing various digital initiatives and driving transformation. The team seeks to be a catalyst for change and drive global end-to-end process transformation in partnership with other Finance functions and disciplines. The Digital Solution Design Team’s main responsibility is to expedite the reengineering and transformation activities in order to streamline development and explore new solutions.

The role would be involved in participating and driving various automation projects, coordinated by the Digital Solutions Lead, resulting in more accurate requirements and less Reporting Team involvement during automation. The Team would act as an Internal Consultation Group for Reporting Teams for short term and ad-hoc automation projects, reengineering of current solutions and will be key in having the standard requirements and any necessary artifacts created.

Job Background

The Team’s scope is UK, EUROPE, MEA clusters and Regulatory Reporting in Citi Service Centre (CSC) in Budapest which is a key part of the Finance function. It is Citi’s pioneering centre on a global scale where local regulatory reporting professionals work together in a central location, to ensure consistent quality of local regulatory reporting across multiple jurisdictions and legal vehicles.

The department’s role encompasses from end to end the reporting processes centralized in the CSC for regulated legal vehicles in UK, EUROPE, MEA clusters. Members of the CSC always strive to improve processes and strengthen the control environment, while continuing to make Citi a great place to work.

Responsibilities:

· Ensure close collaboration with cross functional team to achieve progress and efficiency, plan and execute on defined Automation Roadmap milestones

· Analyse, optimize and streamline requirements through partnering with Reporting Teams

· Identification of synergies between reports/source systems

· Supporting the Reporting Teams with fit-for-purpose assessment of tools and modules

· Use Case inventory creation (for modules) and maintenance

· Documentation of project artifacts

· Planning of development rollout iterations, oversight of testing periods, coordination of final deployment

· Highlighting additional standard (modular) automation options for adjustments, controls, analysis

· Participate in prioritization discussions in relation to feasibility assessment and readiness

· Participate in Strategic System Implementations/other BA tasks as needed in the wider Automation Group

· Execute testing/pre-testing of solutions before final testing handover to Report Owners as and when requested/needed

· Identify and anticipate project risks, raise them in a timely manner

· Be up to date with new tools and solutions to enhance user experience

The ideal candidate for this position preferably possesses the following qualifications and skills:

· University/College degree in Finance/Accounting is an advantage

· 6+ years of work experience in financial or risk reporting, technology, or system implementation roles

· Experience in Business Analysis

· Knowledge of Data transformation tools (e.g. KNIME, Alteryx and similar to these) and/or Reporting (preferably Regulatory Reporting) skills are a plus

· Experience on how to complete testing of Technology delivered solutions in UAT environment

· Strategic solution mindset, being able to understand the big picture and translate it to bite sized pieces, considering available tools and practices.

· Interpersonal skills and the ability to achieve consensus on priorities as a cross functional team

· Be able to pay attention to details while keeping the overview

· Technology literacy and agile mindset are essential

· Advanced MS Excel knowledge

· Fluent English knowledge

· Has working knowledge or motivation to pick up industry practices and standards (financial products, markets, accounting principles, understanding of regulatory frameworks)

· Excellent cooperation, communication and presentation skills (high level of PowerPoint competency and visual storytelling skills required)

What we can offer you:

This role will offer you the opportunity to build a solid understanding of financial services operations and deepen your knowledge about effective regulatory requirements.  Since the regulatory landscape is continuously changing it will support your development that can drive your career.

By joining Citi Hungary, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive compensation package and enjoy a w