The Application Development Technology Lead Analyst is a strategic and highly visible role within the Global Reconciliations organization, responsible for leading a team of 4 to 5 associates building new reconciliations, testing, implementation and post production monitoring of critical Finance and Risk reconciliation controls across the bank. The successful candidate will get involved in leading a team and building/enhancing reconciliation using Citi Owned reconciliation tool called Onerec/quickrec for various Consent Order/Fincance Use cases across Trades, Positions, and Contracts spanning multiple asset classes, including Derivatives, Securities, Loans, Deposits, and Commodities.
Responsibilities:
Reconciliation Controls & Analytics
- Understand the reconciliation requirements provided by business analyst/stakeholders.
- Build/enhance reconciliation using Citi Inhouse tool Quickrec/OneRec for multi-way reconciliations involving Trades, Positions, Contracts, and financial balances.
- Design and build reconciliations using Citi Inhouse tool Quickrec/OneRec for multi-way reconciliations involving Trades, Positions, Contracts between Olympus (authorized wholesale data redistribution platform) and key Finance and Risk platforms, including:
- General Ledger
- Liquidity Systems
- Risk Systems
- Work on data processing layer using Unix Shell scripting, SQL and configuration of various processes and dependencies using Autosys.
- Perform reconciliation testing during UAT phase and support implementation of reconciliations.
- Provide required L3 support for post production related incidents
- Identify recurring reconciliation issues and drive long-term strategic remediation plans.
Leadership & Communication Skills
- Proven ability to engage and influence team members and senior stakeholders.
- Excellent presentation and executive communication skills.
- Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration capabilities.
- Ability to lead discussions, drive consensus, and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Qualifications & Skills
- Having around 4 to 6 year experience in leading a team of 4 or above.
- Understanding of Finance and Risk reconciliation processes.
- Knowledge of capital markets products and trade lifecycle processes.
- Experience working with:
- Derivatives
- Securities
- Loans
- Deposits
- Commodities
- Hands-on experience with reconciliation platforms and data analytics tools like Citi Inbuild tool Quickrec/Onerec or third party Smart stream TLM tool.
- Unix/Linux and SQL experience for data extraction and analysis.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex datasets.
Impact of the Role
This role offers a unique opportunity to influence key Finance and Risk control frameworks, support critical regulatory commitments, and drive strategic initiatives that enhance data integrity, operational resilience, and risk management across the organization. The position provides significant exposure to senior leadership and plays an essential role in safeguarding the firm's financial and regulatory reporting environment through data-driven insights, governance, and control excellence.
Recommended Qualifications:
- 11-15 years experience of working on controls/reconciliations and performing various data analytical work on Finance and Risk data.
Education:
- Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience, potentially Masters degree
This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.
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Skills Required
- Experience leading a team of four or more associates
- 4-6 years experience in reconciliation controls (recommended 11-15 years preferred)
- Understanding of Finance and Risk reconciliation processes
- Knowledge of capital markets products and trade lifecycle
- Experience with Derivatives, Securities, Loans, Deposits, Commodities
- Hands-on experience with reconciliation platforms (Quickrec/OneRec or SmartStream TLM)
- Unix/Linux and Shell scripting for data extraction and analysis
- SQL experience for data extraction and analysis
- Experience configuring processes and dependencies using Autosys
- Ability to perform reconciliation UAT testing, implementation and provide L3 post-production support
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to interpret complex datasets
- Excellent presentation, executive communication and stakeholder management skills
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent (Master's mentioned as possible)
- 11-15 years experience working on controls/reconciliations and data analytics (recommended)
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