Capital Markets Business / Data Analyst

Citi
Belfast
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Citi Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom


Are you looking for a career move that will put you at the heart of a global financial institution? Then bring your skills in analysis, problem solving and communication to Citi’s Business Expense Transparency Team.


Team / Role Overview

The Business Expense transparency group is a global function with the mandate of optimizing Transaction Expense costs and implementing best-in-class expense management practices. The Transaction Expense Business Analyst will join the Global Business Expense Transparency organization and will support the development and enhancement of Citi’s Trade Cost Calculator and Analytics platform, a best-in-class system designed to provide insight into Citi’s trading costs and activities. This role will be pivotal in enhancing and developing Citi’s cutting-edge Trade Cost Calculator and Analytics platform, a system designed to provide deep insights into our trading costs and activities.


The successful candidate will regularly engage with trading desks, business management, and senior internal stakeholders. This includes promoting the analytics produced by the platform and addressing new requirements, enhancements, and performance metrics. This will involve owning the trading cost fee calculation and volume reconciliation processes across multiple products, carrying out analysis of areas identified for enhancements and gathering requirements for enhancements to increase transparency and accuracy.


What You’ll Do

  • Manage the development of the VARCITI trade cost analytics platform
  • Collaborate with system stakeholders across Front Office, Middle Office, Operations, and Technology to understand functions, dependencies, and design robust analytics and metrics
  • Contribute to producing detailed trade and cost analytics, including volume and product profiling reports, to identify key expense trends and cost drivers
  • Partner closely with technology teams throughout the software development lifecycle to deliver business requirements and ensure timely release of new features
  • Develop and enhance processes for carrying out reconciliations of trade expense analytics to 3rd party invoices
  • Gather requirements and analyze new metrics for enhancing our reporting and MI & on boarding requests
  • Assist in producing robust analytics & reports to identify expense trends and cost drivers for trading expenses
  • Interact with the global efficiency, business transparency and operations teams to understand their functions and provide analytical guidance and advancements

What We’ll Need From You

  • Previous relevant experience in a commercial, fast-paced business environment, with a focus on technology or financial analysis roles
  • Demonstrated understanding of the software development lifecycle
  • Preferred: Knowledge of products traded across Fixed Income, Commodities, and Equities
  • Understanding of trade flow processes and systems
  • A track record of identifying inefficiencies and implementing process improvements in data or analytical workflows
  • Strong SQL knowledge
  • Proficiency in data visualization tools such as QlikView or Tableau
  • Familiarity with Agile methodologies
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with strong attention to detail
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
  • Bachelor's degree required

What We Can Offer You

We work hard to have a positive financial and social impact on the communities we serve. In turn, we put our employees first and provide the best-in-class benefits they need to be well, live well and save well.


By joining Citi Belfast, 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 base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:



  • Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays; increasing with tenure
  • A discretionary annual performance-related bonus
  • Private medical insurance packages to suit your personal circumstances
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Pension Plan
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
  • Access to an array of learning and development resources

Equal Opportunity Statement

Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.


If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity, review Accessibility at Citi.


View Citi’s EEO Policy Statement and the Know Your Rights poster.


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