Expense Management Invoice Operations Intermediate Analyst

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Job Overview

The Supply Chain (SC) Expense Management Intermediate Analyst is an intermediate level position responsible for participating in procurement activities such as defining the need for goods and services, negotiating price contracts and authorizing payment for goods and services in coordination with the Corporate Services team. The overall objective of this role is to acquire goods and services requested by company personnel in support of the company's business.

Responsibilities:

• Identify and resolve problems using specialty knowledge to make evaluative judgements
• Utilize knowledge of the specific function to implement workflow or process change and redesign
• Claim accountability for regular reporting or process administration as “owner”
• Assist in the management of one or more processes, reports, procedures, and products
• Analyze data and synthesize findings and generate reports in accordance to a schedule and/or as needed
• Identify and implement process improvements
• 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:

• 2-5 years of relevant experience
• Proficient computer skills with a focus on Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to work unsupervised and adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and creativity
• Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

Job Description

The Global Business Expense Transparency (BET) team is responsible for managing Citi Investment Bank's trading costs (including brokerage, clearance and exchange fees) and Market Data Expenses. This includes providing transparency on nature of costs incurred, associated vendors and analytics of cost drivers whilst supporting the business managers with initiatives to reduce expenses. To facilitate this effort, the team undertakes an end-to-end suite of tasks including invoice receipt, invoice validation, expense allocations, expense reporting and supporting cost savings projects. The candidate will be required to support developing processes to measure productivity at the COE, manage critical external client relationships and institute robust controls and risk management techniques for functions performed by the invoice operations team.

• Required background in Finance
• Experience in Risk Management of Operations teams preferred
• Required strong interpersonal skills with ability to work with global teams
• Self-motivating with good leadership skills
• High level of enthusiasm and a good team player
• Preferred experience in migration of processes/change management
• Required 2-5 yrs of RTR process management (preferably Brokerage & Clearance related process)
• Understanding of various systems like P2P, Flexcube, Recon applications, etc. would be a plus