Markets Data Quality Management Senior Lead Analyst - (Senior Vice President)

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Job Overview

This new role is part of the Markets Price and Credit Risk & Controls (PCRC) Execution team supporting the Price Risk data quality issue management and governance, data analytics, and strategic data initiatives. ‘Price Risk’ includes all aspects of market risk management across First Line and Second Line functions, and the initiative sets out to improve and enhance risk management controls and processes across Markets businesses and CTI. Price Risk Execution is a first line cross-asset risk and control function, which operates or facilitates controls to manage the operational risk, valuation risk and governance components of managing quality of Price Risk. The team works closely with Global Markets Trading Businesses, In-Business Risk (IBR), Finance and 2LoD in setting standards and procedures, leading governance, building and managing controls across processes and activities within Price Risk, Standardized Approach for calculating Counterparty Credit Risk under Basel regulations (SA-CCR) and Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) Standardized Approach (SA) and Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA).

The role requires knowledge of Price Risk processes across first and second line risk management, product control, and valuation control, as well as change skills to define, organize and co-ordinate a program of work across businesses and regions. The role supports data quality Issue management and governance process within Markets businesses and functions in driving issue remediation, risk reduction, and data quality improvements end-to-end. It will involve collaboration with stakeholder groups to drive issue remediation, with a robust governance framework as well as a set of practical actions to achieve.

Responsibilities: 

• Responsible for managing data quality (DQ) issue management process and supporting DQ governance via multiple Price Risk data quality governance forums and sub-forums.
• Engage in a process of data quality issue triage, raising Business priorities & providing proactive guidance to your partners.
• Implement processes for the effective internal Data Management controls by monitoring business data quality reports with associated key indicators & metrics, and driving continuous improvement initiatives within the business, resulting in reduction of inherent risks.
• Implement Data Quality reporting through the definition and implementation of business, data and system related control and remediation frameworks at points of capture in order to resolve data quality exceptions.
• Works closely with business partners on findings and makes recommendations on improving practices.
• Understanding of relevant policies and applicability to Markets, establish ongoing process to identify and implement changing or new policy requirements, and ensure no known gaps or otherwise identified and being remediated.
• Leverages data quality issues to examine impacts to Customer Experience and Regulatory breaks.
• Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision.
• Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy.
• Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and /or other team members.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating 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.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Experience in data governance or data quality Issue management (IM) role leveraging glossary, lineage, and data quality tools to drive IM governance and reporting
• Expert in creating and executing a clear governance framework that improve the quality and value of data to meet regulatory commitments and enhance risk management.
• Knowledge and experience of structured project management techniques in a front office environment Industry experience in data, data management and/or regulatory initiatives
• Knowledge of data methodologies/frameworks and demonstrable appreciation of the need for and impact of controls, thresholds and Data Quality rules plus fundamental data terminology
• Demonstrable experience in data process flows front-to-back, risk and control, markets, operations, and support & control areas within a large bank/dealer
• Demonstrable experience of coordinating with stakeholders to drive changes and understand process impact on topics including issue resolution and controls as a consultant or internal change group
• Knowledge of global markets trading products (Fixed Income, Spread Products, Equity, Rates & Currencies, Commodities) and/or Treasury Investments
• Knowledge of, and experience in, analyzing legislative, regulatory/supervisory and legal/compliance texts and analysis

Qualifications: 

• 10+ years of experience in Operational Risk Management, Audit, Compliance or other control function
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail, as well as ability to understand discrete steps in their process and where remediation needs to be implemented when issues arise.
• Ability to see the big pictures with high attention to critical details. Ability to understand the purpose of the process in terms of the greater context of the business, the products related to the process, what data is being captured and the reports that are produced.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, to effectively produce documentation and communicate with management and Business / Global Function executives.
• Excellent proficiency in Tableau (metrics and data analysis), PowerPoint (presentation decks), Word (writing and editing procedural, technical documentation, and meeting minutes), Outlook (emails), Teams (Citi Hub, Channels, Chats, Document sharing).
• Effective organizational influencing skills required. Strong project management skills; ability to gain consensus among project teams, and drive initiatives to completion effectively.
• Ability to coordinate with other data management roles, including Process Owners and Data Stewards.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement strategy and process improvement initiatives.

Education: 

Bachelor's/University degree or equivalent experience,

Master's degree is good to have.

Development Opportunities:

• Chance to build an exceptional global network of professionals, trading desks, technology teams and 2nd line functions, including Finance and Risk
• Long-term career path across geographies and business lines
• Competitive compensation package and benefits
• Flexible work arrangements under Hybrid model