Senior Business Analyst - Vice President

Citi is a world-leading global bank. We have approximately 200 million customer accounts and a presence in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. We provide consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. We enable clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing them with cutting-edge ideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity.

Senior Business Analyst will act as a bridge between business users, data providers, and technology teams to deliver data-driven solutions that support strategic business objectives. Work with global stakeholders to evaluate data products, improve data quality, and drive vendor and licensing decisions with focus on:

• Assess and analyze market, reference, and entity data from external vendors to determine quality, coverage, and suitability for business use cases.
• Perform comparative analysis across multiple vendor datasets and provide recommendations based on data quality, completeness, and business requirements.
• Partner with business, technology, and operations stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into actionable solutions.
• Drive data quality assessments, reconciliations, exception analysis, and root-cause investigations to improve overall data integrity.
• Collaborate with external vendors and sourcing teams to evaluate products, negotiate requirements, and support licensing activities.
• Identify opportunities to rationalize vendor spend and optimize data licensing across the organization.
• Present analysis, recommendations, and progress updates to stakeholders across multiple levels of the organization.
• Support strategic initiatives focused on data governance, vendor management, and the evolution of Citi's reference data capabilities.

We're looking for an experienced analyst with strong financial data expertise and a proven ability to solve complex business and data challenges.

• Experience in business analysis, data analysis, or data management roles.
• Strong knowledge of reference data, market data, and entity data within financial services.
• Experience assessing data quality, coverage, lineage, and vendor datasets for business use cases.
• Hands-on experience with data reconciliations, exception management, root-cause analysis, and issue resolution.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to manage senior stakeholders and communicate recommendations effectively.
• Experience working with external data vendors and cross-functional teams in a global environment.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.

• Knowledge of capital markets products, including Equities, Fixed Income, and Derivatives.
• Experience within Master Data Management (MDM), Data Governance, or Reference Data organizations.
• Experience evaluating third-party data providers such as Bloomberg, LSEG/Refinitiv, FactSet, Moody's, S&P Global, or similar providers.
• Familiarity with vendor contract management and data licensing processes.
• Experience working within large global financial institutions.
• Knowledge of data governance frameworks, controls, and regulatory requirements.
• Master's degree or advanced qualification in a relevant discipline.

Job Family Group: Technology

Job Family: Business Analysis / Client Services

Time Type: Full time