Data/Information Mgt Sr Anlst-Control Automation (Appian, Python)-Assistant Vice President

Control Automation Development- Lead (C12) - SIS 

About CITI 

Citi's mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress. We have 200+ years of experience helping our clients meet the world's toughest challenges and embrace its greatest opportunities. 

About AIM:  

Analytics and Information Management (AIM) is a global community that is driving data driven transformation across Citi in multiple functions with the objective to create actionable intelligence for our business leaders. We are a fast-growing organization working with Citi businesses and functions across the world.  

 What do we do: 

We simplify, streamline, and automate controls—strengthening our ability to prevent issues.  

Control Automation Team automates manual controls through data driven capabilities using industry standard tools & techniques in collaboration with Business, Internal Audit, Internal Citi Risk and Control and Technology. This team works with business for audit, by Identifying cases on control gaps, policy breaches and providing data evidence for audit completion. 

Expertise Required: 

Responsibility 

• Lead and act as an automation SME for a  team of automation analysts . 

• Develop and implement robust, scalable automation strategies/solution to support business objectives and implement effective controls. 

• Conduct in-depth analysis of complex datasets to uncover trends, patterns, and opportunities for optimization. 

• Provide strategic recommendations based on data-driven insights to support business planning and resource allocation. 

• Stay current to industry trends and emerging technologies in AI/automation areas to constantly improve process and methodologies. 

Analytical Skills  

• Ability to design automation strategies and solutions.  

• Ability to translate business requirements to implementable technical design documents. 

• Proficient in Data analysis & Data patterns. 

• Good with formulating analytical methodology, identifying inconsistencies, anomalies & patterns with data. 

• Skillful in transforming data sets and performing quantitative & qualitative analysis with Data. 

Tools and Platforms  

• Proficient in SAS, SQL, Tableau OR Appian, Xceptor, Python and Mainframes 

• Proficient in MS Excel, PowerPoint, and VBA  

Nice to have – Experience on below: 

• Workflow management tools like Jira, Confluence, Bit Bucket (Version Control) etc. 

Domain Skills 

Good understanding of 

• Banking Products (Wealth, Cards, Deposit, Loans & Insurance etc.) 

• MCA & Inherent Risk 

Functional Skills 

• Business risk, controls, compliance, and data management. 

Nice to have - Knowledge of Finance Regulations, Understanding of Audit Process 

Soft Skills 

• Proven leadership ability with experience in mentoring and developing a team of automation analysts 

• Should have excellent communication and inter-personal skills with ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. 

• Mentoring junior members in the team 

• Ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. 

• Contribute to organizational initiatives in wide ranging areas including competency development, training, organizational building activities etc. 

• Proactive approach in solving problems and eye for details. 

• A strong team player 

Basic Qualifications 

• Master’s degree in information technology / Information Systems / Computer Applications / Engineering from a premier institute. BTech/B. E/MCA in Information Technology / Information Systems / Computer Applications. 

• (Preferred) Postgraduate in – Masters in computers 

• 8-12 years of hands-on experience in developing codes on SAS, SQL, Python environment