Senior Business Analyst - Vice President - Citi in Belfast

Discover your future at Citi Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a team of approximately 219,000 dedicated people from around the globe. At Citi, you'll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact. Job Overview 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. What We do / The Team: The team is responsible for driving data strategy and governance across Citi's Master and Reference Data ecosystem. Working closely with business stakeholders, technology teams, data vendors, and sourcing partners, the team evaluates market data and reference data solutions, assesses data quality, optimizes vendor licensing, and supports critical business decisions across multiple asset classes. The team plays a key role in ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and commercial efficiency of data used across Citi's businesses. Derived from responsibilities around vendor assessment, stakeholder collaboration, licensing optimization, and vendor master initiatives. Role Overview/ What will you do: 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. Key Skills and Experience required: 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. Beneficial skills and 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