Finance Team Senior Business Associate – Business Execution - Vice President in Belfast

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:

Production Support is an organisation with more than 6,000 employees and contract workers. The Business Execution team is responsible for the group’s ongoing planning, administrative and organisational development activities. These include management of the Financials, Headcount and Vendor Management Planning Processes, as well as providing ongoing support to the Production Management Leadership Team.

We are looking for an experienced candidate to join the Production Support Business Execution Team Finance area, as well as being a key Business Execution team resource working on additional projects.

Role Overview/What will you do:

• Working with cross functional teams including finance teams to review and finalise quarterly outlook cycles, transfers, functionals and the annual budget process. Assist with financial projections based on risks and opportunities.
• Involvement in month end close and provide variance analysis commentary for senior management reviews.
• Maintenance of Project Tracking System (PTS) including updating application profiles and ensuring alignment of both HC and $ to internal Citi systems.
• Involvement in annual Investment Request (IR) process including monitoring and summarising IRs for senior management.
• Develop standardization across financial processes used across multiple verticals by understanding key business drivers and driving efficiencies.
• Ensure compliance with financial guidelines, company policies and relevant legal regulations.
• Detail oriented, curious by nature, and strategic thinker that can prioritize and multi-task between the several budget priorities.
• Attention to detail, strong organisational skills and a curious nature.
• Ability to think independently, evaluate, negotiate, and structure updates suitable for senior management across a wide variety of topics associated with organisational initiatives.
• Adaptable and enjoys working in a fast-paced environment.

Key Skills and Experience required:

• Experience in a financial services role.
• Experience in global and complex settings with multiple stakeholders.
• Knowledge of the financial services industry and technology.
• Proven ability to work in high-pressure environments.
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication.
• Bachelor’s Degree/University degree or equivalent experience.
• Master’s degree preferred.

Desirable experience:

• Experience with Project Tracking System (PTS) and Investment Requests (Investments @ Citi) desirable.

What we’ll provide you:

By joining Citi, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays).
• A discretional annual performance related bonus.
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Pension Plan.
• Paid Parental Leave.
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends.
• Access to an array of learning and development resources.

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self, every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay and empowered to thrive.