Architecture Lead Analyst Vice President

Overview of Citi:

Citi is a world-leading global bank. We have approximately 200 million customer accounts and a presence in more than 100 countries andjurisdictionsworldwide. 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 financialobjectivesby providing them withcutting-edgeideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity.

Overview of theorganization:

TheCOOEnterprise SolutionArchitectisresponsible forthe development of best-in-class technology platformsforOperations, including development of an integrated portfolio ofOperations tools,end-to-endsolutiondesignand development forlarge scale transformation initiatives, design governance, and adoption of Generative AI solutions for driving operational efficiencies.

Role:

TheArchitecture Lead Analystis a senior level position responsible for leading varietyofSolution Architecture, Designand development activities including the analysis of functional requirements, evaluation ofdifferent options and presenting comparative analysis along with recommendation to senior stakeholders.Individual will apply in-depth domain knowledge of financial services to grasp allfacetsof the multipledimensional business problems and develop solution options.

Individual needs to be results-oriented,innovativeand motivated to drive opportunities in efficiency gains,enhancedcontrolsand extensible scalability. This is articulated anddemonstratedthroughvarious typesofarchitectural artifacts. This high performing team designs enterprise-wide solutions for critical businessneedsleveragingsolutions, business, technical, and data architecture. Key stakeholders includeoperations teams, productteamsand application development teams from differentLoBs& functionswithin the organization. These engagements are global.

Responsibilities:

• Develop solution design options for enterprise-wide initiatives, evaluate the art of the possible, anddevise recommendation options across several evaluation dimensions
• Development of GenAI / Agentic AI solutions for addressing business needs for efficiency, productivity, and speed of execution

• Serve as a technology subject matter expert for internal and external stakeholders and provide directionfor all firm mandated controls and compliance initiatives, all projects within the group and in creating atechnology domain roadmap

• Partners with other developers and architects to build large scale solutions
• Evaluates and tests potential architecture solution designs to ensure they meet functional and non-functionalrequirements

• Ensure that all integration of functions fulfill business goals

• Define necessary system enhancements to deploy new products and process enhancements

• Identifyproblem causality, businessimpactand root causes

• Exhibit knowledge of how own specialty area contributes to the business and apply knowledge ofcompetitors,productsand services

• Strong experience in data structures and its impact on design principles as well as proposals

• Advise or mentor junior team members

• Impactthe solution design by influencing decisions through advice, counsel orfacilitatingservices

• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration forthe firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance withapplicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regardingpersonal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issueswith transparency.

Qualifications:

• 6+ years of relevant experience inApplication Development, Solution Design, and Business Architectureroles

• Experience working in Financial Services or a large complex and/or global environment

• Proventrack recordof operational process engineering,changeand improvement

• Project/ ProgramManagement experience

• Strong hands-on experience with Agile delivery, product management, and value stream methodologies

• Consistentlydemonstratesclear and concise written and verbal communication

• Comprehensive knowledge of design metrics, analytics tools, benchmarkingactivitiesand relatedreporting toidentifybest practices

• Proventrack recordin producing high-quality project artifacts.

• Demonstrated analytic&diagnostic skills

• Ability to work in a matrix environment and partner with virtual teams

• Ability to work independently, multi-task, and take ownership of various parts of a project or initiative

• Ability to work under pressure and manage to tight deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations orrequirements

• Experience of using AI tools (such asCoPliot, Devin)and Prompt Engineering

• Experienceindelivering Generative AI solutions(Assistants, Agentic Flows, Document Processing etc.)is a big plus

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degreein Engineering, Finance,or equivalent experience

• Master’s degree preferred

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In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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