Prime Finance Senior Business Analyst, Vice President

Overview of the Role: Are you a highly skilled and motivated Senior Business Analyst looking to make a significant impact in the dynamic world of finance? Join our cutting-edge technology team and play a pivotal role in developing and enhancing our proprietary “Margin Calculations and Reporting” Platform, a critical component of our Prime Finance Services organization. This is an exceptional opportunity to apply your Business Analyst expertise to complex, computing-intensive financial solutions within a collaborative and globally connected environment. This role is at the heart of our Prime Services division, where you will contribute to the evolution of a sophisticated margin calculation engine. This engine leverages a complex model and intricate business logic to provide leverage to clients and reduce risk for Citi, directly impacting our financial operations. As a Senior Business Analyst, you will be instrumental in delivering end-to-end software solutions, ensuring scalability, performance, and robustness for our critical financial systems globally. The cross-functional team supports system with UI, backend and reporting modules extensively used by Prime Finance business globally Responsibilities: As a Senior Business Analyst in our Prime Finance Margin team, you will be the driving force behind critical business initiatives, acting as the crucial link between business [... source excerpt omitted ...] ng gaps and recommending improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy. Analyze and model complex data, creating clear mock-ups and diagrams to visualize solutions and validate requirements with stakeholders. Stakeholder Engagement & Communication Act as the primary liaison between business users and technologists, ensuring information is exchanged in a concise, logical, and understandable way. Communicate critical updates and coordinate dependencies with representatives from upstream and downstream systems to ensure seamless integration. Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on your projects, confidently addressing questions and providing guidance to business, development, [... source excerpt omitted ...] s and presenting the final results for business approval. Provide ongoing support for existing business operations, answering Business As Usual (BAU) inquiries and assisting with production support to ensure smooth day-to-day functionality. Required skills: 6-10 years of business analyst experience Requirements elicitation and documenting (BRD / FRD, JIRA) User acceptance testing SQL knowledge for data analysis and presentation Advanced Excel knowledge (pivot tables, vlookup, mcaros) Understanding of financial markets (equities, derivatives, fixed income) Consistently demonstrate clear and concise written and verbal communication skills Proven interpersonal skills with ab