Citigroup, Inc

Finance Business Architect, Senior Vice President

Citigroup, Inc • $176K — $265K *
New York, NY 10025In-Person
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in engineering/architecture roles within Finance or related functions, primarily in Financial Services
  • Demonstrated success in delivering enterprise architecture changes and process improvements
  • Experience leading virtual teams in complex, matrixed environments
  • Excellent communication skills for influencing stakeholders at all levels
  • Detail-oriented and methodical with knowledge of enterprise information architecture
  • Understanding of AI/ML, GenAI, and their applications in Finance
  • Awareness of responsible data use when applying AI in regulatory contexts

Responsibilities

  • Define strategic direction for Enterprise Business Architecture and Transformation applications
  • Assess and integrate business and regulatory needs into architecture frameworks
  • Collaborate with teams to formulate current and future-state business architectures
  • Influence data architecture aligning with Finance’s needs and objectives
  • Align technical investments with target architecture across Finance technology partners
  • Develop business architecture principles ensuring accuracy and timeliness in reporting
  • Lead architecture scope identification for upcoming projects

Benefits

  • Medical, dental & vision coverage
  • 401(k) plan
  • Life, accident, and disability insurance
  • Wellness programs
  • Paid time off including vacation, sick leave, and holidays
Full Job Description
Position Overview:

Do you excel at bringing clarity from ambiguity? We are building out a Business Architecture practice to guide transformational IT improvements supporting Citi's global Finance functions. The Business Architect (SVP) will leverage broad domain knowledge, deep experience influencing IT architecture change, and outstanding communication skills to articulate the comprehensive future vision of Citi's Finance functional architecture - and how AI and automation will power it tomorrow.

Responsibilities:
  • Assists in defining strategic direction and setting business architecture standards covering Enterprise Business Architecture & Transformation applications across Citi businesses, products, functions and locations
  • Participates in assessing and incorporating ongoing business and regulatory needs into the Enterprise Business Architecture & Transformation business architecture
  • Lead collaboration with Finance and Shared Services to define current and future-state business architectures anchored to business processes and functions
  • Partner with data architects to influence data architecture - including Finance-wide data vision, governance, and platform direction - in support of the business architecture
  • Align strategic technical investments to the target state architecture across all Finance technology partners, governing and justifying any deviations
  • Develop and evangelize business architecture principles guaranteeing straight-through processing and the timeliness, completeness, and accuracy of financial reporting
  • Champion Citi architecture principles and standards, counselling engineering teams on application in deliverables
  • Provide early-stage architecture input to shape Book of Work scope and sequencing, and play a leading role in the Finance Tech Design Authority
  • Own and govern Permit to Design / Permit to Build processes, and produce architecture strategy papers and executive investment narratives for senior Finance and Technology leadership
  • Identify, evaluate, and prioritize opportunities to embed AI, ML, and GenAI within Finance processes, defining governance and control frameworks
  • Lead capability mapping, maturity assessments, and heat maps informing investment prioritization; maintain oversight of the centralized architecture knowledge repository
  • Champion continuous improvement of the business architecture discipline - driving best practices, tooling, and training
  • Owns reference data to support consistent reporting structure
  • Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency


Finance Domain & Transformation Experience:
  • Deep knowledge of FP&A (budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, close), Treasury (cash, liquidity, FX, intercompany), and Management Reporting (aggregation, allocation, multi-dimensional reporting) processes and their architectural implications
  • Proven experience leading Finance transformation programmes, with the ability to define target architectures and guide delivery teams through complex change including ERP migrations, ledger consolidations, and reporting modernisation
  • Deep familiarity with ERP platforms (e.g., SAP S/4HANA, Oracle Financials), Performance Management tools (e.g., Anaplan, OneStream, SAP BPC, Oracle EPM), and cube technologies (e.g., Essbase, TM1)
  • Credible and influential with senior Finance SMEs, CDO and CIO stakeholders, and delivery leaders on system design, data strategy, and process change


Qualifications:
  • 10+ years in an engineering and/or architecture capacity supporting Finance or related business functions, ideally in Financial Services
  • Proven track record delivering cross-functional business process improvement and enterprise-wide architecture change
  • Experienced leading virtual teams in matrix environments; self-motivated and able to own initiatives end-to-end
  • Outstanding communication skills enabling influence at all levels, from technical developers to the most senior executive leaders
  • Methodical, detail-oriented, with deep familiarity with modern enterprise information architecture practices
  • AI Domain Knowledge: Conceptual understanding of AI/ML, GenAI, and agentic automation and their applicability to Finance use cases including anomaly detection, forecasting, and regulatory reporting
  • AI Personal Productivity: Demonstrated ability to use AI tools effectively, including prompt engineering, iterative refinement, and critical evaluation of AI-generated content
  • Responsible AI Use: Understanding of data confidentiality and responsible use obligations when leveraging AI in a regulated financial services environment


Education:
  • Bachelors/University degree, Master's degree preferred


This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

Job Family Group:
Technology

Job Family:
Enterprise Architecture & Transformation

Time Type:
Full time

Primary Location:
New York New York United States

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:
$176,720.00 - $265,080.00

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.

Most Relevant Skills
Please see the requirements listed above.

Other Relevant Skills
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Finance, Technology Architecture.

Anticipated Posting Close Date:
Sep 10, 2026

About Citigroup, Inc

Citigroup is a financial services holding company that provides financial products and services. The company operates through two segments, Global Consumer Banking (GCB) and Institutional Clients Group (ICG). The GCB segment offers traditional banking services to retail customers through retail banking, commercial banking, Citi-branded cards, and Citi retail services. The ICG segment offers various banking, and financial products and services to corporate, institutional, public sector, and high-net-worth clients. This segment provides wholesale banking products and services, including fixed-income and equity sales and trading, foreign exchange, prime brokerage, derivative services, equity and fixed-income research, corporate lending, investment banking, and advisory services, private banking, cash management, trade finance, and securities services. Citi is committed to sustainability and social responsibility, and the company invests in initiatives that promote economic progress.

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Market Cap
$1.3 billion
Industry
Finance & Insurance
Net Income
$89.6 million
Founded
1812
5 Year Trend
+4.6%
NASDAQ
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