Citigroup, Inc

Operations Core Project Lead Analyst

Citigroup, Inc$100K — $151K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Minimum 10 years of experience in project management roles, specifically within Operations
  • Strong organizational skills and adaptability
  • Proven track record managing project scope and execution under governance
  • Ability to engage with multiple senior-level stakeholders across various domains
  • Experience in evaluating process performance and reengineering for improvement
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • In-depth understanding of Regulatory Reporting and Data procedures

Responsibilities

  • Review Design Authority requests for completeness and ensure clear impact analysis
  • Represent DRO in stakeholder engagements to voice organizational needs
  • Prepare presentations for senior management approval of submissions
  • Generate reports on request status and impact analysis for senior management and Finance
  • Track requests from intake to approval and implementation, coordinating with DRO and cross-functional teams
  • Manage execution against project milestones and budget, including all relevant plans and logs
  • Engage stakeholders across product and functional domains to drive transformative changes

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Life, accident, and disability insurance
  • Wellness programs
  • Paid time off packages including vacation, sick leave, and holidays
Full Job Description
Are you looking for a career move that will put you at the heart of a global financial institution? Then bring your skills in program strategy and delivery to Citi's Data and Regulatory operations Strategic Change Team.

The Operations Optimization & Enablement Team, within SMBIC Data and Regulatory Operations, is responsible for the execution of strategic change initiatives, including:
  • Developing and implementing Gen AI solutioning strategies in partnership with Technology
  • Driving transformative change initiatives across the organization


What you'll do

The DRO Design Authority Team is accountable for management of incoming people, process, and technology changes impacting Data and Regulatory operations. The role holder will:
  • Review Design Authority requests for completeness and work with each team to ensure impact analysis is clear
  • Represent DRO if engaging with stakeholders, ensuring that the organization has a voice at the table
  • Prepare presentations to bring submission forward for senior management approval
  • Generate reporting to seniors and Finance on request status and impact per request
  • Tracking the status of requests from the time of intake through to approval and implementation, working within DRO and cross-functionally
  • May be responsible for the day-to-day management of execution against milestones and budget on one or more projects. Assess creation and ensure sign-off of project plan, charter, stakeholder management plan, acceptance plan, and central project issue log.
  • Engage stakeholders across product and functional domains to drive transformative changes
  • Apply knowledge of Regulatory Reporting and Data concepts and procedures to resolve issues and complete required analysis
  • Appropriately assess and escalate risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citi, 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, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.


What we'll need from you
  • Extensive experience in project management roles, specifically within Operations
  • Highly-organized and adaptable professional
  • Proficient and with a strong track record of managing project scope, direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control ensuring compliance with project management governance
  • Ability to engage with multiple stakeholders across business, operations, technology and compliance, including those at senior levels
  • Ability to rationalize and work through organizational change. Proven track record in terms of evaluating process performance across key metrics and envisioning ways to reengineer the process to create significant improvement across all key variables
  • Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
  • Ability to resolve issues that have impact beyond own area and apply in-depth understanding of concepts and procedures within own area and basic knowledge of other areas
  • Provides in-depth and sophisticated analysis with interpretive thinking to define problems and develop innovative solutions
  • Minimum 10 years experience


Job Family Group:
Operations - Core

Job Family:
Operations Project Management

Time Type:
Full time

Primary Location:
Getzville New York United States

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:
$100,800.00 - $151,200.00

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
For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

Anticipated Posting Close Date:
Jul 09, 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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