Technology Product Management Senior Analyst - Assistant Vice President

Overview

Senior analyst role in Citi Finance Technology owning product strategy, business process redesign and AI, integration and automation capabilities for finance, risk and controller functions.

What you'll do

• Define product vision, strategy and roadmap, and develop solution proposals, business cases, solution design and tactics with business and technology stakeholders.
• Lead business process redesign, mapping existing and to-be processes for operational optimization, digital transformation and change management.
• Own the requirement backlog and roadmap, outlining the vision and direction for the product offering over time.
• Understand requirements through partnership with business users, cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Perform analysis and mapping to trace data lineage and develop conceptual and logical data models.
• Collaborate with teams and application owners to unify data concepts across finance applications across Citi.
• Analyze gaps in capabilities, optimization and efficiency opportunities, and user experience, and remediate risk and control gaps.
• Assess risk and impact of business decisions, drive compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, and escalate and report control issues with transparency.
• Provide evaluative judgment in complicated situations, weighing alternatives and balancing conflicting information from multiple sources.
• Develop plans and execute functional strategies requiring coordination and integration across units.
• Help the team prioritize, negotiate and remove obstacles and product development blockers.
• Coordinate UAT testing with technology and business users and conduct data analysis to document business requirements.

What you'll need

• Strong understanding of Finance processes and data flows, including record to report, accounting, reconciliation, regulatory reporting and close process, with ability to interpret financial data.
• Familiarity with financial products and asset classes, and how transactions flow from source product systems to financial reporting.
• Strong working knowledge of AI/ML concepts and their practical applications in business processes across financial services.
• Ability to critically assess where AI adds value versus where traditional rule-based automation or process improvements are more effective.
• Process mapping and problem structuring, breaking down complex workflows into components.
• Proven ability to translate ambiguous business problems into structured AI opportunities, including defining problem statements, required data inputs and expected outcomes.
• Stakeholder and consulting skills to engage senior Finance stakeholders, ask the right questions and challenge current ways of working to identify root causes.
• Experience with automation and AI-led transformation projects.
• Techno-functional profile with hands-on experience building tech products that solve real problems in highly complex and regulated environments.
• Strong background in financial domain and data modelling, accounting, ledger and asset classes.
• 7+ years of experience as a business analyst in financial services, driving BPM, digitization and transformation initiatives in a global set up (preferred).
• Strong background in data management, data governance and transformation initiatives in a global set up (preferred).
• Experience in logical data modeling, data warehouse and data fabric implementation.
• Data-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills for working with datasets, with excellent attention to detail.
• Proven ability to use data to inform and validate decisions.
• MS Excel and SQL knowledge required, with ability to query and analyze data.
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication, and proven interpersonal skills to partner and influence across organizational lines.
• Bachelor's degree/university degree in finance or statistics.

Nice to have

• Data analysis, basic SQL and Python skills.
• Master's degree in Finance or technology.
• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum/SAFe (certification preferred).

Details

• Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India.
• Full-time position.