Financial Solutions Analyst

Job Purpose: The RUBY Model Onboarding team partners with Global Process Owners (GPOs) to standardize and design processes, ensuring alignment with standard data and technology platforms. This team serves as a central point of contact for strategic initiatives within Finance and Risk, providing a unified view of technology design, architecture, and prioritization. As a Senior Model Onboarding Specialist, Candidate will play a key role in supporting Citi's forecast processes by operating and managing RUBY (Forecast platform), a critical tool used for Interest Rate Risk, CCAR, and internal financial forecasting. Candidate will be involved in supporting both regulatory-mandated external forecast scenarios and internally focused planning and analytical exercises. This role involves a combination of executing existing forecast processes and collaborating with business and technology partners to identify and develop enhancements, improvements, and new functionality. Key Responsibilities: * Model Onboarding: Onboard new and revised models onto the RUBY platform, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and adherence to established standards. * Financial Analysis: Analyze Citi’s Financial statements like P&L and Balance Sheet for macro-economic or qualitative driver-based trends. Add qualitative inputs to Finance stakeholders number reviews using tools like Python, SQL * Collaboration: Partner with business and technology teams to identify and implement platform enhancements, improvements, and new features. * Data Analysis: Analyze data inputs and outputs, ensuring data integrity, validity, and accuracy. * Problem Solving: Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to model onboarding, data quality, and platform functionality. * Communication: Communicate effectively with stakeholders, providing regular updates on project status and addressing any concerns. * Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks related to model onboarding and platform stability. Qualifications: * 2-3+ years of experience in financial services, with a focus on model development, validation, or implementation. * Strong understanding of financial models, forecasting methodologies, and data structures. * Good knowledge of Banking products, how financial institutions make money and impact of macro-economic conditions on the industry * Experience with SAS, Java, Python, or other modeling languages is a plus. * Proficiency in SQL and data analysis techniques. * Excellent communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills. * Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Finance). Master's degree preferred. Competencies: * Technical Proficiency: Strong understanding of modeling tools, technologies, and data management principles. * Analytical Skills: Ability to analyze complex data sets and identify trends and patterns. * Problem Solving: Ability to identify and resolve technical and business problems. * Communication: Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences. * Collaboration: Ability to work effectively in a team environment. \------------------------------------------------------ ## Job Family Group: Finance \------------------------------------------------------ ## Job Family: Financial Solutions Design & Implementation \------------------------------------------------------ ## Time Type: Full time \------------------------------------------------------ ## Most Relevant Skills Assessment, Change Management, Communication, Credible Challenge, Management Reporting, Problem Solving, Program Management, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Planning. \------------------------------------------------------ ## Other Relevant Skills For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter. \------------------------------------------------------ Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review Accessibility at Citi. View Citi’s EEO Policy Statement and the Know Your Rights poster.