What are the responsibilities and job description for the Architecture Governance Analyst position at Citi?
The Engineering & Architecture Governance Analyst isn responsible for leading a variety of architecture and engineering activities including establishing process, governance, and controls concerning the design and development of software in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to lead efforts to ensure quality standards are being met within existing and planned framework.
Responsibilities:
- Serves as a technology subject matter expert for internal and external stakeholders and provide direction for all firm mandated controls & compliance, architecture governance initiatives;
- Develops key control requirements to feed into automation and other processes;
- Oversees the agenda and manages architecture review boards;
- Monitors and tracks progress of working groups that make key architecture decisions;
- Maintains and manages the core process for architecture governance;
- Impacts the engineering & architecture function by influencing decisions through advice, counsel or facilitating services;
- Conducts and facilitates key forums and working groups to drive governance initiatives;
- Established dashboards and mechanisms to track decisions and demonstrate adherence and progress;
- Appropriately assesses 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;
- Engages with management at all levels in discussions regarding architecture, engineering, and control as subject matter experts in critical compliance areas affecting the organization;
- Gathers, compiles and analyzes data in order to extract information pertaining to critical control analysis at the country, regional, global or risk level as needed;
- Enforces the current key processes with intra/inter organizations and performing oversight of management and critical controls within the organization;
- Establishes key performance indicator levels and Key Risk Indicators through active engagement and monitoring of critical processes and functions;
- Identifies opportunities for improvement in key processes, driving strategic initiatives and implementing enhancements, managing technical projects including analysis and project tracking;
- Partners with teams to ensure seamless implementation of enhancements, or remediation efforts or handover of new functions;
Qualifications:
- 6-10 years of relevant experience in an Architect or Engineering role, with some experience in governance and controls;
- Experience working in Financial Services or a large complex and/or global environment;
- Proven ability to develop efficient and effective processes;
- Experience with IT governance processes and controls;
- Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication;
- Comprehensive knowledge of design metrics, analytics tools, benchmarking activities and related reporting to identify best practices;
- Demonstrated analytic/diagnostic skills;
- Familiarity with enterprise architecture principles and software engineering concepts;
- Ability to facilitate and drive cross functional forums and working groups towards common goals;
- Ability to monitor effectiveness of processes and report to all levels of management;
- Experience maintaining regular governance forums, which are auditable;
- Ability to work in a matrix environment and partner with virtual teams;
- Ability to work independently, multi-task, and take ownership of various parts of a project or initiative;
- Proven track record of operational process change and improvement;
- Familiarity with tools like Atlassian JIRA and JIRA Align desired;
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
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Job Family Group:
Technology-
Job Family:
Business Analysis / Client Services-
Time Type:
Full time-
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