Operations Core Project Lead Analyst

Job Description
The Operations Core Project Lead Analyst accomplishes results through the management of professional team(s) and department(s). Integrates subject matter and industry expertise within a defined area. Contributes to standards around which others will operate. Requires in-depth understanding of how areas collectively integrate within the sub-function as well as coordinate and contribute to the objectives of the entire function. Requires basic commercial awareness. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Has responsibility for volume, quality, timeliness and delivery of end results of an area. May have responsibility for planning, budgeting and policy formulation within area of expertise. Involved in short-term planning resource planning. Full management responsibility of a team, which may include management of people, budget and planning, to include duties such as performance review, hiring and may include budget planning.
Responsibilities:
+ The Operations Core Project Lead Analyst is a mid-management level position responsible for accomplishing results through individual performance, management of a team or department in an effort to provideoperations support services in coordination with the Operations - Core team
+ Manages one or more apps support teams. Identify opportunities to improve business process flows and productivity
+ The overall objective of this role is to ensure the seamless delivery of operations support services in alignment with Citi operations support infrastructure and processes
+ Cultivated strong relationships with key stakeholders, including customers, vendors, regulators, and community leaders to promote collaboration and long-term success.
+ Cross-functional teams for the successful completion of major projects, resulting in increased efficiency and client satisfaction. Demonstrated proficient leadership skills to motivate employees andbuild competent teams.
+ Collaborated with senior management to develop strategic initiatives and long term goals.
+ Provides technical oversight across systems and applications; leverage skills across multiple apps support areas.
+ Provide a holistic view of the production environment for both technology and business management, working closely as a trusted partner for senior business heads.
+ Provide guidance on feedback reviews with development managers, ensuring outstanding issues are tracked to closure, particularly long-term strategic fixes.
+ Performs controlled resolution of incidents and problems including prioritization and escalation to relevant groups when appropriate, root cause analysis of all problems with follow-through to resolution.
+ Consults with the primary clients of the application in conjunction with development managers in order to understand the strategic objectives of users.
+ Requires awareness of audit and compliance related issues.
+ Contributes to formulation of strategies for apps support and other functional areas.
+ Champion stability initiatives to enable application high availability for Business-As-Usual which includes better monitoring, failover and resiliency
+ Ability to handle incidents, problems and change at a global enterprise level. Calm and analytical when faced with major incidents on critical systems.
+ Responsible for delivery of end results and shares responsibility for budget management which directly impacts the apps support area; accountable for resource planning.
+ Manages customer satisfaction requirements of operational procedures to achieve a suitable outcome for all stakeholders
+ Exhibits sound and comprehensive communication and diplomacy skills to exchange complex information with inherent confidence with operations and technology partners on a regional or global basis.
+ Focus on people development, evaluating subordinates' performance and making decisions on pay increases, hiring, terminations and other personnel actions and deputize for the regional support manager.
+ Performs other duties and functions as assigned
+ 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, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.
+ Responsible for the day to day management of executing to milestones and budget on one or more projects.
+ Assess creation of project plan, charter, stakeholder management plan, acceptance plan, and central project issue log.
+ Work with Project Sponsor to ensure business case/cost benefit analysis is in line with business objectives and confirm project plans meet business needs as described in the project initiation documents.
+ Ensure all stakeholders are identified and included in scope definition activities and understand project schedule and key milestones..
+ Escalate project risks to the Project Director, or Project Sponsor, when appropriate.
+ Ensure vendor performance is monitored and actions taken if performance warrants.
+ Provides sophisticated analysis with interpretive thinking to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
+ Directly affects the business by influencing strategic functional decisions through advice, counsel or provided services.
+ Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision.
+ Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy.
+ Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and /or other team members.
+ 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.
Qualifications:
+ 10-14 years' experience in an P2P Application development / support role would be an added advantage
+ Prior and relevant experience in Oracle EBS 12X
+ Experience in handling Oracle P2P functional support for a large enterprise
+ Expertise in Oracle EBS 12X AP, GL, FA, PR/PO is desirable.
+ Exposure to Taxation and all Tax related set ups in Oracle EBS is preferred
+ Exposure to tools like Solix for Records management in P2P (Oracle EBS)
+ Experience with people management
+ Highly assertive communications skills, commanding personality. Ability to engage a large audience and lead the discussion with clear, articulate, and highly assertive communication. Must show confidence in all communications
+ Experience with application support would be an added advantage
+ Effectively share information with other support team members and with other technology teams
+ Ability to plan and organize workload
+ Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills
+ Ability to communicate appropriately to relevant stakeholder
+ Exposure to P2P apps like SAP Ariba, GEP and Coupa is an added advantage
+ Fully knowledgeable on the day-to-day activities of a product or process; Basic understanding of the firm's different businesses and the related economics ; Individual is expected to be subject area expert in one (or more) specific skill sets
+ Possesses a comprehensive understanding of how own area and others collectively integrate to contribute towards achieving business objectives
Education:
+ Bachelor's/University degree, Master's degree preferred
+ MBA Finance
+ CA is also preferred.
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**Job Family Group:**
Operations - Core
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**Job Family:**
Operations Project Management
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**Time Type:**
Full time
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