Mumbai Planning Data Transformation Role

**Overview of Planning Transformation organization**

**Planning Data Transformation and Management**

Planning Data Transformation and Management team focusses on analyzing the Forecasting and Stress testing models to identify the Critical Data element used. Further team also needs to implement the Enterprise level Data management and Governance standards, by creating an inventory of these Critical Data elements, establish Data quality rules/thresholds, Data traceability and Data issue remediation. As part of this team you will be responsible to implement the Data management and governance framework as per Citi Data management policies for existing as well as new FP&A processes. Also you will participate in various projects at FP&A, Finance and Citi level ensuring that the Data framework is adhered to uniformly.

**Responsibilities**:

- Lead the data team to drive Citigroup’s Data management and governance initiative for Finance planning for assigned product and region.
- Ensure compliance with Citi Data Management Policy. Drive acceptance of data standards and policies in each assigned product and region.
- Responsible for comprehensive Data Governance including define procedures and processes for cleaning, mastering, governing, and documenting data for the assigned product in a region.
- Review all data assets to identify Critical Data Elements (CDEs) and socialize these with the wider organization. Implement controls, identify Trusted Sources, provide monitoring & build/review scorecards. Monitor key data management & governance metrics to ensure the accuracy & completeness of the critical data within their domain(s).
- Document data/system lineage and data tracing through all “hops” for each business process and coordinate with Technology to create corresponding Lineage toolset. Manage technical metadata requirements and inputs related to Business CDEs and coordinate Lineage tasks and test activities between Business, Operations and Technology. Manage all Business Glossaries and Meta data.
- Profile the data and define appropriate data quality rules especially for critical attributes to ensure reliable data.
- Accountable to ensure that all data quality issues are addressed reliably and in a timely fashion as per Citi’s processes. Participate in root cause analysis, coordinate with stakeholders, facilitate communication across Business, Operations and Technology and assume responsibility for end to end resolution.
- Drive project reviews to ensure alignment with the Data Strategy. This will include quickly learning details of multiple business processes especially concerning data usage and movement. This also includes the ability to think laterally and flexibly to understand business needs and opportunities as compared to current state and discuss/brainstorm these situations with business and technology partners. Must be able to break down complex problems, question assumptions and be comfortable making high impact decisions with limited information and some degree of uncertainty.
- Provide recommendations & supporting documentation for new or proposed data standards, business rules & policy.
- Collaborate across the organization to ensure consistent and effective execution of data governance and management principles across Finance planning analytical systems and data domains.
- Overall program management of the multiple high visibility global data transformation efforts including strong governance / tracking of program execution partnering with key stakeholders

**Qualification**
- 8-10 years of work experience with significant part of that focused on Data management, transformation and Governance initiatives preferably in Financial Services / Banks, with global exposure.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to facilitate group discussions to collaborate with participants across the end-to-end process and present work progress and results.
- Skilled in creating storyboards for presentation to seniors to build consensus.
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills with attention to detail. Willingness to ask questions and ability to quickly grasp and master new concepts and requirements, related to product and process knowledge.
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of various parts of a project/initiative, and following through until resolution.
- Experience in FP&A or related to business and operational planning and budgeting will be an added advantage.
- Knowledge of Databases and BI tools to handle large amount of data.
- Advanced MS Office skills; Excel, Access, Project, Visio, Power Point, Word.
- Experience on Data governance tools like Collibra, Ab-initio etc. will be a plus.
- Qualified as an MBA in Finance from a top tier institution and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Information Systems, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, Finance or a related quantitative discipline preferred.
- **Job Family Group**:
Finance
- **Job Family**:
Financial Plann