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Citi Belfast is one of the largest employers in Northern Ireland with a diverse and talented team of over 4000 people from over 68 different nationalities across our four Belfast offices. We are the only global investment bank operating in Northern Ireland. Every day, our local experts interact with global teams in over 100 countries developing and supporting next-generation technology solutions for the enterprise and delivering critical services to the bank and its customers, to make sure we are a stronger and safer organization for our clients. You will have a truly global reach, which will provide you with new experiences and development opportunities right here in Belfast’s iconic Titanic Quarter. Custody services is a business of safekeeping Securities holdings on behalf of customers and facilitating clearing and settlement with CSD’s and Exchanges. Custody services are also extended to provide Asset Servicing such as CA processing and Notification and Reclamation of Tax. In each market, there are usually a number of local custodian banks that provide Custody Services, thus giving customers a choice of Services and Prices. When banks provide Custody Services in multiple markets through only one service agreement with Customers, they are called “Global Custodian” banks. The overall Custody function is also referred to as Post-Trade settlement service. Citi is a licensed Custodian bank that provides these services to Institutional Clients.
Job Responsibility:
Demonstrates an in-depth understanding of how apps support integrates within the overall technology function to achieve objectives
requires a good understanding of the industry
Vendor relationship management including oversight for all offshore managed service
Improve the service level the team provides to our end users, which includes maximizing operational efficiencies, strengthening incident management, problem management and knowledge sharing practices
Guide development teams on application stability and supportability improvements
Formulate and implement a framework for managing capacity, throughput and latency
Define and implemented application on-boarding guidelines and standards
Work with various team members on coaching them on how to maximize their potential, work better in a highly integrated team environment and focus on bringing out their strengths
Drives continued cost reductions and efficiencies across the portfolios supported by means of Root Cause Analysis reviews, Knowledge management, Performance tuning, and user training
Evaluates subordinates' performance and makes decisions on pay increases, hiring, terminations and other personnel actions
Participates in business review meetings, relating technology tools strategies to business requirements
Assures adherence to all support process and tool standards and work with Management to create new and/or enhance processes to ensure consistency and quality in “best practices” across the overall support program
Influences and negotiates with senior leaders (across functions)
may communicate with external parties
Management responsibility for a team or multiple teams, including management of people, budget and planning, performance evaluation, compensation, hiring, disciplinary actions and terminations and budget approval
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
Requirements:
Relevant experience in a similar role
Knowledge of Custody Business is a plus
Senior to advanced level experience in an Apps Support role with commensurate experience in people management
Experience of senior stakeholder management
Project management with demonstrable results in improving IT services
Capacity Planning/Forecasting exposure a plus
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
Technical Skills: SQL Server – SQL, Stored Procedures
Oracle or other RDBMS
Knowledge of MQ Series, NDM / IBM Connect::Direct, Kafka