Data Quality Analyst, Vice President at Citibank · Belfast

Citi is looking for a Data Quality Analyst to play a central role in maintaining the integrity of supervisory and transaction monitoring controls across global markets. In this position, you will oversee the full data quality lifecycle — from identifying critical data elements and building monitoring rules, to investigating exceptions and reporting control effectiveness — ensuring that data-driven decisions are built on a reliable and governed foundation. This is a high-impact role that sits at the intersection of data governance, risk controls, and cross-functional collaboration, giving you direct visibility into how data quality underpins Citi's control environment.

Responsibilities

• Identify critical data elements across supervisory and transaction monitoring controls by conducting structured SQL reviews, ensuring data quality rules are accurately defined and fit for purpose.
• Monitor data quality exceptions on an ongoing basis, performing root cause analysis to determine the underlying cause of threshold breaches and coordinating with technology teams to drive timely remediation.
• Manage and prioritise data-related risks, dependencies, and issues, escalating where necessary to ensure timely resolution and control effectiveness.
• Conduct ad-hoc data analysis to interrogate, reconcile, and validate datasets, providing quality-assured outputs before they are shared with stakeholders.
• Consult with business users to assess integration requirements and identify opportunities for system enhancements and process automation that improve data management outcomes.
• Develop and implement mitigation strategies to address identified data gaps and deficiencies, reducing control risk in a structured and timely manner.
• Contribute to the development of KPIs and metrics that enable stakeholders to assess control performance and data quality trends over time.
• Ensure all data management activities align with Citi's risk frameworks, policies, and risk appetite, supporting accurate and timely reporting within the Managers Control Assessment.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Proficiency in SQL, with the ability to interrogate complex datasets and conduct structured data reviews to support control identification and exception analysis.
• Experience in data quality management, including the definition of data rules, threshold monitoring, and exception investigation within a regulated or financial services environment.
• Ability to perform root cause analysis on data issues, translating findings into clear remediation actions in collaboration with technology and business teams.
• Understanding of risk and control frameworks, with the ability to ensure data activities are consistently aligned to governance standards and policy requirements.
• Strong analytical capability, with experience running ad-hoc analysis and reconciling data across multiple sources to surface actionable insights.
• Clear and confident communication skills, with the ability to present data quality findings and control metrics to a range of internal stakeholders.

Beneficial Skills & Qualifications

• Familiarity with supervisory or transaction monitoring controls within a financial markets or banking context.
• Experience working with issue-tracking and workflow management tools to coordinate data remediation activity across technical and business teams.
• Exposure to database architecture and infrastructure concepts, including an understanding of how data systems interconnect to support business processes.
• Experience producing KPIs or management information reports to support governance and control oversight activities.

What We Offer

Joining Citi means becoming part of a global organisation where your work has real impact on the controls and data foundations that support markets activity worldwide. We offer a collaborative, performance-driven environment where your analytical capabilities are valued, your development is actively supported, and your contributions are visible at a meaningful scale.

• A hybrid working model with 3 days in the office and 2 days working remotely, giving you flexibility while maintaining strong team connection.
• Exposure to complex, high-impact data and control challenges across global markets, building deep expertise in data governance and risk management.
• Access to structured learning and development resources to help you grow your technical skills and advance your career within a global financial institution.
• The opportunity to work across business, technology, and risk functions, broadening your professional network and cross-functional knowledge.
• Wellbeing and financial benefits designed to support your health, balance, and long-term security.
• A clearly defined role within a globally recognised organisation, with the scale and stability to develop a long-term career in data and controls.

Apply now to bring your data quality expertise to a role where your work directly strengthens the controls that Citi's markets business depends on.

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Job Family Group:

Risk Management

Job Family:

In-Business Risk

Time Type:

Full time

Most Relevant Skills

Analytical Thinking, Controls Lifecycle, Credible Challenge, Governance, Policy, Procedure, and Regulation, Risk Management Lifecycle.

Other Relevant Skills

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