Franchise Expense Analyst

The role focuses on providing support to Singapore Franchise on all performance management matters, covering Consumer and Institutional Client Group Businesses. This role forms part of franchise FP&A team focused on expense analysis and will require working closely with the business managers to define, analyze and articulate possibilities to support the individual business objectives.

**Job Background/Context**:

- The FP&A function is primarily responsible for providing management information and analysis to senior management which includes performance measurement, strategic presentations, monthly business and country performance reporting, annual budget & forecasting and significant ad hoc analysis

**Key Responsibilities**

**Financial Analysis and Business Management**:

- Be part of a team to assess and drive expense management with businesses in Singapore through leading management information, analytics and metrics and partner businesses in achieving business and financial goals
- Help to compile monthly financial expenses pack for FP&A Seniors and Businesses
- Prepare and analyze monthly expense tracking against target, solicit commentary from businesses and provide insight into areas of over/ under performance
- Prepare and consolidate monthly business and country performance reporting and other reviews/ presentations
- Review and analyze allocations to ensure equitable cost distribution across businesses
- Assist in all forward looking deliverables including annual budget/ CCAR/ IWST/ ICAAP
- Constantly look out for ‘spend smart’ initiatives for the business to identify expense opportunities to improve business performance and enhance productivity
- Improve controls/ simplify processes
- Partner with controllers to ensure completeness and accuracy of P&L and data quality and play key interface role with other functional areas

**Development Value**:

- Develop a detailed understanding of Citi’s cross franchise footprint, its products and processes
- Opportunity to join one of the leading financial Institutions in the world which prides itself on people development and mobility
- The role provides the opportunity to interact with business executive leadership
- Build stronger leadership and managerial skills
- Significant interface with FPA and more broadly with other functions within the Finance division will enhance network
- Be part of and actively participate in the transformation/growth efforts of the businesses
- Close working partnership with businesses and functional heads will strengthen business knowledge and experience
- Breadth of role will provide significant business and personal development opportunities
- Build effective prioritization skills as the job entails dealing with conflicting priorities in a time sensitive environment

**Qualifications**

**Knowledge/Experience**:

- Able to demonstrate relevant prior experience in leading and delivering key responsibilities and initiatives
- Able to demonstrate understanding of the banking business and to display high-level ability to navigate effectively cross products and functions
- Prior experience of working within Finance, preferably FP&A
- Broad experience of working within Finance in a highly matrixed global financial services firm

**Skills**:

- Strong communications skills (written, verbal and interpersonal) at all organizational levels
- Demonstrated strength in detailed financial analysis
- Results/ task-oriented with excellent attention to detail
- Ability to manage and prioritize effectively and resolve conflicting priorities
- Ability to work well as part of a team and autonomously
- Excellent MS Office skills including Excel and PowerPoint
- Self-starter who takes the initiative to create and deliver enhancements
- Integrity, maturity, dependability and a positive professional attitude

**Qualifications**:

- Excellent academic record with a numerical background

**Competencies**:

- Communication/ relationship building
- Attention to detail
- Teamwork
- Prioritization/ initiative/ pro-active attitude
- Valuing diversity; demonstrates an appreciation of a diverse workforce; appreciates differences in style or perspective and uses differences to add value to decisions or actions and organizational success

**Education Level**
** Bachelor’s Degree

**Primary Location**
** APAC-SGP-Singapore-Singapore

**Other Locations**
** Asia Pacific

**Job Category**
** Finance

**Schedule**
** Full-time

**Shift**
** Day Job

**Employee Status**
** Regular

**Travel**
** No

**Salary Grade**: C12
- **Job Family Group**:
Finance
- **Job Family**:
Financial Planning & Analysis
- **Time Type**:
Full time
- Citi is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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