Finance Technology Business Architect, Vice President

Job ID: 100093418848Posted: 2026-09-29Location: New York, New York, United StatesSalary: $142,320.00 - $213,480.00Category: Technology, Architecture, Enterprise Architecture & Transformation, ProfessionalCompany: CitiCiti, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.As a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and in our clients’ best interests. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Enterprise Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first-class customer experience. We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient services.Our commitment to diversity includes a workforce that represents the clients we serve from all walks of life, backgrounds, and origins. We foster an environment where the best people want to work. We value and demand respect for others, promote individuals based on merit, and ensure opportunities for personal development are widely available to all. Ideal candidates are innovators with well-rounded backgrounds who bring their authentic selves to work and complement our culture of delivering results with pride. If you are a problem solver who seeks passion in your work, come join us. We’ll enable growth and progress together.Position Overview: Are you passionate about translating complex finance and technology challenges into clear, actionable architecture? We are building out a Business Architecture practice to guide transformational IT improvements supporting Citi's global Finance functions. The Technology Business Architect will apply solid functional domain knowledge and architecture experience to help define and evolve Citi's Finance functional architecture, contributing to current-state documentation and future-state design with a growing focus on AI and automation.. Responsibilities:Assists in defining strategic direction and setting business architecture standards covering Enterprise Business Architecture & Transformation applications across Citi businesses, products, functions and locationsParticipates in assessing and incorporating ongoing business and regulatory needs into the Enterprise Business Architecture & Transformation business architectureCollaborate with Finance and Shared Services to document current and future-state business architectures, anchored to business processes and functionsWork alongside data architects to map data dependencies and support alignment of data architecture — including Finance-wide data vision, governance, and platform direction — with business architecture objectivesEngage technical partners to align investments to target state architecture, flagging material deviations as appropriateContribute to business architecture principles supporting straight-through processing and the timeliness, completeness, and accuracy of financial reportingApply and promote Citi architecture principles, providing guidance to engineering teams on practical applicationContribute to the Finance Tech Design Authority and support Permit to Design / Permit to Build governance processesAssist in identifying and evaluating opportunities to embed AI, ML, and GenAI within Finance processes, supporting appropriate governance frameworksContribute to capability mapping, maturity assessments, and the centralized architecture knowledge repositorySupport continuous improvement of the business architecture discipline through adoption of best practices, tooling, and trainingAppropriately 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 transparencyFinance Domain & Transformation Experience:Working knowledge of FP&A (budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, close), Treasury (cash, liquidity, FX, intercompany), and Management Reporting (aggregation, allocation, multi-dimensional reporting) processes and their data dependenciesExperience supporting Finance transformation programs, with an understanding of how ERP migrations, ledger consolidations, and reporting modernization impact architecture and downstream platformsFamiliarity with ERP platforms (e.g., SAP S/4HANA, Oracle Financials), Performance Management tools (e.g., Anaplan, OneStream, SAP BPC, Oracle EPM), and cube technologies (e.g., Essbase, TM1)Appreciation of data quality, reconciliation, and control challenges in large-scale Finance environments, and ability to engage Finance SMEs and technology teams on system and process changeQualifications:6+ years in an engineering and/or architecture capacity supporting Finance or related business functionsTrack record of contributing to cross-functional business process improvement and enterprise architecture changeComfortable in matrix environments; self-motivated, organized, and able to manage multiple workstreamsStrong communication skills enabling effective engagement up to senior management levelMethodical, detail-oriented, with familiarity with modern enterprise information architecture practicesAI Domain Knowledge: Working understanding of AI/ML, GenAI, and agentic automation and their relevance to Finance use casesAI Personal Productivity: Ability to use AI tools effectively, including prompt engineering and critical evaluation of outputsResponsible AI Use: Awareness of data confidentiality and responsible use obligations in a regulated environmentEducation:Bachelors/University degree, Master’s degree preferredThis job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.------------------------------------------------------Job Family Group: Technology------------------------------------------------------Job Family:Enterprise Architecture & Transformation------------------------------------------------------Time Type:Full time------------------------------------------------------Primary Location:New York New York United States------------------------------------------------------Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:$142,320.00 - $213,480.00In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.------------------------------------------------------Most Relevant Skills Please see the requirements listed above.------------------------------------------------------Other Relevant Skills Artificial Intelligence (AI), Finance, Technology Architecture.------------------------------------------------------Anticipated Posting Close Date:Oct 09, 2026------------------------------------------------------Automated Processing and AIWe use automated processing, including artificial intelligence, for our legitimate business interests (or our reasonable and appropriate business purposes) to identify and align the candidate's skills and abilities with a specific job opening. Additionally, if you so choose, or consent, we can match your skills and abilities to other suitable roles at Citi.Importantly, all our hiring processes and decisions, including determining your suitability for a role, are conducted, checked, and decided by individuals. Our automated processing and AI do not involve relying on automatic or autonomous decision-making. 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