Global Spread Products - Product Development - Business Intelligence and Analytical Reporting Too...

**Overview of Citi:** Citi, the world leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and a presence in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. 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. Citi enables clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing them with cutting-edge ideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity. **Job Description** The Product Developer is a seasoned professional role. Applies in-depth disciplinary knowledge, contributing to the development of new techniques and the improvement of processes and work-flow for the area or function. Integrates subject matter and industry expertise within a defined area. Requires in-depth understanding of how areas collectively integrate within the sub-function as well as coordinate and contribute to the objectives of the function and overall business. Evaluates moderately complex and variable issues with substantial potential impact, where development of an approach/taking of an action involves weighing various alternatives and balancing potentially conflicting situations using multiple sources of information. Requires good analytical skills in order to filter, prioritize and validate potentially complex and dynamic material from multiple sources. Strong communication and diplomacy skills are required. Regularly assumes informal/formal leadership role within teams. Involved in coaching and training of new recruits. Significant impact in terms of project size, geography, etc. by influencing decisions through advice, counsel and/or facilitating services to others in area of specialization. Work and performance of all teams in the area are directly affected by the performance of the individual. **Job Purpose:** A successful candidate will be a member of the International Product Development team for Global Spread Products with a focus on Sales, Trading, and Structuring businesses in EMEA & Asia. This role will focus on understanding the business needs across GSP, implementing process, reporting or technology changes as appropriate, leveraging underlying technology systems and data sources, and developing analytic tools/reports/dashboards. This role requires extensive liaison with multiple functions within the business and support functions at all levels, including Compliance, Market Risk, Credit Risk, Finance, Operations, and Technology as well as liaison with other Markets Businesses both in the region and globally. Job Background: Global Spread Products is the primary source of capital for corporations, governments, and non-profits, providing liquidity and innovative solutions globally across the credit, municipal, and securitized markets. Reporting through the COO line, this person will work closely with the front office and technology on multiple fronts to help execute strategic goals. This team sits at the intersection of sales, trading, structuring, capital markets origination and technology and is responsible for implementing process improvements and realizing senior management's vision. Our team oversees a wide array of front office systems including pricing and risk, trade capture, inventory management, origination, securitization, sales dashboards, management reporting, electronic trading and database management. **Responsibilities:** + Identify areas for improvement across the business + Gather business requirements, develop prototypes and solutions, and properly demo solutions to end-users + Create short-term, immediate tools & reporting while coordinating with technology and various stakeholders + Respond to ad-hoc data requests and reporting, and develop an in-depth knowledge of GSP's Data sets + Maintain and prioritize detailed project plans + Collaborate with technology counterparts to define requirements and ensure proper governance over applications development, testing and releases + Partner with internal organizations such as Trading, Sales, MQA, finance, risk, middle office and compliance to improve cross functional workflows, feeds and reporting + Maintain data governance and other global initiatives within GSP product development teams **Qualifications:** **Knowledge/Experience:** + Experience in relational databases & SQL and working with data models + Knowledge of Python, Java, C++, or R + Basic knowledge of object orientated programing languages + Knowledge of KDB, Hive, Clojure or dependency languages are a plus + Knowledge of Qlikview development or other BI tools are a plus + Basic knowledge of Fixed Income products + Basic knowledge of financial mathematics, statistics, and reasoning **Skills:** + Ability to quickly grasp the complex and varied business workflows + Ability to work in a dynamic environment under t