Vice President - Business Execution: Equities Technology - Citi - #2083802

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Job Overview
This is a senior role in Business Execution within the Equities Technology organization, acting as a strategic partner to Technology leadership to drive execution, financial discipline, and organizational effectiveness.
This role combines COO, Chief of Staff, and business management responsibilities, ensuring the organization operates with clarity, efficiency, and strong governance.

Equities Technology at Citi is in a period of significant growth and undertaking a multi-year transformation to build a best-in-class global platform across execution, prime, clearing, and cross-product margining.
We are re-engineering our technology estate to deliver world-leading performance, resiliency, and scalability, while enabling advanced execution capabilities, enhanced global market connectivity, and modernized post-trade, clearing, and margin processes.

Business Execution is central to the success of this transformation. This role ensures delivery is executed with discipline, transparency, and pace, driving alignment across stakeholders, strengthening financial and operational rigor, and enabling leadership to deliver against strategic objectives.
This is a unique opportunity to operate at the core of one of the firm's most critical growth initiatives and directly shape the future of Equities Technology.

Key Responsibilities
Business Performance & Financial Management

• Own end-to-end financial governance across the Technology portfolio
  • Monthly forecasting, budget management, and variance analysis
  • Annual investment planning and prioritization
  • Client and senior stakeholder financial reporting
• Partner with Technology Leads and Business Execution leadership to enable transparent, data-driven decision making
• Identify and drive productivity and cost optimization initiatives aligned to strategic priorities
• Track and manage key operational metrics including financials, headcount, and resource allocation

Strategic Execution & Governance

• Drive execution of business priorities and transformation initiatives
• Establish and maintain a strong operating cadence (governance forums, reviews, performance tracking)
• Lead cross-functional coordination across Technology, Business, and Control functions
• Support leadership decision-making through structured analysis and executive-ready insights

Executive Communications & Stakeholder Management

• Lead development and execution of the executive communications strategy
• Produce high-quality materials for senior stakeholders, including:
  • Executive updates and senior-level content
  • Strategy, performance, and transformation communications
• Act as a trusted advisor to leadership on messaging and narrative
• Ensure consistency, clarity, and impact of communications across stakeholders

Organization & People Strategy

• Partner with leadership to execute people and talent strategy
  • Organizational design and workforce planning
  • Talent development and engagement initiatives
• Lead employee engagement efforts, including Voice of the Employee (VoE) programs
• Support development of a high-performance, inclusive culture
• Identify opportunities to improve organizational effectiveness and ways of working

Experience

• Experience in Business Execution, COO, Chief of Staff, or Business Management roles within Financial Services or Markets Technology
• Proven track record in financial management, governance, and transformation delivery
• Experience supporting senior executives in complex, global organizations

Skills

• Strong financial and analytical capability
• Executive communication and storytelling
• Stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Structured problem solving and delivery focus
• Understanding of risk and control frameworks

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master's degree preferred

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

What we'll provide you
By joining Citi, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

Visit ourGlobal Benefitspage to learn more.

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self, every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay and empowered to thrive.

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