**Business Unit Mission**
Costa Rica Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) mission is to become an essential partner to the finance area through End-to-End process ownership and flawless execution by leveraging the best talent to drive value and productivity through innovation and standard practices.
**Job Purpose**
Job Purpose Be part of the FP&A Costa Rica team with a role that gives you the opportunity to provide insights and analytics to senior management with key information needed, to make strategic, operational, and tactical decisions.
If you are a person that has a desire to learn, have intellectual curiosity and good knowledge in accounting, economics, banking and finance, this position will give you a valuable opportunity to be continuously learning about the business, the industry, and its macroeconomic environment.
In addition, you will develop the ability to identify and evaluate key elements of multiple dimensions and perspectives influencing performance.
In time, you will improve your understanding of the interrelatedness of all these aspects to provide a high-end quantitative/qualitative analysis.
Learn and build a career in the banking business while improving your quantitative and analytical skills by tackling challenges in a dynamic environment
**Knowledge/ Work Experience Requirements**
- Degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Industrial Engineer or a related field with at least
5-8 years of experience with more than 2-4 years of Planning and Analysis experience
- Understanding of Banking is preferable but not essential.
Finance products and markets knowledge is a plus.
- Intermediate financial analysis foundation creating forecasts and models
- Keen interest in business and economic environment
- Bilingual: English and Spanish.
- Medium - Advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint skills.
Knime and Tableau knowledge is a plus
**Skill Requirements**
- Project management skills is a plus
- Attention to detail oriented and proactive
- Ability to collaborate within a team and across teams and to work independently as an individual contributor.
- Strong analytical skills and intellectual curiosity
- Ability to challenge status quo, and identify opportunities to reengineer/streamline processes
- Developed communication, diplomacy & presentation skills
- Show initiative/proactivity to solve problems independently and have some latitude to solve complex situations
- Ability to partner with senior stakeholders across businesses and geographies
- Demonstrates adaptability and flexibility to work in an ambiguous environment and embrace changes
- Ability to prioritize and organize work as needed
**Responsibilities**:
- Support operating model with international FP&A teams to smoothly migrate activities into the site
- Develop analytical support working with local FP&A teams and their business partners
- Understand how the work impacts the overall organization and bank strategies to make judgements and recommendations based on analysis
- Applies analytical thinking and knowledge of data analysis tools/ methodologies when interpreting information and results
- Breakdown information in a systematic and communicable manner
- Work on Ad-hoc requests based on the business necessity.
Specific activities include:
- Contribute to the analysis of key management review decks for Regions & Products o Participation in time critical activities for FP&A teams
- Conducting monthly and quarterly analytical insights.
Focus will be addressing ad hoc strategic issues that are complementary to regular Planning and Analysis processes
- Development of materials for review with Business
- Participation in forward looking activities including annual budgeting and monthly estimate process
- Drive standardization of activities including the identification of productivity and efficiency
- Establish partnership with other locations to meet goals and deliverables
- Comply with Risk & Control policies and requirements
- Work generally affects own team as well as other closely related work teams
- Ensure there is a strong culture of high integrity, ethics, and meritocracy
- On occasions provide informal guidance or on the job training to team members
- **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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