Citigroup Hiring for Senior Associate – Data Analytics – Consumer Super Sector – Mumbai COE at Mumbai, India Full Time

About Citi Research

Citi is a respected global leader in Investment Research and Analysis. Citi’s Equity Research business has more than 250 analysts who follow close to 3,500 companies in dozens of industry groups and with securities trading in over 50 countries. These industry groups are part of 7 Fundamental Global Super Sectors (Financials and Fintech, Technology and Communications, Natural Resources and Climate Tech, Industrial Tech and Mobility, Consumer, Healthcare and Real Estate). The business publishes thousands of research reports annually on subjects ranging from promising new biotechnology discoveries to the dynamics of paper pricing in the global marketplace. Citi’s equities business is one of the largest and most established, both regionally and globally.

Citi’s fixed income business and its research division – Global Strategy and Macro Group (GSMG) – are both top-ranked globally. GSMG business is organized into 4 Super Sectors (i.e. Commodities Research, Rates and Structured Products, Spread and FX and Economics). GSMG includes over a 100 regional and global strategists involved in equity strategy, credit strategy, quantitative strategy (bonds and equities), economic and market analysis, macro strategy (including interest rates, forex and commodities) and derivatives strategy. The fixed income business helps clients with their needs in markets including commodities, credit, foreign exchange, rates, and other spread products.

Our clients include the world’s leading institutional investors and high net worth individuals and we provide these clients with value-added, independent, insightful and actionable investment advice.

About Mumbai Center of Excellence (COE), Citi Research

The Mumbai Center of Excellence (COE), Citi Research is a full research office working with Equities Research, Equity Quant Research and Strategy, Economics Research, Commodities Research, and Rates Research. It also handles various critical functions such as Research Distribution, Global Data Services, Modeling and Risk Management.

The Associate / Analyst group in Mumbai COE is organized into sector Pods namely Financials, TMT, Energy / Utilities, Consumer & HealthCare, Industrials, Metals & Mining, Quants and Economics. These Pods are led by Pod Heads; having team management and coverage responsibilities. These sector pods are planned to be synced in with the new Global Super Sector structure outlined above.

Role and Responsibilities

The Associate – Data Analytics will report to COE Super Sector Pod Head – Consumer and will work on multiple data analytics projects in collaboration with Global Super Sector Pod Head, COE Super Sector Pod Head, onshore Analysts, Mumbai Associates as well as Research Operations team such as Innovation Lab.

The role will require working on multiple data intensive projects for different onshore analysts across regions. These short to medium term research projects will cover the entire life cycle of an Analytics project – Developing Business Understanding, Data Mining, Data Cleaning, Data Exploration, Feature Engineering, Predictive Modelling and Data Visualization with the end goal being creation of best in class differentiated research on the street.

The successful candidate must be able to:

• Translate business questions to data-driven analysis.

• Participate in designing targeted solutions to identified business questions

• Load, manipulate and visualize data

• Collect, process and enrich data of different formats from multiple sources using a variety of technologies and platforms

• Analyze the data using various analytics models and tools

• Build models, draw insights, build and present reports, visual presentations which are tailored to different stakeholders.

Education

Bachelors or Masters with emphasis on one or more of the following: data sciences, big data, computer science, computer engineering, statistics, mathematics or equivalent quantitative discipline.

Experience

Minimum one year experience with Big Data solutions and analytical / reporting techniques

Financial industry knowledge; an understanding of, and keen interest in, the Research and/or financial markets industry highly desirable

Total work experience of at least 5 years

Programming Skills

• Strong working knowledge of Excel and Advanced Excel including VBA

• Experience with Advanced data modelling – predictive models and machine learning algorithms, econometrics

• Scripting experience in Java, Python

• Strong working knowledge of SQL, ETL and data visualization/BI tools like Power BI/Tableau

• Exposure to Web scraping, Text analytics & Survey analysis will be advantageous.

• Experience with scripting in statistical program languages such as R, SAS, Matlab, Dp/Scooby advantageous

• Experience in Big Data (Hadoop ecosystem) will be a plus. Ability to gather, validate, and analyze large complex information sets; understand the meaning of the data and how it applies to end users; identify and trouble-shoot / problem solve issues with data or results.

Other Skills

• Strong analytical and project management skills, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret business requirements and provide data to help observe trends and identify anomalies

• Independent, highly motivated self-learner.

• Demonstrated report development skills; ability to design and develop reports based on business requirements and optimal user experience.

• Excellent verbal, comprehension and written communication skills (English) for technical and business audiences. Ability to work well in a team with diverse skills located around the world.

• Detail oriented who takes pride in hard work. Able to work independently with minimum supervision.

• Capable of working in a dynamic, rapidly changing environment while sensitively managing confidential information

• Strong client focus, ownership, urgency and drive

• Strong interpersonal skills for dealing with companies and overseas colleagues.

• Ability to work under time constraints, handling multiple priorities, with minimal supervision, and in a team environment.

• High attention to detail and strong organizational skills.

Job Family Group:

Research

Job Family:

Research Analysis

Time Type:

Full time

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