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Job Overview
The Testing Tech Lead Analyst is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within own field and contributes to directional strategy by considering their application in own job and the business. Recognized technical authority for an area within the business. Requires basic commercial awareness. There are typically multiple people within the business that provide the same level of subject matter expertise. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Significant impact on the area through complex deliverables. Provides advice and counsel related to the technology or operations of the business. Work impacts an entire area, which eventually affects the overall performance and effectiveness of the sub-function/job family.

Responsibilities:

• Testing Strategy & Execution: Design, plan, and execute comprehensive application and system testing strategies, scripts, and deliverables across IT projects to support production rollouts.
• Requirements Gathering: Collaborate with business users and development teams to translate detailed specifications into clear testing requirements.
• End-to-End Methodologies: Partner with cross-functional teams to build integrated methodologies for testing complete, end-to-end transactional workflows.
• Analysis & Reporting: Analyze test outcomes, communicate results to project teams, and recommend effective courses of action.
• Effort & Dependency Estimation: Provide accurate estimations for task durations, work effort, confidence levels, and technical dependencies.
• Project & Quality Monitoring: Track project progress and quality metrics, proactively managing risks, issues, and corrective actions to meet deadlines.
• Best-Practice Leadership: Drive best-in-class testing standards, tooling, and technology adoption across IT testing initiatives.
• Mentorship & Problem Solving: Mentor junior team members and resolve complex technical and testing issues through analytical judgment.
• Domain Expertise & Flexibility: Apply broad IT testing and industry knowledge to execute core functions and other assigned duties.
• Governance, Risk & Compliance: Safeguard the firm's reputation and assets by adhering to regulatory standards, ethical policies, and transparent risk/control escalation.

Qualifications:

• 6-10 years experience in Quality Engineering with an emphasis on automation (Cucumber / Gherkin)
• Must know Equities Cash Electronic Trading workflows
• Must know FIX Protocol, preferred native exchange protocol experience
• Proven experience with AI Prompt Engineering for all aspects of the testing life cycle is a must
• Basic understanding of Java code is a nice to have
• Ability to effectively use complex analytical, interpretive and problem solving techniques
• Requires communication and diplomacy skills to guide, influence and convince others.
• Ability to organize/manage multiple priorities and projects coupled with the flexibility to adapt to changes in a fast-paced environment

Education:

• Bachelor's/University degree, Master's degree preferred

What we can offer you
We work hard to have a positive financial and social impact on the communities we serve. In turn, we put our employees first and provide the best-in-class benefits they need to be well, live well and save well.

By joining Citi London, 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:

• Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays; increasing with tenure
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private medical insurance packages to suit your personal circumstances
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

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.

Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.

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