Product Management, EMEA Fund Accounting & Administration Transformation Lead (Director)

Shape your career with Citi in Dublin. By joining Citi, you will become part of a global organisation whose mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress.

Citi has had a presence in Ireland since 1965, it was one of the first foreign banks to open an office in the country and is the Citibank Europe Plc Headquarters.  

What you’ll do

• Drive the localization and implementation of global transformation strategies within EMEA, ensuring adherence to the Fund Accounting and Administration Design Principles.
• Act as the primary EMEA champion for Scale (leveraging vendor technology), Operating Model (enabling global consistency), Capabilities (developing proprietary differentiation), Client Experience (consistent reporting and oversight), and Data (single data model, AI integration).
• Identify areas where differentiation truly matters to operations and clients, and lead execution to ensure the value from these differentiated capabilities is realized.
• Provide EMEA-specific insights to influence global strategy and product direction.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the Dublin-based product development team, fostering a high-performance, collaborative, and innovation-driven culture.
• Ensure effective capacity planning, resource allocation, and performance management for the regional team.
• Serve as the senior leader and escalation point for all transformation activities originating or impacting EMEA.
• Oversee the end-to-end delivery of complex transformation programs and projects within EMEA, ensuring timely, budget-compliant, and high-quality outcomes.
• Orchestrate the seamless integration and alignment of product, technology, and operations teams to drive unified transformation efforts.
• Manage interdependencies across various projects and global teams
• Identify, assess, and proactively mitigate risks associated with regional transformation initiatives, ensuring compliance with local regulations.
• Cultivate strong relationships with senior business stakeholders, operations leads, technology partners, and compliance/risk functions across EMEA.
• Represent the global transformation agenda to regional leadership across segments, effectively communicating progress, challenges, and strategic value.
• Act as the primary point of contact for EMEA-specific transformation inquiries and escalations

What we’ll need from you

• Fund Accounting & Administration Expertise – Proven experience across fund accounting, administration, and client servicing models
• Leadership & People Management – Demonstrated ability to lead, develop, and scale high-performing teams across regions
• Proven Transformation Ownership – Track record of leading end-to-end transformation initiatives with measurable outcomes (cost, efficiency, control, scalability, client experience)
• Executive Communication & Influence – Ability to present, challenge, and influence senior leadership, clients, and cross-functional stakeholders
• Technology & Data Fluency – Strong understanding of how to leverage technology, data architecture, and AI to facilitate operating models
• Ownership Mindset & Accountability – Bias toward action with clear ownership of outcomes and delivering results

What we can offer you

An opportunity to lead EMEA transformation within Citi fund accounting and administration driving strategic change across operations, technology, and data to deliver scalable, best-in-class outcomes. This role offers strong senior leadership visibility and a path to broader global opportunities.

By joining Citi Dublin, 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 that support you (and your family) to be well, live well and save well. Discover more here.

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 energised 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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Job Family Group:

Product Management and Development

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Job Family:

Product Management

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Time Type:

Full time

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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

€130,000.00 - €230,000.00

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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Automated Processing and AI

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