Citi is deploying a fully remote FP&A Manager to untangle complex capital allocation models and defend financial forecasts for its core operations. This is a high-visibility, high-stakes governance role tethered to the Tampa hub. You are not just balancing budgets; you are building the predictive financial architecture that the C-suite and Board of Directors rely on to navigate volatile markets, mitigate institutional risk, and deploy capital effectively.
Corporate Governance & Variance Ownership
Operating inside a Tier-1 institutional banking environment means your spreadsheets carry regulatory weight. A fractional error in your predictive modeling doesn’t just skew an internal meeting; it impacts external reporting and executive decision-making. Your objective is to bridge the critical gap between raw, fragmented accounting data and actionable corporate strategy. You must possess the analytical rigor to interrogate business unit leaders on OPEX deviations and the financial acumen to prove exactly where every dollar is bleeding or compounding.
Financial Architecture & Execution
- Defensive Forecasting: Build, audit, and rigorously stress-test 3-statement financial models, ensuring liquidity and revenue projections can withstand intense scrutiny from internal audit and the executive board.
- Variance Interrogation: Execute ruthless month-end variance analyses. You will not just report the numbers; you will confront department heads with root-cause financial realities and enforce mitigation strategies.
- Legacy Data Remediation: Navigate deeply entrenched, fragmented enterprise systems (Oracle, Hyperion) to extract reliable data, migrating archaic Excel workflows into resilient Tableau or Power BI environments.
- Strategic Capital Advisory: Model complex ROI scenarios for major capital expenditures, directly advising VP-level stakeholders on where to cut costs and where to double down on growth.
Technical Rigor & Prerequisites
- Institutional FP&A Pedigree: 6 to 8 years in high-stakes corporate finance or investment banking. You must have at least 2 years of experience actively defending your models as a manager.
- Elite Financial Modeling: Your Excel skills must be structural and flawless. If you rely on a mouse rather than keyboard shortcuts to build nested arrays and macros from scratch, you will not survive the workload.
- EPM Ecosystem Literacy: Proven, battle-tested experience extracting truth from complex enterprise databases like Hyperion Essbase and SAP.
- Executive Presence: The ability to distill a 50-tab financial model into a 3-slide executive summary that a busy Board member can understand in 60 seconds.
Geographic Arbitrage & Compensation
This role offers a masterclass in geographical financial leverage. Because the position is 100% remote, the Tampa-pegged salary translates to immense purchasing power if you reside in a low-cost-of-living or income-tax-free state.
- Base Compensation: $115,000 – $140,000 USD / Year, supplemented by a performance-driven annual bonus structure.
- Resume Leverage: Controlling capital allocation models for Citi is an undeniable credibility stamp that paves the way directly to a VP of Finance or CFO chair.
- Corporate Benefits: Top-tier banking benefits including comprehensive healthcare, elite 401(k) matching, and tuition reimbursement for CFA charters or executive MBAs.
Remote Logistics & Operational Cadence
- The Distributed Directive
- Location: 100% Remote (US Based). While you have the freedom to operate from anywhere within the United States, the financial markets dictate your schedule. You must operate strictly on Eastern Standard Time (EST) to sync with Wall Street market closes and Tampa leadership operations.
- Relocation
- Not applicable. Keep your current zip code, avoid the relocation hassle, and plug directly into the global banking apparatus from your home office.
Green Flags
- Advantage: Geographic Arbitrage: Securing a $115,000–$140,000 base salary plus bonus on a 100% remote contract allows you to maximize your purchasing power by operating from a low-cost-of-living or income-tax-free state, far from expensive banking hubs.
- Advantage: Tier-1 Resume Equity: Managing predictive financial architecture and presenting to the executive board at a banking titan like Citi acts as an elite credential, positioning you directly for future VP of Finance or CFO roles.
Red Flags
- Warning Sign: Absolute Regulatory Scrutiny: Your models dictate external reporting and capital deployment for a global bank. You will operate under an intense microscope, constantly defending variance analyses against relentless pushback from department heads and internal auditors.
- Warning Sign: Legacy System Friction: Before you can build high-level models, you must endure the administrative pain of extracting fragmented data from deeply entrenched legacy systems like Oracle and Hyperion. The technical debt is high.
