Rates Structurer, Director (London/Paris)
Citi is looking to hire an experienced structurer to work as part of its highly successful Rates Structuring business focused on European Clients.
By joining this desk, you will be a key member of a leading structuring franchise in Rates and Credit in Europe. The focus of your role will be structuring Rates products for Citi's extensive client franchise as well as refining and implementing the sales and marketing strategy to further develop Citi's client footprint through a clear marketing plan with defined priorities, market penetration and revenue goals.
What you will do will be varied day to day, but the key drivers for the role are:
Generate asset side ideas for executions with European clients with a focus on coming up with innovative structures that Citi has not traded before.
Creating client pitches and attending calls with clients to explain product ideas.
Work closely to understand client needs with the aim of increasing client satisfaction and Citi revenue.
Work with internal Trading and Strategy teams to understand market trends and trading ideas, as well as working with Sales for training and educating on product trends.
Advise team in strategic positioning and closing transactions with various internal stakeholders (trading, legal, credit and risk etc.).
Lead strong governance and controls through close partnerships with control functions such as Legal, Compliance, Market and Credit Risk, Audit, Finance to ensure appropriate governance and control infrastructure.
Obtain and maintain all registrations/licenses which are required for your role, within the appropriate timeframe.
What we will need from you:
To be considered for this role, you will need to have existing Rates or credit structuring experience. This is not an entry level position.
You will need to be bi-lingual in both English and French. Preference for someone who can also speak Spanish and/or Italian
A history of building and maintaining client relationships with the correct client base
Strong knowledge around the Rates products, including the latest product developments and how these can benefit client portfolios.
An understanding of how to assess the risk/reward of transactions when making business decisions, demonstrating proper consideration for the firm's reputation, its clients, and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience
What we will provide you:
By joining Citi, 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 Pension Plan.
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.
If you are actively working with clients, have a passion for relationships and want to be part of a successful global franchise – then apply today.
This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.
Candidates applying for this role must be aware that it is a Certified Role, subject to the FCA and PRA Certification Regime.
The Certification Regime is one element of the Individual Accountability Regime which came into effect on 7 March 2016.
Under the Certification Regime, Citi UK regulated entities (Citi entities) must ensure that employees working in certain roles categorised as specified significant harm functions (Certified Roles) are assessed as fit and proper to carry out their role.
Under the guidance provided by the FCA and PRA, firms should have regard to the following when assessing fitness and propriety:
• Honesty, integrity and reputation
• Financial soundness
• Competence and capability
In order to comply with the requirements of the Certification Regime, Citi entities must take reasonable care to ensure that an employee does not perform a Certified Role without first being certified as Fit and Proper. For this reason, you will be assessed for this role against the Fit and Proper requirements, as described above.
This assessment will be carried out through extensive interviews, self-disclosures, permitted criminal record checks, regulated reference checks, credit checks and other background screening checks
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