Securities & Derivatives Senior Operations Analyst

By Joining Citi, you will become part of a global organization whose mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress.

Team/Position Overview

Collateral Optimization in Markets operations is a newly formed growing team established to deliver best-in class capabilities in collateral management, inventory management, risk management and collateral efficiency

The team supports global markets business working across products, regions and divisions, with a broad range of stakeholders. The objective of the team is to deliver efficient, controlled and scalable collateral optimization, supporting cost reduction and capacity growth

As a senior analyst role within the Collateral Funding & Projections team residing within the wider Collateral optimization business unit. This is a great opportunity to join a high performing & energized team who directly interact with triparty agents, global clients, exchanges, central securities depositories (CSDs), central counterparties (CCPs) and support our trading desk across 3 key regions (Europe, Asian and the United States). 

What you'll do

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Running daily reports to enable the creation of funding projections to be shared with the Finance desk and Corp Treasury.

• Manage settlement and exposures in triparty transactions across multiple triparty agents

• Regular communication with clients and trading desks, with focus on exception reconciliation.

• Engagement with Corporate Treasury stakeholders monitoring Treasury Controlled Locations

• Documentation and publication of senior management reporting where required

• Work closely with triparty agents and triparty infrastructures

People & Culture Agenda:

• Build and develop relationships with other internal teams and clients

• To oversee junior staff

• Analyse unfunded positions and provide feedback to the business.

• Manage multiple internal and vendor systems to find exceptions and resolve.

• Prioritize daily workload efficiently to meet deadlines

• Champion diversity and inclusion, supporting a work environment that allows  our People to thrive and excel

• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, cultivating a robust service and control environment

Robust Control Environment

• Identify risk and root causes of non-settlement and work with team to input resolutions to achieve settlement and mitigate risk

• Meet control standards and understand regulatory requirements

• Enhance our client experience by identifying process improvements to increase the automation of daily processes.

• Identify risk and root causes of non-settlement and work with team to input resolutions to achieve settlement and mitigate risk

What we’ll need from you

• Excellent Microsoft skills

• Previous collateral management experience desirable

• Effective verbal, written skills and analytical skills, Attention to detail

• Problem solving

• Teamwork

• Proactive and willing to learn

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 Belfast, 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.