Director, Head of Americas Equities Structured Notes Issuance

Job Description

The Structurer is a strategic professional who closely follows latest trends in own field and adapts them for application within own job and the business. Recognized subject matter expert within one area. Strong commercial awareness is a necessity. An acknowledged authority both within and outside area of expertise. Typically a small number of people within the business that provide the same level of expertise. Excellent communication skills required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Some external communication is typically required. Provides advanced judgment and conducts in-depth quantitative or qualitative analysis to solve problems and develop new, innovative solutions. Required to think beyond existing solutions, assumptions or current knowledge of sophisticated areas. Significant impact on a function and/or the business through making decisions that determine technical approaches and strategies for the area.

Responsibilities:

What you will do will be varied day to day, but the key drivers for the role are:

• Liaising with Sales and Structuring on discussions relating to pricing, issuance capacity, buybacks, and the restructuring of Citi issued structured notes.
• Leading the dialogue with internal partners across Markets and Treasury in relation to best-in-class pricing, reporting, tenor profile, product diversification and maturity concentration frameworks.
• Drive the issuance vehicle strategy from a front office perspective, ensuring consistency with resolution plans and no disruption to issuance activity from upcoming rules and regulations.
• Coordinate with other asset classes within Global Markets Issuance (GMI) to ensure the most profitable transactions are prioritised and executed on.
• Managing the multiple (and often) competing constraints relating to Liquidity Coverage Ration (LCR), Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR), Internal Liquidity Stress Testing (ILST), Global Systemically Important Banks (GSIB) Risk Weighted Averages (RWA), and Stress loss from a front office issuance perspective in partnership with Treasury and second line functions
• Work with Legal, Compliance, Tax and other functions to ensure compliance with all relevant structured notes rules

What we will need from you:

• Extensive Markets and/or Corporate Treasury experience in an issuance/liquidity set up, with a proven track record and extensive knowledge of end-to-end process flows for Markets Trading and/or Treasury.
• A Track record of directing change processes in both process and technology.
• An ability to demonstrate success in managing senior executive communications across internal stakeholders and being able to produce clear and concise written and verbal communication.
• The capacity to influence and inspire confidence in partners within Markets businesses.
• Working to high standards and a strong self-driven work ethic, inspiring respect and trust through competent and confident leadership.
• Treasury and Funding. Experience in transfer pricing/governance of structured notes would be preferred but is not essential.

• Build a culture of responsible finance, good governance and supervision, expense discipline and ethics
• Appropriately assess risk/reward of transactions when making business decisions; and ensure that all team members understand the need to do the same, demonstrating proper consideration for the firm’s reputation.
• Be familiar with and adhere to Citi’s Code of Conduct and the Plan of Supervision for Global Markets and Securities Services; and ensure that all team members understand the need to do the same
• Adhere to all policies and procedures as defined by your role which will be communicated to you
• Obtain and maintain all registrations/licenses which are required for your role, within the appropriate timeframe
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:

• 15+ years front office structuring/platform experience from a financial institution
• Demonstrated quantitative and analytical skills
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work with multiple functional groups in a cohesive manner.

Education:

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

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In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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