Rates Structurer, VP

Citi is looking to hire a 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 :

• Pricing and developing innovative asset side financial products for European clients
• Participate to the pre-trade & post-sales effort, closely working with dedicated institutional and retail sales
• Payoff Risk and P&L impact pre-trade and post-trade scenario analysis
• Customized back tests and client portfolio analysis
• Participate to the development of new products/payoffs
• Marketing presentations and participation to client meetings
• 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.
• Work in close partnership with control functions such as Legal, Compliance, Market and Credit Risk, Audit, Finance in order to ensure appropriate governance and control infrastructure

• 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.
• 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

What we’ll need from you

• To be considered for this role, you will need to have existing structuring experience. This is not an entry level position.
• Demonstrated quantitative and analytical skills
• Ability to work with multiple functional groups in a cohesive manner.
• 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
• 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.

What we can offer 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 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.

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.

Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.  

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Job Family Group:

Institutional Trading

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Job Family:

Structuring

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Time Type:

Full time

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