Job description
Organization Overview:
Citi Markets Operations is currently at a pivotal point in its evolution and journey to implement a target operating model. We take pride and are passionate about our People and our culture. We are invested in our People and their development. We are transforming and simplifying our operating model, creating an exciting environment which encourages diversity of thought and inclusion.
We are a dynamic, global, and diverse Organisation, with a presence in over 60 Countries; covering all front post execution Operations teams including product aligned Middle Office groups, Settlements, Margin, Asset Servicing, Listed Derivative & Commodities Operations. We support an extensive range of Capital Markets products and services including Fixed Income (FX, Rates, Credit, Muni, Cash and Derivatives) where Citi is consistently a dominant top 3 player in the market, Equity (Cash, Derivatives, Prime Brokerage, Futures, Listed Derivs, FXPB) where Citi has a significant growth program to continue to build out its capabilities and services; and Syndicates where we support both FI and EQ new issues and IPOs.
Our Operations groups are core to the success of the Markets business and have significant impact across the lifecycle of a trade. We partner extensively with a range of internal stakeholders including Front Office Sales and Trading Desks, Compliance, Legal, Finance and HR; alongside having significant interaction with our external client base, playing a key role in the overall client experience. We have a Client relationship group, dedicated to overseeing the Organizational service performance and strategic partnership for our top tier client base, where we play a key role in supporting our global clients to ensure they have a first-class experience when doing business with Citi.
Our Business Intelligence and Process Re-engineering group works alongside our Operations teams delivering automation solutions to solve for operational challenges. We partner with Citi’s innovation labs to drive optimization, and overall play a pivotal role in enabling us to transform to achieve our target operating model.
Our Technology partners develop and implement a wide range of applications that support the Operations, Change, Design and Implementation groups in providing innovative products and solutions. We have re-imagined how to provide technology and service in our domain through the alignment of our team vision, culture, and aggressive retirement plan for legacy applications and adoption of a micro-based containerized cloud environment. We encourage our people to create, explore and be adventurous whilst taking measured risk, adopting safe practices to protect the firm. Data lineage and optimization is core to how we develop our eco system. We are growing our capabilities using artificial intelligence, natural language processing and machine learning.
Our roles entail ensuring we operate in a robust control environment, whilst in a fast-paced workplace. We comply with global regulations and internal policies and adopt a proactive approach to identifying opportunities to reduce risk through the continuous evaluation of our controls; to protect our clients, the firm, and our reputation.
We work closely with our external global peers, partners, and regulators, and play an integral part in leading an agenda at the forefront to optimize and streamline processes and drive strategy across our industry.
Job Purpose:
This is an exciting opportunity to kick start your career at Citi! We are looking for enthusiastic and energetic team players, with a strong work ethic, who will join Markets Operations.
This is an Assistant Vice President (AVP) role within the Markets Operations Organisation. This is a great opportunity to join a high performing, high profile and energized team providing daily support to our Commodities Operations business to deliver on our global process re-engineering agenda.
This role is a combined project manager / business analyst role, responsible for managing and delivering change requests. The role will work within the Risk, Control, Projects and Innovation Team and assist in Projects relating to Commodities Operations. The role will involve working with the stakeholders and Project Managers through all stages of the project lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage, control and report on projects. Providing transparent project governance for senior Middle Office management and other stakeholders.
- Develop an understanding of Commodities Operations strategy and Operating Model, in order to ensure that projects are delivered in line with our operating processes and service offering.
- Ability to analyze requirements and work with the Operations teams to prepare business requirement documents for technology partners to ensure proposed solution meets requirements.
- Providing input to simplify, improve and measure processes by delivering enhancements to the control environment, and the customer journey with input to design techniques and digital automation
- Providing valuable input into strategic platform re-engineering initiatives, reducing manual touch points and aligning tech delivery vs. business goals and wallet share optimization
- Effectively manage project resources to deliver to the project plan.
- Providing input into initiatives to continuously improve straight through processing (STP) rates, including the use of robotics, workflow and other innovative re-engineering techniques
- Communicate effectively within the Commodities Operations program of activity in order to align activities and respond to conflicting timelines.
- Liaise with internal and external technology teams & facilities partners to create an operating environment ready for go live.
- Coordinate, track and validate the effective transfer of knowledge to the Commodities Operations team.
- Ensure a smooth/ seamless transition of business changes over a controlled framework.
- Communicate effectively with internal stakeholders and ensure timely escalation of issues.
Risk Management:
- Daily Collaboration across Global Clients, Trading, and Operations teams to provide solutions and identify/resolve root cause.
- Acting as key point of contact for the team across internal and external stakeholders
- Identifying trends, synergies and weaknesses across products and regions
- Recommending control enhancements as needed
People & Inclusion Agenda:
- Promoting a culture of continuous improvement and cultivating a robust service and control environment
- Championing diversity and inclusion to create a working environment which allows our People to thrive and excel
We will teach you everything you have to know!
You will play a pivotal part in helping to support the lifecycle of a trade. Working closely with Business partners, Client’s, and internal stakeholders to ensure all transactions flow through our front to back Operations teams, with no issues.
You will develop a broad and detailed understanding of the Organization’s landscape, culture, processes, and Technology.
You will have the opportunity to recommend creative suggestions on how to improve processes to minimize losses from failed internal processes, inadequate controls, and emerging risk better serve our Clients.
Skills & Competencies:
- Proven track record in project delivery.
- Strong interpersonal skills particularly in dealing with internal stakeholders and offshore vendors.
- Energetic and ambitious person.
- Excellent organizational and management skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritize aggressive deadlines.
- High level of attention to detail.
- Ability to work as part of a team, managing conflict and openly addressing challenges.
- Work independently when required.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
What we Offer
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.
We’ll provide you with the resources to meet your unique needs, empower you to make healthy decisions, and allow you to choose which benefits suit you and your personal life best.
Visit our Global Benefits page to learn more.
Highlights to our core benefits include:
- Award winning pension
- On-site health services
- Private medical insurance packages to suit your personal circumstances
- Paid parental leave
- Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 Days plus bank holidays; increasing with tenure
Citi Belfast also champions diversity within our workforce, which helps us be well and live well together. We have over 40 different nationalities in our Northern Ireland offices, are a vocal supporter of LGBTQ+ rights, and are proud to have 47% of our leadership team made up of individuals who identify as women.
We encourage and lead inclusivity through our Pride, Disability, Multicultural, Families Matter, and Women affinity networks that are run by and for, Citi Belfast colleagues; providing them with the support they need in their personal and professional journeys and supplying them with the tools to help educate colleagues on all things related to each network to help us work better together.
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Job Family Group:
Operations - Transaction Services-
Job Family:
Securities and Derivatives Processing-
Time Type:
Full time-
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