Banking - Financial Strategy Group, Summer Analyst, New York City - US, 2027

Citi•New York, NY

About The Position

You're the brains behind our work. You're ready to bring your knowledge from the classroom to the boardroom and Citi wants to help you get there. Whether it's honing your skills or building your network, we know that success can't come without growth. Our program equips you with the knowledge and training you need to play a valuable role on our team and establish a long-term career here. Citi's Banking group is looking for Summer Analysts to join the Investment Banking Financial Strategy Group (FSG) in New York for the Summer of 2027. The Financial Strategy Group is a multidisciplinary Investment Banking product group that integrates quantitative analysis into traditional corporate finance and credit advisory. We provide you with knowledge and skills you need to succeed. We are the Financial Strategy Group (FSG), a corporate finance advisory team in Citi’s investment banking division. We deliver rigorous, data-driven, and actionable strategic corporate finance advice to Citi’s corporate, financial institution, and public sector clients globally, drawing on our expertise across sectors, markets, and products. Our unique blend of quant and banking skills helps Citi to elevate its trusted advisor status, deepening the firm’s relationship with many of its largest and most sophisticated clients. Who we are: We are a multidisciplinary team of bankers in New York, London, and Hong Kong. Our professional backgrounds range from investment banker to management consultant to rating agency analyst to finance professor. Our analysts come from top universities with degrees in a wide variety of fields including economics, engineering, finance, mathematics, and statistics. Our diverse backgrounds enable us to provide bespoke solutions to our clients’ most challenging questions. What we do: We help boards, CEOs, CFOs, and treasurers make better decisions on capital structure, credit ratings, shareholder distributions, risk management, capital allocation, funding strategy, and liquidity. We help them better understand what factors influence their stock price, and what they can do to improve it. We work on mergers, acquisitions, spinoffs, initial public offerings, and a wide variety of capital market transactions. We also craft thematic content on macroeconomic events affecting our clients, translating diverse data into C-Suite level insights. How we work: Our advice builds on a suite of proprietary analytical tools that we develop in-house and continuously expand and improve. Our work combines investment banking, quantitative modeling, and data science, integrating traditional financial analysis with Monte Carlo simulations, derivative pricing models, regression analysis, and event studies. We work directly with clients and partner closely with colleagues all across Citi. Your time here will look something like this: As an analyst on our team, you will work on live client engagements for which you will run our models independently, develop recommendations, and prepare client materials. You will work on teams with both junior and senior bankers, encounter companies in multiple sectors, and see a wide variety of our clients’ most critical financial and strategic challenges. You will also work on the creation of new analytical content for our advisory work. Throughout, you will have a ringside view of a world- class global investment bank coming together to serve its clients.

Requirements

You are graduating between December 2027 and June 2028 with a bachelor’s degree in economics, engineering, computer science, finance, mathematics, statistics, or another quantitative field with a GPA of 3.5 or above.
You have an outstanding record of academic achievement and a genuine interest in the world of finance.
You are hard-working, organized, proactive, and methodical.
You communicate clearly in speech, writing, and presentations.
You have experience working with data and you enjoy finding creative solutions to difficult, unstructured problems.
You have a firm grasp of accounting, computer science, economics, finance, or statistics.

Responsibilities

As an analyst on our team, you will work on live client engagements for which you will run our models independently, develop recommendations, and prepare client materials.
You will work on teams with both junior and senior bankers, encounter companies in multiple sectors, and see a wide variety of our clients’ most critical financial and strategic challenges.
You will also work on the creation of new analytical content for our advisory work.

Benefits

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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