About the position
The Structurer is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within own field and contributes to directional strategy by considering their application in own job and the business. Recognized technical authority for an area within the business. Requires basic commercial awareness. There are typically multiple people within the business that provide the same level of subject matter expertise. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Significant impact on the area through complex deliverables. Provides advice and counsel related to the technology or operations of the business. Work impacts an entire area, which eventually affects the overall performance and effectiveness of the sub-function/job family. The role will focus on Fixed Income structuring for Financial Institution clients within Rates. Client base includes Banks, Broker-dealers, Insurance and Pension clients and covering issuance solution activities across structured notes, repacks and derivative products. Candidate will demonstrate ability to understand client needs, recognize commercial opportunities and help drive the prioritization and development of new payoffs or trade ideas in close partnership with sales and trading partners.
Responsibilities
- Hold a key role including pricing, developing innovative financial products for investors.
- Particular focus on structured notes issuance activity, understanding market trends and identifying opportunities.
- Modelling Payoffs, and running and assessing Risk and P&L impact.
- Ability to create customized back tests and analysis.
- Participate to the development of new products/payoffs.
- Marketing presentations and participation to client meetings.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Requirements
- 4-10 years structuring 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.
Nice-to-haves
- Master's degree preferred.
Benefits
- Medical, dental & vision coverage.
- 401(k).
- Life, accident, and disability insurance.
- Wellness programs.
- Paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays.
