Equity Derivatives – Corporate Action Adjustments & Data Integrity (Assistant Vice President) NEW

Citigroup Inc.
Role Overview

This is an Assistant Vice President (AVP) role within the Markets Operations Organisation. The role sits within a newly created team in the Equity Derivative Middle Office with a primary function of adjusting live positions affected by Corporate Actions in the Front Office Risk System for all EMEA Equity Trading Desks.

You will play a pivotal part in helping to support the lifecycle of a trade at key junctures. Working to ensure all positions are correctly captured in risk systems and flow through our front to back Operations teams, with no issues.

This is a great opportunity to join a high performing, high profile and energized team providing key support on a daily basis, and working directly with our Global Traders and Clients. You will build a strong network with the Front and Middle Office functions and will also gain experience dealing with all types of traded securities from vanilla options to more complex exotic options and structured products.

We’re seeking individuals with experience, and the ideal candidate will be familiar with corporate actions and their effects on trading positions.

You will have the opportunity to recommend creative suggestions and work on new and existing projects to improve processes and workflows to minimize losses from failed internal processes, inadequate controls, and emerging risk in order to better serve our Clients.

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 team and make a difference!

What you’ll do

• Overseeing and executing a critical core operations activity to maintain correct risk through corporate action events and ensuring controls are continually monitored, and potential risks escalated on a timely basis
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Providing input into initiatives to continuously improve straight through processing (STP) rates, including the use of robotics, workflow and other innovative re-engineering techniques

What we need from you

• Experience in a related role
• Experience in dealing with Trade Bookings, Front to Back trade flows, Trade Support or Middle Office Functions
• Strong understanding of Equity Derivatives
• Demonstrated project management and delivery skills
• Ability to work under pressure and manage to deadlines
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Attention to detail and problem solving skills
• Process improvement and efficiency mindset
• Understanding of systems and technology platforms
• Expert Excel user and coding ability (VBA, SQL) for data analysis and process automation
• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

What we can offer you

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.

By joining Citi London, 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 discretionary 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

Equal Opportunity Employer

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