Trader - Vice President

Job Overview

The Trader is a senior level position responsible for overseeing a trading book and managing the book risk, in coordination with the rest of the trading team. The overall objective of this role is to manage the bank’s foreign exchange business by providing liquidity, facilitating client’s currency requirements, managing the inherent market risk and generating sustainable trading revenues, and coordinating with key stakeholders to develop the trading franchise.

Responsibilities:

Oversee a trading book and generate revenues and manage the risk for the respective business

Coordinate with Sales, Research, Markets Treasury and other organizations across Markets and Securities Services and the broader business

Establish and maintain key client/counterparty/broker relationships to deliver trades to the desk

Anticipate client demand in each respective product/market

Coordinate with desk analysts and strategists as needed and with sales to develop the franchise

Leading strong governance and controls

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; 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

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, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Recommended Qualifications:

Knowledge of respective products and clients

Required licensing and registrations as applicable

Advance analytical and numerical competency

Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication

Effective interpersonal skills to develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders

Ability to analyze and pitch situations and determine suitable counterparties

Knowledge of Bloomberg, booking systems, trading protocol, closing technicalities

Education:

Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

Master’s degree preferred

Minimum qualifications

BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA

How to apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Citi on jobs.citi.com to apply

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