Officer Cash Equities Settlement jobs at Citi Group in Singapore, Singapore

Job Purpose:

You will play a pivotal part in helping to support the lifecycle of a trade, focusing on controls, reconciliations, and treasury management. Working closely with Business partners, 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.

Job Requirements

• Daily monitoring and processing of exchange, central clearing house margin calls
• Creation and input into associated metrics to enable productivity measurement.
• Liaison with Finance teams regarding applicability and validity of monthly Adjustments
• Execution of collateral asset movements and associated monitoring
• Ensure adherence to our regulatory requirements and understand these, always follow key processes and control requirement.
• Ability to communicate complex processes and workflows.
• Escalate clearly and promptly.
• Investigation and resolution of breaks with Exchanges, Brokers, and Affiliates
• Improvement of daily processing to increase efficiency, identify where automation is required and drive solutions to completion.
• Ensure Standard Operating procedures are up to date and cover all functions, understand, and follow Citi policies and standards.
• Participation and ability to drive change initiatives both global strategic and regional discretionary and mandatory.
• Partner effectively with Business stakeholders, technology groups, finance, and compliance teams. Regionally across Asia and Globally.
• Required to have the ability to work autonomously and as an effective team member.

Essential Requirements

• Relevant Industry Experience: minimum of 3 years relevant experience in Financial Organization i.e. Investment Banking / Investment Management / Hedge Fund / Exchange
• Communication Skills: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex financial concepts clearly and effectively to a diverse audience.
• Problem-Solving: Proven track record of resolving issues efficiently and effectively, able to drill into the details, and address the root cause.
• Attention to Detail: Strong attention to detail, ensuring accuracy in communications, transactions, and reporting.
• Ability to write business development requirements to initiate change and automation requests across technology stacks as well as low code automation solutions.
• Be familiar with the associated regulatory obligations across client money rules and margin calls across the Asian futures and derivative markets.
• Team Collaboration: Ability to work collaboratively with internal teams to ensure seamless service delivery and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Bachelor’s Degree/University degree or equivalent experience in Business, Accounting, or Finance

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience in linked to Futures and Derivatives Clearing

• Demonstrated ability to build, maintain relationships with business stakeholders, treasury, and finance groups.
• Experience with futures products from perspective of Clearing Broker, Exchange and or Buy Side
• Experience of margin and collateral processes for Exchange Derivative products and associated regulatory requirements.

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

Time Type:

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.

Key Responsibilities

• Primary contact for Client operational queries for select client base, and management of Client trade and settlement activity
• Provide support to Front Office Sales and Trading around trade execution and lifecycle management on Equity Swap & P-Note
• Support trade capture management and Client allocation, Front to Back reconciliation and identify operational risk and connectivity issue resolution with Tech partners
• Assist with new Client onboarding to our Prime Swap platform
• Help maintain a culture and environment where processes, risk and control are continually monitored, and potential risks escalated on a timely basis

Key Characteristics

The successful candidate will also be required to demonstrate the necessary skills and experience to deliver on the below value add and service differentiators.

• Operational Expertise: demonstrate Basic to Fair understanding of key operational functions such as Settlements, Lifecycle Management, Reconciliations, Trade Support, and Corporate Actions within Global Markets
• Product Knowledge : demonstrate Basic to Fair knowledge and understanding of the Cash Equity and Equity Swap product. A general knowledge of derivatives is highly desirable
• Innovation/Creative Thinking : offer creative and innovative solutions to Client issues when they arise. Look to harness these innovation skills to develop a record of process improvement, procedure control strengthening and reduction of MTP

Qualifications, Experience and Skills:

• 1-3 years of relevant experience in a related role, with Client-facing exposure
• Relevant Degree (Business, Accounting, Finance) or equivalent work and industry experience preferred
• Cash Equity and Equity Swap product knowledge, and understanding of lifecycle management (trade capture, settlements, reconciliations) preferred
• Energetic, flexible, collaborative and proactive
• Self-reliant, good problem solver, results orientated
• Able to work effectively under pressure in a high-pace environment, able to meet BAU deadlines

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Shape your Career with Citi

We’re currently looking for a high caliber professional to join our team asOfficer, FX Settlement Senior Analyst - Hybrid(Internal Job Title: Securities & Derivatives Analyst 2 – C10) based in Singapore. Being part of our team means that we’ll provide you with the resources to meet your unique needs, empower you to make healthy decision and manage your financial well-being to help plan for your future. For instance:

• Citi provides programs and services for your physical and mental well-being including access to telehealth options, health advocates, confidential counseling and more. Coverage varies by country.
• We believe all parents deserve time to adjust to parenthood and bond with the newest members of their families. That’s why in early 2020 we began rolling out our expanded Paid Parental Leave Policy to include Citi employees around the world.
• We empower our employees to manage their financial well-being and help them plan for the future.
• Citi provides access to an array of learning and development resources to help broaden and deepen your skills and knowledge as your career progresses.
• We have a variety of programs that help employees balance their work and life, including generous paid time off packages.
• We offer our employees resources and tools to volunteer in the communities in which they live and work. In 2019, Citi employee volunteers contributed more than 1 million volunteer hours around the world.

In this role, you’re expected to:

• Process FX transactions settlement, provide analytic input for traders and aid in review of derivative products.
• Identify and resolve securities and derivative settlement issues in a timely manner and make process improvement recommendations to leadership.
• Monitor and suggest solutions to errors to minimize risk to the bank, through an intermediate knowledge of procedural requirements.
• Escalate transaction processing issues to the appropriate department promptly and collaborate on a solution without compromising any risk & control.
• Ensure processes adhere to audit and control policies. Provide training & guiding junior staff to be equipped with the right skillsets & knowledge for Maker process.
• 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.

As a successful candidate, you’d ideally have the following skills and exposure:

• Degree or equivalent experience in Banking Operations preferred.
• 2-5+ years of experience in Tier 1 global financial institutions including extensive experience in handling large projects delivering operational activities, especially in Foreign Exchange products
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and know how to prioritize tasks when under stress.
• Self-reliant, good problem solver & result oriented. Provides evaluative judgment based on analysis of factual information in complicated, unique and dynamic situations; draws on diverse range of internal and external sources.
• Energetic, flexible, collaborative, and proactive.
• Able to work well as a team player and as an individual contributor.

Time Type:

The Financial Planning and Analysis Lead Analyst is a senior professional role responsible for Legal Entity forecasting, which is required to support global and local regulatory requirements. It includes providing management with an analysis and insight of Citi’s Legal Entities. The overall objective is to contribute to directional strategy as well as utilize in-depth specialty knowledge to provide advice/counsel on the evaluation of financial reports of Citi’s current and projected performance of the entitiesResponsibilities:

• Execute analysis of annual 3-year Strategic/Operating Plans, CCAR PPNR forecasts, QMMF and quarterly outlooks in partnership with Planning FP&A teams
• Drive financial forecast for ICAAP and Regulatory stress tests in accordance with the Global ICAAP Standard
• Advise on directional strategy and provide guidance on significant business/product decisions.
• Co-ordinate with Business and Finance functions to review and challenge the forecast at entity level.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key partners and senior management to influence behavior and decision making.
• Prepare presentations and analysis for the team supporting the CFO.
• Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision.
• Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy.
• Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and /or other team members.
• Partner with Model Risk Management (MRM) to ensure adherence to MRM governance.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating 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.

Qualifications:

• 8-12 years of relevant experience
• Proficient computer skills with a focus on Microsoft Office applications
• Demonstrated presentation and analytical skills.
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.

Education:

• Post Graduate degree or equivalent experience.

Mode:

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-

related duties may be assigned as required.

Time Type:

The overall objectives of this role are strengthening Operational Regulatory Reporting processes, Governance and detection of issues, link between Product & regulatory reporting and increase awareness and knowledge on regulatory reporting.

Responsibilities:

• Preparation and submission of regulatory reports covering different jurisdictions and products
• Resolving issues related to regulatory reporting
• Communicate operational changes arising from remediation or process or control enhancements to Operations & Technology
• Develop Business Requirements for system-related enhancements and End to end management of implementation of new or amended regulations
• Reconciliation of positions and ensuring of completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of reporting
• Streamlining process inconsistencies, mitigate risks, and process documentation. Sharing knowledge among team to manage regulatory reporting operations functions.
• Anticipate details of future regulations by communicating directly with key stakeholders and staying informed of relevant trends and industry new
• Driving projects and process improvements
• Supporting all control functions including MCA, audits, procedures updates and implementation
• Calculating and monitoring of key KPIs and metrics
• Timely escalation of issues and monitoring till resolution
• Close cooperation with Business and Tech partners on gap identification and process improvements

Qualifications:

• Minimum 2 years of experience in Operations, preferably in regulatory reporting space
• Proven experience working with business stakeholders
• Good understanding of regulations and operational processes
• Good understanding of Investments and Capital Market products as well as trade execution and settlement processes
• Analytical thinking skills
• Effective workload management
• Effective, adjusted to recipient communication skills
• Critical thinking and drawing logic conclusions
• Adequate level of proficiency with MS Project, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint and SharePoint with experience presenting to stakeholders and senior leadership
• Experience working both independently and, in a team-oriented, collaborative environment

Education:

• Bachelor's/University degree or equivalent experience, preferably in finance and banking

Time Type:

Shape your Career with Citi

We’re currently looking for a high caliber professional to join our team asOfficer, Recovery Collections Analystbased in Singapore. Being part of our team means that we’ll provide you with the resources to meet your unique needs, empower you to make healthy decision and manage your financial well-being to help plan for your future. For instance:

• Citi provides programs and services for your physical and mental well-being including access to telehealth options, health advocates, confidential counseling and more. Coverage varies by country.
• We believe all parents deserve time to adjust to parenthood and bond with the newest members of their families. That’s why in early 2020 we began rolling out our expanded Paid Parental Leave Policy to include Citi employees around the world.
• We empower our employees to manage their financial well-being and help them plan for the future.
• Citi provides access to an array of learning and development resources to help broaden and deepen your skills and knowledge as your career progresses.
• We have a variety of programs that help employees balance their work and life, including generous paid time off packages.
• We offer our employees resources and tools to volunteer in the communities in which they live and work. In 2019, Citi employee volunteers contributed more than 1 million volunteer hours around the world.

In this role, you’re expected to:

• Utilize advanced negotiation skills to resolve delinquency issues. Provide financial solution by assisting customer with their debt obligation (e. g. offering rewrite program, settlement program). Utilize computer software to document calls, analyze customer problems, and seek resolution. Utilize all available tools and technology to influence customer behavior with established procedures. Ensure proper collection actions by addressing the issue, including initiate legal actions, liaise with lawyer (for backend collections)
• Requires a good knowledge of the range of processes, procedures and systems to be used in carrying out assigned tasks and a basic understanding of the underlying concepts
• Handles issues on systems, process and participates in UAT as necessary. Provide feedback on project –related activities. Monitor errors to ensure adherence to audit and control processes. May recommend appropriate actions to resolve identified problems. May work with business teams to develop system process improvements and solutions
• Responsible for performance analysis and probability of payment from customers, reducing the risk, improving performance of customers with higher balances owed. Requires the ability to interact with people in the business (Internal / External to collections).
• Responsible for conducting interviews with clients to assess their situation and reach a negotiation
• You must identify trends and business projections based on economic conditions
• This position leverages the combination of quantitative skills to maximize recovery while maintaining operational quality and ensuring a positive experience with the client.
• Fulfilling the clients’ necessities while providing an exceptional client experience is the expected behavior from all our employees and it will be measured by specific metrics.
• 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.

As a successful candidate, you’d ideally have the following skills and exposure:

• Ideally 2 years experience in Collection
• Candidates without prior experience are also welcomed to apply
• Responsible, Analytical, Proactive, Adaptation, Organized, Teamwork, Work Under Pressure, Results Oriented.
• Innovation and generation of proposals. Ability to adjust quickly to changes and reprioritization in the market
• Bachelors degree

Time Type:

As a First Line of Defense, you will need to build trusted relationships with key stakeholders including Complaints Management Team, Frontline staff, process owners, control colleagues as well as Second and Third Line partners.

Responsibilities:

• Review and approve new Investment and Insurance related new products and initiatives. Provide advisory support on development of such products/initiatives from a Controls perspective.
• Provide advice and address queries in relating to Investment and Insurance related control activities from frontline staff, regional and external stakeholders in capacity as Subject Matter Expert.
• Advise on Escalation and Issue Management for the Client Advisory team including adequacy of Corrective Action Plans (CAPs), timeliness of CAP closures and sustainability of CAPs.
• Play a lead role in the coordination and preparation for relevant internal/external audits, compliance and regulatory reviews with internal stakeholders and reviewers.
• Drive and coordinate inputs for Fair Dealing updates and metrics and Insurance/Investment control updates in the relevant governance forums.
• Follow up on Sales Practice Risk (SPR) related matters arising from Client Advisory activities to ensure adequate SPR assessment and reporting as appropriate.
• Support, prepare and coordinate relevant annual and ad-hoc regulatory reporting to the MAS.
• Coordinate with global and regional stakeholders on Cross Border Activity Policy related controls implementation and ongoing monitoring activities.

Qualifications:

• At least 8 years of work experience in a control / compliance / audit / investment product role in a financial institution.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Knowledgeable about financial products, financial advisory, legal and regulatory environment.
• Experience in Investment or Insurance Sales process, risk & control will be an added advantage.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills in English, both oral and written, with the ability to articulate and present advice and address queries to stakeholders effectively and concisely.
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Ability to organize and prioritize multiple deliverables while working with minimal supervision in a large, global corporate environment
• Resourceful, meticulous and detail oriented
• Ability to work independently, interface and execute with a sense of urgency and to deliver on tasks effectively and efficiently within timelines.
• Effective team player and ability to work with different stakeholders with strong communications and confidently.
• Broad-minded, with a capacity to learn, apply knowledge and bring improvement to the organization.

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience, potentially Masters degree

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