Citi Group Equity Funding Trader 

United Kingdom, England, London 

184545702

Citi is looking to hire a junior trader for the Equity Funding desk. The role will require analysis of the many constraining factors including liquidity, tenor management, regulatory metrics & inventory optimisation to execute the most cost-efficient structures. This is with the objective of supporting the continued growth of the wider Prime, D1 & Equities business at Citi.

By joining this desk, you will be responsible for trading Equity swaps, repos, stock loan, FX swaps and Interest Rate swaps. The successful applicant will work under the supervision of the desk head while building their skills to develop autonomy in decision making & book management.

You will also be expected to lead and support on projects to enhance the existing processes, controls, technology, reporting, product offering and liquidity models.

What you will do will be varied day to day, but the key drivers for the role are:

• Analyse the outputs of a variety of reporting, with large volumes of data, to make decisions about the required trade types, structures, tenors & sizes.

• Execute new trades & lifecycle events across the range of products traded by the desk and take responsibility for book management, risk monitoring, flashing the P&L and executing appropriate hedges to mitigate FX, cross currency, interest rate exposures.

• Execute projects/analysis on important metrics to understand the theory, propose logic changes, inform trading decisions, ensure accurate pricing.

• Ensure that street facing costs are effectively passed back to internal stakeholders, improving transparency and clarity, so that success of trading actions is clearly represented.

• Work with technology and quant partners to develop systematic improvements, including contribution to the spec, ongoing contact and UAT.

• Liaise with treasury to coordinate usage of the firm’s resources, changes to liquidity and keep abreast of changing requirement and with sales to develop the franchise, anticipating client & internal demand in each respective product/market.

• 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 behaviour, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing, and reporting control issues with transparency.

What we will need from you:

• Experience of working for a large banking institution, either in a trading role or a treasury function familiar with liquidity management

• A good understanding of how Prime & Delta One businesses operate, the products they trade, the embedded risks and the constraints they operate under

• Being able to demonstrate experience in working with large sets of data to produce concise and actionable conclusions.

• Clear and concise written and verbal communication and effective interpersonal skills to develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

• Experience in some of Python, VBA, Bloomberg & Excel are required.

What we will provide you:

This role will provide you with the opportunity to contribute to a pivotal business in the growth of the Equities & Prime franchise. You will work closely with many stakeholders across the markets platform in a bank that offers a diverse career path with global opportunities.

By joining Citi London, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model but also receive a competitive base salary, and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)

• A discretional annual performance related bonus

• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance

• Employee Assistance Program

• Pension Plan

• Paid Parental Leave

• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends

• Access to an array of learning and development resources

The Certification Regime is one element of the Individual Accountability Regime which came into effect on 7 March 2016.Under the guidance provided by the FCA and PRA, firms should have regard to the following when assessing fitness and propriety:* Honesty, integrity and reputation
* Financial soundness
* Competence and capabilityIn order to comply with the requirements of the Certification Regime, Citi entities must take reasonable care to ensure that an employee does not perform a Certified Role without first being certified as Fit and Proper. For this reason, you will be assessed for this role against the Fit and Proper requirements, as described above.This assessment will be carried out through extensive interviews, self-disclosures, permitted criminal record checks, regulated reference checks, credit checks and other background screening checks.

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