European FIG Corporate Banking MD — Strategy & Growth

Citigroup Inc.; Paris; On-site; EUR 275,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Citigroup Inc. is seeking a senior leader to direct the European FIG Corporate Banking team across Paris and other major European locations.

The role entails defining strategy, leading multi-country operations, and originating opportunities across the full product suite. The ideal candidate has 10+ years in FIG, strong risk and regulatory knowledge, and proven leadership across diverse teams, with the ability to engage across Markets, IB, Services and Private Bank to deliver scalable client

Qualifications

• 10+ years of FIG experience.
• Experience managing multi-country, multi-product business.
• Strong risk management and regulatory compliance knowledge.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Proven leadership across diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Define a holistic strategy for the European FIG Corporate Banking business.
• Lead a senior team across multiple European countries.
• Originate business opportunities leveraging the product portfolio.
• Collaborate with Markets, Investment Banking, Services and Private Bank to structure solutions.
• Represent the Bank at public forums as a subject matter expert.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Cross-country collaboration

Risk management

Client relationship management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's/MBA preferred

Senior Credit Officer designation preferred

Job description

Job Background/context:

This role will lead the European Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Corporate Banking team covering top tier financial institutions, including banks and broker-dealers, insurance and reinsurance, asset managers, private equity and alternative investment funds, specialty finance, FinTech's, and market infrastructure. This individual will lead a senior team across all major countries in Europe.

Location

• Paris, Frankfurt, Milan, Madrid.
• Will consider alternative European locations.

Key Responsibilities:

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of relevant Financial Institutions Group experience.
• Define a holistic business strategy for the European FIG Corporate Banking business that reflects the changing economic and regulatory landscape in Europe. Create a shared understanding with products and risk management on objectives and ways to achieve them to maximise sustained growth of the business.
• In-depth experience managing and working across a diverse, multi-country, multi-product business with broad people management experience.
• Work with Independent Risk to manage the portfolio and individual client risk and achieve targeted risk-adjusted returns.
• Originate business opportunities leveraging the entire product portfolio.
• Work with product partners across Markets, Investment Banking, Services and the Private Bank to structure viable and replicable client solutions that are cost effective and scalable.
• Demonstrated ability to balance between internal management and external client time.
• Demonstrated understanding of compliance issues and regulatory requirements.
• Proven leadership skills and intellectual capability to create momentum and a collective agenda across multiple products with a diverse population and competing priorities.
• Demonstrated intellectual grasp of the industry and ability to anticipate and lead the organizational response to future changes and translate vision into executable plans.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills with pragmatic approach to ensure limited resources are directed appropriately.
• Consistently demonstrate clear and concise written and verbal communication.
• Develop industry/segment specialization as appropriate and drive thought leadership and content.
• Represent the Bank and the FIG franchise at public forums and serve as speaker and subject matter expert at such forums.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience.
• Master's/MBA degree preferred from a top economics, business, or financial engineering program.
• Senior Credit Officer or equivalent designation preferred.

This Role is a “Controlled Function” Role as defined by the Central Bank of Ireland Reform Act 2010 and Principal Regulations 2011, and amending Regulations 2014, 2015.

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Job Family Group:

Institutional Banking

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Job Family:

Corporate Banking

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Time Type:

Full time

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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

€275,000.00 - €450,000.00

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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