Equity Derivatives - Corporate Action Adjustments & Data Integrity - Assistant Vice President

Citigroup Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial institution is looking for a Data Integrity role within their Markets Operations team. The position requires strong skills in analysis and project management, focusing on enhancing processes and ensuring trade accuracy. Ideal candidates will have a background in Equity Derivatives, project management experience, and proficiency in Excel and coding languages. This role offers a hybrid working model and an array of generous benefits, including a competitive salary based on performance.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Discretionary annual bonus

Private medical insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Special discounts for employees

Learning and development resources

Qualifications

• Experience in a related role.
• Strong understanding of Trade Bookings and Front to Back trade flows.
• Ability to deliver under pressure and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Oversee critical operations activity related to corporate action events.
• Collaborate with global clients and internal teams to provide solutions.
• Act as the key point of contact for stakeholders across the organization.

Skills

Analytic skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Attention to detail

Project management

Process improvement mindset

Ability to work under pressure

Strong understanding of Equity Derivatives

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Excel

SQL

VBA

Job description

Are you looking for a career move that will put you at the heart of a global financial institution? Then bring your skills in analysis, problem solving and communication to Citi’s Markets Operations Team.

By Joining Citi, you will become part of a global organisation whose mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress.

The Data Integrity role is a specialized AVP level position responsible for providing analytic and lifecycle support to various securities related functions, rolling into the Equity Derivative Middle Office Team. The overall objective of this role is to support traders and improve the static security representation of risk.

This role will require in depth knowledge of the Corporate Action processes including Risk adjustments across complex derivatives portfolios and market data connectivity.

This is a specialized function which will involve project management of existing systemic limitations working closely with our colleagues in Product Development and Technology.

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

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’ll need from you

The role will suit an experienced Equity Derivative candidate, ideally from a FO or MO background with Technology competencies, or equally an FO Risk Support (IT) candidate with Equity Derivatives product experience. This is a unique opportunity to join a Global team which will help drive & deliver the firms Lifecycle automation program.

• 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 discretional 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

Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.

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