Equity Derivatives Salesperson

Citigroup Inc.; London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Citigroup Inc. as part of the Emerging Markets Equity Derivatives Sales team, focusing on institutional clients. You will play a key role in formulating product strategies, managing client relationships, and driving revenue through exceptional service. The position offers extensive benefits including competitive pay, a hybrid working model, and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Discretionary performance-related bonus

Private Medical Care & Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Special employee discounts

Access to learning and development resources

Qualifications

• Experience in a client-facing role preferred, specifically with Institutional clients.
• Strong knowledge of equity derivatives and cross-asset structured products.
• Ability to identify new product opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Work with product structuring and trading teams to provide tailored products.
• Originate, price, and execute equity derivative transactions.
• Develop the platform to improve client experience.

Skills

Client Management

Verbal Communication

Quantitative Skills

Attention to Detail

Education

Knowledge of Equity Derivatives

Knowledge of Financial Regulations

Job description

Are you looking to start your career with a global investment bank, where you will cover the tier one institutional clients? The role sits as part of Emerging Markets Equity Derivatives Sales team responsible for selling equity derivatives and cross asset structured investments linked to predominantly equities but also fixed income, currencies, commodities, hybrids, and alternative investment classes.

By joining this sales desk, you will be a key member focused on the Banks, Asset Managers, Pension funds, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Family Offices and other Financial Institutions from In Central Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa regions. You will spend your time proactively speaking to clients providing product ideas, improving existing services and working to onboard new clients. We therefore need somebody with experience in a client facing role with the potential to generate revenues by providing an excellent level of service to their client franchise.

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

• Working with multiple partners across the bank including the various product structuring and trading teams, and the issuance team to bring appropriate products to our clients.

• Origination, pricing and execution of Equity Derivative transactions (including delta-1) and Cross Asset Structured Products.

• Continued development of the platform to improve client experience, and fulfilling the clients’ necessities while providing an exceptional client experience.

• Appropriately assessing 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:

• Strong knowledge around the Equity Derivatives and Cross Asset Structured Products, including the latest product developments with an ability to identify and drive new product and client opportunities.

• You should have excellent verbal and interpersonal skills, and advanced quantitative skills with experience with derivative pricing

• Experience covering Emerging Markets Institutional clients preferred.

• Knowledge of Arabic will be an advantage

• You should have outstanding attention to detail and excellent time management & prioritization skills, which will be required when pro-actively managing your clients successfully.

• Knowledge of applicable laws, rules, and regulations governing financial transactions and a commitment to compliance.

• At Citi, we work together and achieve together, therefore being a collaborator is a must.

What we will provide you:

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

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self, every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.

Candidates applying for this role must be aware that it is a Certified Role, subject to the FCA and PRA Certification Regime.

The Certification Regime is one element of the Individual Accountability Regime which came into effect on 7 March 2016.

Under the Certification Regime, Citi UK regulated entities (Citi entities) must ensure that employees working in certain roles categorised as specified significant harm functions (Certified Roles) are assessed as fit and proper to carry out their role.

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 capability

In 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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Job Family Group:

Institutional Sales

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Job Family:

Investor Sales

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Time Type:

Full time

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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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