Execution Manager

Citi; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi’s Private Company Access team sits within Global Access Strategies, connecting private corporates and investors as part of our research advisory offering.

The Execution Manager role supports the delivery of our conferences and events, ensuring seamless experiences for internal stakeholders and external clients through meticulous coordination and governance.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to deal with most problems independently and solve complex problems.
• Ability to integrate in-depth specialty area knowledge with industry standards and practices.
• Exceptional organizational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey ideas clearly.
• Self-starter with the ability to think and solve problems independently.
• Commitment to quality and client satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Deliver conferences and events with the Corporate Access team; includes scheduling, agenda planning, and invitations.
• Understand Citi systems and ways of working to achieve objectives.
• Develop and execute investor targeting strategies with sales, IB, ECM and other teams.
• Collaborate across Citi to maximize stakeholder collaboration for complex events.
• Escalate issues and proactively find solutions as appropriate.
• Coordinate with Legal, Compliance, Market and Credit Risk, Audit, Finance to follow governance.
• Maintain governance, ethics, and expense discipline.
• Assess risk/reward of transactions with careful attention to Citi’s reputation.

Skills

Problem solving

Specialty knowledge

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Self-motivation

Client focus

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

The Execution Manager is a strategic professional who closely follows latest trends in own field and adapts them for application within own job.

Citi’s Private Company Access team sits within Global Access Strategies Division within Client Group, connecting our institutional clients with private corporates, industry experts and theme related events, as part of our research advisory offering.

The whole team works closely with Research, Equity Sales, Trading, and Banking. Our objective is to build a strategy of engagement with private companies and in so doing, delivering a seamless client experience giving Citi the best possible chance of being mandated on private capital raising opportunities, IPOs and M&A opportunities. We are focused on working with other areas of Citi such as liquidity solutions, wealth and ventures to bring the one Citi franchise together for the benefit of our clients.

The team provides a comprehensive program of conferences, seminars and client events, either on enduring topics or through reacting rapidly to breaking news by marshalling key experts from Citi and tapping into external thought leaders.

Job purpose:

This role is critical to the effective delivery and execution of events that the team puts together to connect private companies and investors. The successful candidate will work closely with the broader team to understand best practice to effectively manage all elements of the events.

The successful candidate will be crucial in giving both internal stakeholders and external clients a seamless experience. This requires close coordination with the corporate access team and the broader sales and banking teams.

The role requires meticulous attention to detail in making judgments and recommendations. This position frequently addresses variable issues with potentially broader business impact, necessitating professional judgment in interpreting data and results.

The role has a direct impact on client’s perception of Citi as a broader institution, so it is important the successful candidate is responsive and attentive to client requests.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Corporate Access team to deliver conferences and other events such as Webcasts, non-deal roadshows and roundtables. This includes, but is not limited to:
  • 1-on-1 and group meeting scheduling
  • Agenda planning
  • Invitation tracking and sending
• Work to understand the Citi systems and ways of working to effectively execute against objectives.
• Works with sales, IB, ECM and other teams to develops and executes investor targeting strategies for corporates
• Work with broader areas of Citi to maximise collaboration for complex events. This includes working with all stakeholders with access to investors and across banking for corporate targeting
• Work constructively and proactively to find solutions to problems and escalating issues as appropriate
• Works with control functions such as Legal, Compliance, Market and Credit Risk, Audit, Finance in order to follow governance and control infrastructure
• Builds a culture of responsible finance, good governance and supervision, expense discipline and ethics
• Appropriately assesses risk/reward of transactions when making business decisions; demonstrating proper consideration for the firm’s reputation
• Adheres to Citi’s Code of Conduct and the Plan of Supervision for Global Markets and Securities Services
• Adheres to all policies and procedures as defined by your role which will be communicated
• Obtains and maintains all registrations/licenses which are required for your role, within the appropriate timeframe
• 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.

Qualifications:

• Proven ability to deal with most problems independently and demonstrated experience solving complex problems
• Ability to integrate in-depth specialty area knowledge with a solid understanding of industry standards and practices
• Exceptional organizational skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey ideas in a comprehensive manner
• Self-starter with an acumen to think and solve problems independently
• Commitment to quality and client satisfaction

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience

What We Offer

• Opportunities to grow your career locally and collaborate with colleagues across Citi’s global network.
• A hybrid working model that balances in-office collaboration with remote flexibility.
• Investment in your professional development through training programmes, mentorship, and skill-building opportunities.
• Employee wellbeing support including medical coverage, mental health resources, parental leave, and family support programmes.
• Competitive retirement contributions and investment options to support your long-term financial goals.

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:

Full time

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