Finance Desk Technology - Collateral Management Development lead

Citi; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

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 learning and development resources

Job summary

Citi is seeking an experienced Applications Development Lead in Greater London to drive the design and delivery of critical applications for the Markets Financing desk. This senior role encompasses overseeing the development lifecycle for Repo and Collateral Optimization while collaborating closely with global stakeholders. Candidates should have expertise in both front-end and back-end development, strong knowledge of Fixed Income products, and experience leading global tech teams. The position comes with excellent benefits including 27 days annual leave and private medical care.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in front-end and back-end development.
• Experience in programming software applications for finance.
• Strong knowledge of Fixed Income products and Repo trade lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Lead integration of functions and deploy new products.
• Analyze complex business processes to develop solutions.
• Consult with end users to define system function specifications.

Skills

Front-end and server-side component design

Systems analysis and programming

Fixed Income products knowledge

RP trade lifecycle understanding

Leading global technology teams

Relational Databases (Oracle, MSSQL)

Advanced programming in Angular, NodeJS, Java, .Net/C#

Event-driven and API-led architecture

AI tools and platforms usage

Cloud-based architectures (OpenShift Kubernetes)

Testing distributed software applications

Unix or Linux experience

Job description

Role Overview / What will you do?

We are seeking a highly experienced and hands‑on Applications Development Lead to drive the design, development, and delivery of mission‑critical applications for the Markets Financing desk, specifically supporting the term and flow business. This senior role will oversee the entire development lifecycle for Repo and Collateral Optimization, encompassing intuitive front‑end interfaces and highly resilient back‑end services.

The team works closely with the Citi Global Finance Desk and Markets Treasury Desks. The suite of Finance Desk applications provides comprehensive functionalities including position management, trade capture, electronic trading, market risk processing, and reporting. This is supported by a mixed technology environment consisting of client‑server applications developed in Java, Angular, and C#, with services running on Linux servers and Cloud Containers.

The successful candidate will collaborate closely with business stakeholders, funding desks, and desk heads to translate complex requirements into scalable and robust technology solutions. Responsibilities include leading a global development team, setting technical direction, and ensuring high availability, performance, and strict regulatory compliance. The primary objective is to deliver architecturally sound systems that effectively enable collateral management, collateral optimization, and critical funding operations.

This role offers a unique opportunity to work closely with business stakeholders while contributing to the strategic technology roadmap. We are looking for technically strong team players capable of taking ownership and leading initiatives when needed.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead integration of functions to meet goals, deploy new products, and enhance processes.
• Analyze complex business processes, system processes, and industry standards to define and develop solutions to high level problems.
• Provide expertise in area of advanced knowledge of applications programming and plan assignments involving large budgets, cross‑functional projects, or multiple projects.
• Develop application methodologies and standards for program analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging, and implementation.
• Utilize advanced knowledge of supported main system flows and comprehensive knowledge of multiple areas to achieve technology goals.
• Consult with end users to identify system function specifications and incorporate into overall system design.
• Allocate work, and act as an advisor/coach developers, analysts, and new team members.
• Influence and negotiate with senior leaders and communicate with external parties.
• 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.

Key Skills And Experience Required:

• Hands‑on expertise in front‑end and server‑side component design and development.
• Experience in systems analysis and programming of software applications.
• Knowledge of Fixed Income products (e.g., repo, swap, bonds, futures).
• Strong understanding of Repo trade lifecycle, including Collateral Optimization, STP flows and Inventory Management for Funding desks.
• Proven experience leading global technology teams and collaborating directly with business and trading stakeholders.
• Strong experience with Relational Databases like Oracle, MSSQL.
• Advanced programming skills in Angular, NodeJS, .Net/C#, Java, Caching using GEMFIRE & Ignite and enterprise messaging frameworks Kafka.
• Proven expertise in event‑driven and API‑led architecture.
• AI Tools & Platforms Usage: Hands‑on experience using AI tools and platforms to design, build, test, and enhance application features.
• Experience with cloud based architectures on OpenShift Kubernetes.
• Testing experience with distributed software applications.
• Strong experience with Unix or Linux.

What We’ll Provide You:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays).
• 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.

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