Markets Analyst - Vice President

Citigroup Inc.; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented individual to join their Global Markets In-Business Risk team. This role focuses on managing market risk across various asset classes, providing a unique opportunity to deepen your understanding of financial markets. You will analyze trading inventories, track product performance, and collaborate with independent risk teams to optimize capital allocation. With a commitment to employee growth, this organization offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and a vibrant workplace culture that fosters professional development. If you are passionate about finance and eager to make an impact, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

Discretional annual performance bonus

Private Medical Care

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Special discounts for employees

Access to learning resources

Qualifications

• Experience in Trading, Structuring, or Quantitative Analysis focused on Market Risk.
• Strong analytical and quantitative background with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Identify key market risks and communicate results with trading heads.
• Analyze trends and provide insights on market movements across asset classes.

Skills

Market Risk Management

Data Analysis

Analytical Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Attention to Detail

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Master’s Degree in Finance

Tools

MS Excel

Bloomberg

Tableau

SQL

Python

Job description

Excited to grow your career?

We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!

Our people make all the difference in our success.

The Global Markets In-Business Risk (IBR) is a Front Office 1st Line of Defense team responsible for market risk across asset classes within Citi’s Global Markets division. The team aims to establish a holistic understanding of market risk and capital of the aggregated trading portfolio, as well as to optimize the business’s return on capital. Global Markets IBR covers all trading businesses globally such as Rates and Currencies, Global Spread Products, Commodities, and Global Equities. The main focus of this role is a coverage of a cross-asset portfolio risks arising from markets business/trading activities.

What you will do:

• Identify key market risk within Markets’ trading inventory with consideration of key market themes and environments through data analysis. Communicate results daily with head of IBR and trading heads. Help design appropriate hedging strategy as needed.

• Closely track performance of products within Global Markets on a regular basis, understand the drivers of market movements across different asset classes, analyze notable trends to form relative value and forward-looking view of material, concentration, and emerging risks.

• Understand the firm’s risk appetite, limits and our capital framework to allow effective optimization and allocation of risk.

• Build front to back holistic understanding of risk and its implications on all attributions of capital, such as Stress losses, Value-at-Risk, etc.

• Support the Head of IBR and Business Heads to analyze their return on capital and risk appetite ratio.

• Work closely with independent risk teams (2nd Line of Defense) in sizing appropriate risk limits for the overall business and monitor risk limit utilizations across businesses.

• Strengthen risk monitoring, control, and governance process within the business and legal entities, assist with occasional regulatory questions and requirements.

• Work with Technology / MQA to develop comprehensive risk monitoring framework to manage overall portfolio risk and capital utilization in a timely manner, propose optimization strategy.

What we will need from you:

• Prior experience in a related role, such as Trading/Structuring/Research or Quantitative/Data Analysis, for which one of the focuses was centered on managing Market Risk.

• Background and knowledge of Fixed Income and equity markets, and Fixed Income product structuring and trading are beneficial.

• Cross asset class product and market knowledge is important.

• Effective interpersonal skills to develop and maintain relationships.

• Consistently clear and concise written and verbal communication.

• Exceptional analytical and numerical competency. Strong analytical / quantitative background.

• Must have strong attention to detail, be self-motivated and inquisitive with an interest in financial markets and trading.

• Strong MS Excel, Bloomberg, Tableau, and problem-solving skills. Programing skills such as SQL and Python are preferred.

• Ability and strong interest to learn and understand various asset classes and associated risks

• Bachelor’s degree or master’s degree. Preferably in Engineering, Statistics, or Finance

What we can offer you:

By working with many areas of the bank, this role gives you the opportunity to work closely with many of your peers and gain a strong understanding of the various asset classes that make up the markets business, a grounding which as your career develops will provide many opportunities to grow.

By joining Citi London, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace, but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), 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.

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Job Family Group:

Institutional Trading

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Job Family:

Trading

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Time Type:

Full time

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