Markets Operations Entry-Level Analyst

Citi; Belfast City District; Vor Ort; GBP 26.000 - 34.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Generous holiday allowance

Discretional annual performance bonus

Private medical insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Pension Plan

Parental Leave

Learning and development resources

Zusammenfassung

Citi Belfast Markets Operations is seeking an entry-level professional to join the essential link in trade processing. You will collaborate with traders, tech teams, clients, and partners to ensure smooth, accurate handling of trades from start to finish.

You will learn trade lifecycle management, strengthen controls, and deliver excellent client service while benefitting from a hybrid model with some work-from-home days.

Aufgaben

• Markets Operations offers an exciting career in global finance, with opportunities to work with teams worldwide to ensure fast, accurate processing of client trades.
• Learn how contributions across functions integrate with Citi's markets business and gain hands-on experience in trade lifecycle management.
• Support critical roles in trade lifecycle management, maintain strong controls, and deliver excellent client service.
• Collaborate daily with traders, tech teams, clients, and global partners to understand the full value chain of market operations.

Jobbeschreibung

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 Belfast Markets Operations. 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.

Team/ Role Overview

Dive into global finance with Citi's Markets Operations team. We're the essential link, ensuring smooth, efficient processing of trades from start to finish. You'll collaborate daily with traders, tech teams, clients, and global partners, supporting critical roles in trade lifecycle management, maintaining strong controls, and delivering excellent client service. You’ll gain hands‑on experience and learn from seasoned professionals. This dynamic role offers broad exposure to Citi's markets business and a clear path for career growth. Bring your core strengths and transferable skills to make a real impact and build your future in finance. While we are continuously recruiting, this advertisement serves as a general requisition to build our talent pool for ongoing and future opportunities should a suitable immediate role not be available. Please note, if you already have an active application within Markets Operations, there is no need to apply again.

What you'll do

Markets Operations offers an exciting career in global finance, with great opportunities for growth. You'll be at the heart of financial markets, working with teams worldwide to make sure client trades are processed quickly and accurately. We're also embracing new AI tools to keep improving how we work. As an entry‑level colleague, you'll be assigned to one of the following functions, where you'll learn how your contributions and the team's collective efforts integrate with and impact the other functions and the entire Citi organization:

• Equities Middle Office: Ensures stock trades are processed smoothly after they occur.
• FX Operations: Manages the practical aspects of foreign exchange transactions, making sure currency trades settle accurately.
• Futures & Derivatives Clearing: Guarantees and settles complex financial contracts across markets to reduce risk.
• OTC Derivatives Settlements & Cash Management: Handles payments for privately negotiated derivatives and manages their associated cash flow.
• Securities Settlements: Confirms the accurate buying, selling, and ownership transfer of financial instruments like stocks and bonds.
• Asset Servicing: Manages events related to owned investments (e.g., dividends, corporate actions, bond interest) to ensure clients receive their entitlements.
• Fixed Income & Commodities Operations: Supports the operational side of trading debt instruments (like bonds) and raw materials (like oil or gold).
• Margins Operations & Collateral Optimization: Manages the collateral required for trades to cover potential losses and uses it as efficiently as possible.
• Books & Records Oversight: Ensures all financial transactions are accurately recorded and maintained for compliance and reporting.
• Process Engineering: Designs, analyzes, and improves operational processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Client Facilitation: Acts as the primary contact for clients, resolving queries and smoothing out any operational issues.

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 Belfast, 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

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 t