Regional Product Head, Director

Citigroup Inc.; London; Hybrid; EUR 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution seeks a Regional Product Head to enhance and manage revenue-generating strategies within their Markets Treasury Team. This senior-level role involves developing financial products, engaging clients, and ensuring governance across business operations. Ideal candidates will possess extensive knowledge of financial markets and products, and strong problem-solving skills. The workplace promotes hybrid working, exceptional benefits, and a commitment to creating an inclusive environment.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays

Annual performance related bonus

Private medical insurance packages

Employee Assistance Program

Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Special discounts for employees

Access to learning and development resources

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of various financing products including Term Repo and cross-currency Repos.
• Demonstrated understanding of international financial markets across the region.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop standard new financing products & solutions.
• Engage with Sales and Structuring teams to develop customized solutions.
• Drive technology platform implementation required for financing products.

Skills

Analysis

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

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’s Markets Treasury Team.

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

The Regional Product Head is a senior level position responsible for developing, executing and managing a revenue maximizing strategy alongside key business and functions. The overall objective of this role is to ensure revenue and expense goals are met, and budgets, controls and limits are established and followed.

What you’ll do

• To develop standard new financing products & solutions
• To engage with Sales and Structuring teams, and understand client requirements and develop customized solutions
• To drive prioritization and implementation of technology platforms required to support the financing products & solutions
• To establish principles of costing balance sheet utilization for various tenors, based on key underlying variables
• To evaluate market opportunities and work with cluster heads, cluster Champions and country markets treasury heads to identify key optimization strategies
• To enable WFB & netting approvals for collateralized and repo solutions for various countries, working closely with the country MT & legal teams
• To establish principles for central collateral tracking and determine pricing & optimization strategies for collateral management
• To evaluate funding value and establish pricing principles for cross-currency swaps for material currencies.
• Develop a coordinated strategy with key businesses and functions, identifying and implementing revenue maxing opportunities
• Ensure revenue and expense goals are met, and budgets and limits are established
• Partner with control functions and ensure governance and control infrastructures are in place, advocating for ethics and risk management
• Work in close partnership with control functions such as Legal, Compliance, Market and Credit Risk, Audit, Finance in order to ensure appropriate governance and control infrastructure
• Appropriately assess risk/reward of transactions when making business decisions;
• Be familiar with and adhere to Citi’s Code of Conduct and the Plan of Supervision for Global Markets and Securities Services; and ensure that all team members understand the need to do the same
• Adhere to all policies and procedures as defined by your role which will be communicated to you
• Obtain and maintain 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, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.

What we’ll need from you

• Demonstrated understanding of international financial markets across the region including various asset classes, drivers of market movements and macro scenarios;
• Deep understanding of various financing products including Term Repo, cross-currency Repos, Forwards, FRAs, Margin financing, basis trading, collateralised financing, etc
• Good knowledge of financial contracts & documentation including under ISDA/NAFMI/ GIMRA framework and experience of undertaking transactions under such framework
• Strong understanding of Balance sheet, liquidity management & associated regulations & metrics both internal & external, monetisation models, stress capacity planning, etc.
• Experience in structuring & devising customised solutions for institutional clients;
• Understanding technology systems related to financing solutions;
• Ability to work in a collaborative manner and engage with multiple stakeholders for effective delivery of performance;
• Proven success managing multiple priorities/deadlines with accuracy
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred

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 London, 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 to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.

Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.

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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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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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