Transaction Manager

Citi; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 86,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive base salary and benefits

Job summary

Citi Dublin is seeking a senior professional to join the Transaction Management team responsible for supporting the lending lifecycle, including trade finance, loan closing and servicing coordination. The role emphasizes data quality, risk controls and end-to-end process excellence across corporate, commercial and syndicated lending.

You will lead a team, design processes, implement technology, and partner with risk, operations and legal to drive performance.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in transaction management and lending lifecycle.
• Excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Quantitative skills with high proficiency in Excel and Microsoft tools.
• Familiarity with Tableau or other visualization tools.
• Experience with wholesale lending and loan syndications.

Responsibilities

• Lead the build and development of the team supporting origination and lifecycle management for trade finance and syndicated loans.
• Create processes, controls, and training; design and implement transaction management technology.
• Coordinate and close transactions, manage data and ensure quality control across the lifecycle.
• Partner with business lines, risk, operations, and legal to enable strategic goals.
• Define operational metrics and perform risk and control reviews with end-to-end transparency.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's/University degree, Master's degree preferred

Tools

Loan IQ

Transaction capture tools

Job description

• Significant experience

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.

Shape your career with Citi in Dublin. 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.

Citi has had a presence in Ireland since 1965, it was one of the first foreign banks to open an office in the country and is the Citibank Europe Plc Headquarters.

Team/Role Overview

Transaction Management will be responsible for supporting multiple aspects of the lending lifecycle including but not limited to trade finance / loan closing and servicing coordination, facilitating complex client onboarding, data management, and quality control. The team will be accountable and responsible for operational oversight of the closing and servicing of all transactions of the business division being supported to ensure all internal and external requirements are met.

What You'll Do

• Perform leadership role relevant to the build and development of the team supporting origination and lifecycle management which includes trade finance and large complex syndicated / bilateral loans covering but not limited to corporate, commercial, and structured lending.
• Create processes, standards, procedures, controls, training, and implementation of transaction management.
• Design and implement technology including testing and rollout.
• Produce and provide training and support to transaction management staff and business constituents.
• Partner with each of the originating and coverage business lines, credit risk, operations, legal, etc to ensure strategic goals are enabled.
• Ensure that quality of data, controls and processes performed meet internal policies and regulatory requirements/expectations, via staff management.
• Work with lines of business, transaction management, and operations to define and implement operational metrics and risk and control reviews to ensure all stakeholders have end to end transparency.
• Constantly improve processes, controls and efficiencies within the group and front to back across product lifecycle.
• Lead projects to enhance performance and efficiency.
• Leadership role and serve as escalation relevant to product remediation and product system testing / migrations.
• Actively manage and maintain a deal closing pipeline of transactions.
• Coordinate and close transactions/lifecycle events, capture data, store documentation, troubleshoot issues/roadblocks, perform quality control
• 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.

What We'll Need From

• Significant experience
• Individual must have excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Individual must work well under tight deadlines, manage priorities, and complete assigned tasks with minimal management follow up.
• Candidate has quantitative skills with a high proficiency with Excel and other Microsoft based programs.
• Tableau or visualization tool familiarity
• Experience with Loan IQ, transaction capture tools, etc.
• Keen attention to detail
• Developed analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Client relationship and solution skills

Additional non-core qualifications which will be considered are:

• Experience in management/team lead capacity, building and developing teams within a large global team supporting wholesale lending at large financial Institution
• Strong knowledge of trade finance, wholesale loan (syndicated / bilateral) product and business, including an understanding of legal documentation, funding mechanics, deal structure, funds flows, etc.
• Substantial experience working with clients under time constraints to facilitate a transaction or process.
• Proven ability to collaborate with team members, Senior management and other business constituents in a steering capacity.
• Critical decision-making capabilities including the ability to identify, elevate, and propose solutions to problems
• Ability to prioritize through the practice of strong organizational and time management skills with experience in continuously following-up with various stakeholders
• Comprehensive understanding and awareness of appropriate corporate and regulatory policies in relation to Lending
• Deep knowledge of operational processes supporting Wholesale lending
• Focus on achieving/exceeding key operating standards within a KPI/metrics driven culture
• Ability to work in an environment where priorities are frequently changing
• Bachelor's/University degree, Master's degree preferred

What We Can Offer You

By joining Citi Dublin, 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 that support you (and your family) to be well, live well and save well.

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

Job Family Group

Operations - Transaction Services

Job Family

Transaction Capture Services

Time Type

Full time

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range

€85 600,00 - €128 400,00

Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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