Officer, Securities & Derivatives Analyst

Citigroup; Gurugram District; Hybrid; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Parental Leave

Learning & Development Resources

Health & well-being programs

Job summary

Citigroup in Gurugram, India, is seeking an experienced Securities & Derivatives Analyst to support end-to-end confirmation, affirmation, and matching for exchange-traded derivatives and listed securities in coordination with Trading Desks, Middle Office, Sales, and counterparties.

The role focuses on accurate trade confirmations, timely verification, risk mitigation, and adherence to regulatory guidelines, with a hybrid work arrangement and opportunities for professional growth within

Qualifications

• Experience with end-to-end trade confirmations for listed products.
• Ability to validate and verify key trade attributes and ensure accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end confirmation, affirmation, and matching for derivatives and listed securities.
• Ensure timely issuance, verification, and dispatch of trade confirmations.
• Identify, investigate, and resolve trade discrepancies and regulatory compliance.
• Monitor outstanding queues and drive resolution to minimize risk.
• Design and analyze daily confirmation metrics and KPIs; automate workflows.
• Collaborate with Trading Desks, Middle Office, Sales, and counterparties.

Skills

Trade confirmations & lifecycle

Data reconciliation

Stakeholder communication

Tools

SQL

VBA

Macros

Job description

At Citi, we get to connect millions of people across hundreds of cities and countries every day. And we've been doing it for more than 200 years. We do this through our unparalleled global network. We provide a broad range of financial services and products to our clients - whether they be consumers, corporations, governments or institutions - to help them meet their biggest opportunities and face the world's toughest challenges.

Shape your Career with Citi

Citi's Securities Services (SS) supports our clients' business by drawing on the strength of our unmatched global footprint, which provides them with access to local expertise and scalable solutions to support their ambitions.

We're currently looking for a high caliber professional to join our team as Officer, Securities & Derivatives Analyst C10 - Hybrid (Internal Job : Securities and Derivatives Processing) based in Gurugram Haryana India. Being part of our team means that we'll provide you with the resources to meet your unique needs, empower you to make healthy decision and manage your financial well-being to help plan for your future. For instance:

• Citi provides programs and services for your physical and mental well-being including access to telehealth options, health advocates, confidential counseling and more. Coverage varies by country.
• We believe all parents deserve time to adjust to parenthood and bond with the newest members of their families. That's why in early 2020 we began rolling out our expanded Paid Parental Leave Policy to include Citi employees around the world.
• Citi provides access to an array of learning and development resources to help broaden and deepen your skills and knowledge as your career progresses.
• We have a variety of programs that help employees balance their work and life.

In this role, you're expected to:

The Securities & Derivatives Analyst 2 is an intermediate-level position responsible for managing the end-to-end confirmation, affirmation, and matching lifecycle for exchange-traded derivatives and listed securities in coordination with Trading Desks, Middle Office, Sales, and Counterparties.

The overall objective of this role is to ensure accurate, timely issuance, verification, and dispatch of trade confirmations, resolve economic and non-economic trade discrepancies, mitigate market and operational risk arising from unconfirmed transactions, and maintain full compliance with regulatory confirmation guidelines and internal control policies.

Core Listed Confirmation & Affiliation Operations

• Review, validate, and issue trade confirmations for listed products (including exchange-traded derivatives, listed equity options, index futures/options, and cash equities) in alignment with industry standards and exchange regulations.
• Monitor and manage real-time electronic trade affirmation, matching, and allocation queues across industry platforms (e.g., DTCC CTM, Omgeo, Traiana, OASYS, FIX/SWIFT messaging, and exchange clearing feeds).
• Conduct trade matching and verification against counterparty records, ensuring accuracy of all key economic attributes (notional, strike, expiration, premium, quantity, price, fees, and settlement dates).
• Identify, investigate, and reconcile trade discrepancies, allocation breaks, and economic mismatches in real time, liaising proactively with internal Trading Desks, Middle Office, Sales, and external institutional clients/counterparties.

Risk Management, Aging & Discrepancy Control

• Monitor outstanding and unconfirmed trade queues, actively driving the resolution and escalation of same day settlement or critical markets to minimize operational and financial exposure.
• Investigate root causes of recurring confirmation exception or Mismatches, drafting remediation plans and coordinating with clearing operations, settlement teams, and technology to implement preventative controls.
• Appropriately assess risk when operational and business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding the bank, its clients, and assets by driving compliance with applicable policies, laws, and regulations.

Process Optimization, Reporting & System Enhancement

• Design, prepare, and analyze daily confirmation metrics, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), straight-through processing (STP) rates, reports for operations leadership.
• Leverage technical capabilities (such as macros, VBA, SQL, or reporting tools) to automate reconciliation workflows, eliminate manual interventions, and enhance STP confirmation matching.
• Ensure all confirmation workflows adhere to audit trails, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and internal control architecture.

Professional Judgement & Stakeholder Management

• Support execution of operational strategies within the confirmation function by translating operational direction into actionable, structured workflows.
• Apply domain expertise, structured thinking, and analytical rigor to address non-routine confirmation issues, structure