Trader - Director

Citi; Singapore; On-site; SGD 250,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi in Singapore seeks a Senior Trader to oversee a trading book, drive revenues, and manage risk in coordination with the Trading team. The role requires deep product knowledge, strong relationships with clients, and close collaboration with Sales, Research, and Risk functions.

You will lead governance and controls, ensure compliance with policy, and mentor junior traders while delivering on budgeted revenues and maintaining book integrity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; advanced degree preferred.
• Proven history of trading book management and revenue delivery.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills; ability to quantify risk and P&L impact.
• Licensing/registrations as applicable to trading roles.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a trading book as a Senior trader and generate revenues and manage risk for the respective business.
• Build and maintain a franchise and connect with key clients.
• Coordinate with Sales, Research, CMand and other organizations across Markets and Securities Services and the broader business.
• Trade a book and deliver on budgeted revenues and manage book risk.
• Establish and maintain key relationships to deliver trades to the desk.
• Anticipate client demand and facilitate large client trades.
• Coordinate with desk analysts and sales to develop the franchise and mentor junior traders.
• Lead governance and controls with Legal, Compliance, Risk, Audit, Finance.
• Build a culture of responsible finance, governance, and ethics.
• Assess risk/reward of transactions with attention to firm reputation and regulatory obligations.

Skills

Trading experience

Risk management

Client relationships

Analytical skills

Communication

Bloomberg

Interpersonal skills

Regulatory awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Bloomberg Terminal

Trading systems

Job description

The Trader is a senior level position responsible for overseeing a trading book and managing book risk, in coordination with the Trading team. The overall objective of this role is to ensure book trades deliver on budgeted revenues, and to coordinate with key stakeholders to develop the trading franchise.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a trading book as a Senior trader and generate revenues and manage risk for the respective business
• Build and maintain a franchise and connect with key clients
• Coordinate with Sales, Research, CMand and other organizations across Markets and Securities Services and the broader business
• Trade a book and deliver on budgeted revenues and manage book risk
• Establish and maintain key relationships to deliver trades to the desk
• Anticipate client demand in each respective product/market and facilitate large client trades
• Coordinate with desk analysts as needed and with sales to develop the franchise and manage and mentor junior traders as needed
• Leading strong governance and controls:
• 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
• Build a culture of responsible finance, good governance and supervision, expense discipline and ethics
• Appropriately assess risk/reward of transactions when making business decisions; demonstrating proper consideration for the firm’s reputation.
• Be familiar with and adhere to Citi's Code of Conduct and the Plan of Supervision for Global Markets and Securities Services
• 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.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in a related role
• In-depth knowledge of respective products and clients
• Proven history of successful trading book management
• Required licensing and registrations as applicable
• Advance analytical and numerical competency
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Effective interpersonal skills to develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to analyze and pitch situations and determine suitable counterparties
• Knowledge of Bloomberg, booking systems, trading protocol, closing technicalities

Education

• Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master's degree preferred

Job Family Group

Institutional Trading

Job Family

Trading

Time Type

Full time

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