CTI - FX & International Markets Sr. Lead Analyst - C14/SVP

About Citi

Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. Our core activities are safeguarding assets, lending money, making payments and accessing the capital markets on behalf of our clients.

Citi’s Mission and Value Proposition  explains what we do and Citi Leadership Standards explain how we do it. Our mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress. We strive to earn and maintain our clients’ and the public’s trust by constantly adhering to the highest ethical standards and making a positive impact on the communities we serve. Our Leadership Standards is a common set of skills and expected behaviors that illustrate how our employees should work every day to be successful and strengthens our ability to execute against our strategic priorities.

Diversity is a key business imperative and a source of strength at Citi. We serve clients from every walk of life, every background and every origin. Our goal is to have our workforce reflect this same diversity at all levels. Citi has made it a priority to foster a culture where the best people want to work, where individuals are promoted based on merit, where we value and demand respect for others and where opportunities to develop are widely available to all.

Job Background:

Citi Treasury Investments (CTI): CTI is responsible for managing Citi Treasury’s central liquidity and investment portfolios, executing the foreign exchange hedge program and providing internal US dollar financing to other trading desks. CTI manages the USD interest rate risk for Citi’s accrual business (i.e. ex trading) to achieve Citi’s desired rate position. CTI is also responsible for third party funding, such as the issuance of benchmark debt and structured notes, Credit Card securitizations, and liability management exercises (exchange offers, defeasance, etc.) for all capital securities issued through Citigroup Inc. and CBNA.

The FX & International Markets (FXIM) team within CTI is responsible for:

Overseeing FX hedging activities for Citi’s Net Investment, and; Conducting Non-US dollar sovereign bond investments and associated FX and interest rate hedges, and; Managing foreign exchange risk for Citi’s non-US dollar debts, and; Overseeing non-US dollar capital investment in major countries

Key Responsibilities:

1.         Conduct FX markets analysis for major DM and EM countries, such as central bank policies, fiscal policies, global trade flow, geopolitical events and cross asset class correlation;

2.         Execute FX hedging transactions

3.         Support strategic analysis and initiatives related to non-USD Capital investments activity including foreign rates markets analysis

4.         Conduct quantitative analysis on debt hedging activities to provide recommendations and presentations to management.

5.         Help develop and maintain scenario based risk monitoring framework for all net investment hedge related limits and triggers;

6.         Coordinate with cluster and country Markets Treasury, Corporate Treasury, Controllers and Risk teams for execution of new projects, such as FX hedge for M&A activities;

7.         Monitor and evaluate performance of Citi versus Peers and track competitors’ net investment hedge;

8.         Conduct FXIM’s digital transformation initiatives.

Qualifications:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in a finance-focused discipline from a top tier university;
• 7-10 years of experience working in related functions; good understanding on macro, FX, and rates markets, or trading/booking systems;
• Strong ability to work collaboratively across different groups in different regions; Strong communication and presentation skills;
• High energy, self-starter with a desire to show creative ideas and continued progress;
• Good project management skills, and strong ability to manage multiple projects independently and develop reports and presentations;
• Strong financial modeling skills, Excel, VBA and Bloomber