Are you looking for a career move that will put you at the heart of a global financial institution? Then bring your skills in driving change, problem solving and communication to Citi’s Markets Program Execution & Transformation (MPE&T) 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 Markets Program Execution & Transformation Team works with all Global Markets businesses and multiple Citi functions, including Legal, Compliance, Finance and Operations & Technology to identify, mobilize and execute responses to regulatory and cross-business transformational projects. The primary mission of the team is to design and implement integrated solutions in the most efficient way for Markets and its clients.
This role is for an experienced project manager within the MPE&T Team, leading multiple projects / workstreams, assessing and delivering business process and supporting changes affecting multiple stakeholder groups, in response to new mandatory regulatory rulemaking, important supervisory requirements, and MPE&T discretional change initiatives.
What you’ll do:
Impactful project management for successful delivery of key Markets regulatory requirements. Responsibilities and priorities will reflect the needs of specific workstreams and will evolve over time, however, the following are some of the specific responsibilities expected of this role:
Lead the project management and delivery of key changes in a cross-asset capacity and across multiple sales / trading desks and functions including Risk, Technology, and Finance
Identify, prioritize, escalate and proactively manage risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies
Display intellectual leadership and project management acumen in leading workstreams that will implement a component of initiatives
Successfully guide and support key stakeholders, projects and activities as part of the overall book of work
Develop, mobilize and track stakeholder ownership and delivery of workstream plans
Communicate effectively with key stakeholders across the seniority spectrum, up to and including Steering Committee executives
Develop and deliver workstream updates to MSS Transformation and senior management covering project status and plans
Provide subject matter expertise on governance and program management to a wide array of internal stakeholders
Direct, manage and develop team members and contractor resources
What we'll need from you
Functional understanding of FX Delta and FX Risk management, with the ability to translate risk concepts into clear requirements, control implications, and implementation steps.
Markets product knowledge, enabling credible engagement with Front Office and control functions, practical solutioning, and effective articulation across product, risk, finance, and technology
Experience facing off and working with desk heads, business leads, functional heads at Director level a plus
Experience with trading, risk and P&L flows a plus
Strong & proven track record in strategic project management and delivering complex solutions are essential
Excellent oral and written communications skills; must be articulate and persuasive with the judgement and authority to provide insightful commentary to senior stakeholders
An understanding of mechanisms to track and communicate performance
Ability to drive change to business practices by working effectively across a global organization and understand different perspectives
Thought leadership in target state design through engaging stakeholders at various levels of the organization
Demonstrated analytical skills with follow-up and problem solving capability
Minimum of 7 years of front‑to‑back project management delivery experience across Markets (Trading, Risk, Finance/Product Control, Ops, Tech). FRTB-specific tenure is not required; however, the candidate must demonstrate sustained ownership of complex Markets initiatives end-to-end
College/University degree education
Project management certification (PMP) a plus
Relevant experience in a similar role
industry knowledge & delivery track record
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| Workplace Initiatives | |
| Program for parents returning to work after Parental Leave? | Yes- Open for vacancies in November 2019 |
| Leadership development programs? | Yes |
| Mentoring programs? | Yes |
| Coaching programs? | Yes |
| Employee-led diversity networks? | Yes |
| Internal women’s networking groups? | Yes |
| Open to discussing flexible work arrangements at interview stage? | Yes |
| No. of weeks paid maternity leave at full salary: | up to 26 weeks |
| Minimum weeks tenure required to be eligible for paid maternity leave: | 26 weeks |
| No. of weeks paid paternity leave at full salary: | 2 weeks |
| Minimum tenure required to be eligible for paid paternity leave: | 26 weeks |
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| Average pay gap: | 43.50% |
| Median pay gap: | 32.00% |
| Average bonus gap: | 71.60% |
| Median bonus gap: | 71.40% |
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| Targets to raise the number of women in leadership? | Yes |
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Returner Programme
The Citi Returner Programme is a supportive hiring programme, designed to help you transition from a career break into a career within financial services. You may have worked in the finance sector, the tech sector or another industry all together! We value your knowledge, skills and experience, regardless of how and where you have developed them. We believe that hiring people from different backgrounds with diverse perspectives brings advantages to our teams.
The programme will start in January 2020 and Returners will benefit from a structured and in-depth induction to help them transition successfully back into the workplace, followed by a tailored programme of professional development and learning delivered over a period of 15-18 months, dependent on the role and career pathway.
Returners will undertake professional qualifications as part of the programme and enjoy the benefits of being part of a supportive cohort. Citi recognises the importance of flexible working arrangements and is happy to explore these with you.
Eligible candidates will –
• Have been on a career break for at least two years
• Be looking to start the next phase of their career in financial services, in a range of roles, including operations and technology
• Demonstrate natural curiosity and be motivated to learn new skills
• Exhibit excellent leadership and communication skills
The returner programme will be open for applications on the 1st September 2019.