Corporate Banking - UK Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT) Head - Director

Citigroup

  • London
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 6 days ago
The Banker is a senior-level position responsible for assisting clients with their corporate requests, including raising funds in the capital markets, as well as in providing strategic advisory services for mergers, acquisitions and other types of financial transactions in coordination with the broader Institutional Banking team. The Banker also serves as an intermediary in trading for clients. The overall objective of this role is to act as strategic advisor to our clients by supporting them with their day to day operations, formulating investment strategies and raising capital.Responsibilities:
  • Lead in the origination, structuring, and execution of transactions and financings and foster and leverage ongoing global relationships inside and outside of the organization
  • Manage credit risk of the client portfolio and allocate capital prudently through partnership with senior credit officers and capital management
  • Provide a wide range of treasury and corporate finance solutions including cash management, trade, vendor finance, FX, general credit, loans, debt capital markets, structured finance, share repurchase, and interest rate and equity derivatives for a selected client portfolio
  • Provide sophisticated financial solutions tailored to clients’ needs and act as a content provider on industry and market trends
  • Meet revenue and other financial goals by leveraging Citi’s full spectrum of Institutional Client Groups (ICG) products and services and ensure solutions meet or exceed internal risk, return and compliance requirements, ethical standards, and anticipated future changes in the marketplace
  • Proactively leverage industry trends and client solutions to propose new ideas and content for clients
  • Partner with ICG partners to execute episodic transactions and drive client planning by delivering product agnostic solutions, client access, and effective capital allocation
  • Identify and lead new business opportunities enabling a balanced growth of the client portfolio
  • Recruit and develop diverse talent for the Corporate Bank and serve as a mentor to junior bankers
  • 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:
  • Ideally 15+ years of relevant experience
  • MBA or Master's Degree in business preferred
  • Demonstrated collaboration with multiple corporate banking stakeholders including coverage teams, risk and products
  • Comprehensive knowledge of corporate banking business including related products, pertinent regulations and the lending and credit approval process
  • Previous knowledge or experience with technology, telecoms and media clients
  • Demonstrated leadership, organizational, negotiation, presentation sales, client-relationship building, analytical and credit skills
  • Consistently demonstrate clear and concise written and verbal communication
  • Experience in originating, structuring and executing transactions and financings
  • Experience with large, global corporate clients, capital markets products, derivatives, credit, cash management, trade, finance and securities products
  • Strong understanding of capital management and ability to efficiently allocate capital across the portfolio
  • Strong track record of developing complex client relationships and balancing capital, returns and credit appetite
  • Experience with managing diverse teams and demonstrated commitment to talent development
  • Ability to influence and manage multiple internal stakeholders
  • Strong credit background and demonstrated ability to analyse and structure credit transactions – SCO qualification desired
Education:
  • Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience
  • Master's degree preferred
Candidates applying for this role must be aware that it is a Certified Role, subject to the Certification Regime. The Certification Regime is one element of the Individual Accountability Regime which has come into effect on 7 March 2016. Under the Certification Regime, certain Citi entities must ensure that employees working in certain roles categorised as specified significant harm functions (Certified Roles) are assessed as fit and proper to carry out their role.Under the guidance provided by the FCA and PRA, firms should have regard to the following when assessing fitness and propriety:
  • Honesty, integrity and reputation
  • Financial soundness
  • Competence and capability
In order to comply with the requirements of the Certification Regime, certain Citi entities must take reasonable care to ensure that an employee does not perform a Certified Role without first being certified as Fit and Proper. For this reason, you will be assessed for this role against the Fit and Proper requirements, as described above. This assessment will be carried out through extensive interviews, self-disclosures, permitted criminal record checks, reference checks, credit checks and other background checks. If hired for this role, you will also be required to complete an annual declaration regarding your Fitness and Propriety.By submitting your application, you acknowledge that you have read the information above and that you are applying for a Certified Role. You also agree to Citi carrying out any additional screening required, including permitted criminal record checks, reference checks, credit checks and any other background checks.Job Family Group: Institutional BankingJob Family: Corporate BankingTime Type: Full timeMost Relevant Skills Please see the requirements listed above.Other Relevant Skills For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review .View Citi’s and the poster.

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