Securities & Derivatives Analyst 1

This is an exciting opportunity to kick start your career at Citi We are looking for enthusiastic and energetic team players, with a strong work ethic, who will join Markets Operations. Citi Markets Operations is currently at a pivotal point in its evolution and journey to implement a target operating model. We take pride and are passionate about our People and our culture. We are invested in our People and their development. We are transforming and simplifying our operating model, creating an exciting environment which encourages diversity of thought and inclusion. We are a dynamic, global, and diverse Organization, with a presence in over 60 Countries; covering all front post execution Operations teams including product aligned Middle Office groups, Settlements, Margin, Asset Servicing, Listed Derivative & Commodities Operations. We support an extensive range of Capital Markets products and services including Fixed Income (FX, Rates, Credit, Muni, Cash and Derivatives) where Citi is consistently a dominant top 3 player in the market, Equity (Cash, Derivatives, Prime Brokerage, Futures, Listed Derivs, FXPB) where Citi has a significant growth program to continue to build out its capabilities and services; and Syndicates where we support both FI and EQ new issues and IPOs. Our Operations groups are core to the success of the Markets business and have significant impact across the lifecycle of a trade. We partner extensively with a range of internal stakeholders including Front Office Sales and Trading Desks, Compliance, Legal, Finance and HR; alongside having significant interaction with our external client base, playing a key role in the overall client experience.

The Markets Sanctions Operations Officer level position overall objective is to perform multiple processing activities in a fast-paced environment, while focusing on quality, details, and accuracy. Among these responsibilities is the review and disposition of alerts generated through the screening of transactions against sanctions lists issued by regulators. The position supports this process for Asia UK and EMEA.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze alerts generated by transactions against Sanctions Screening lists during the lifecycle of a transaction.
• Conduct alert investigation using global standard policies, procedures and tools aimed at meeting internal and external regulatory requirements.
• Apply globally standardized decision matrices to disposition sanctions alerts related to Global payments.
• Apply detailed processing knowledge to deliver efficient customer service that meets quality standards.
• Assist new team members with procedural tasks once expertise has been developed in the above functions.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating 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:

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Must be a self-starter, flexible, innovative, and adaptive.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team setting.

Education:

• High School diploma (Bachelor's degree/University degree preferred)

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

Full time shift work Monday – Friday

Job Family Group:
Operations - Transaction Services

Job Family:
Securities and Derivatives Processing

Time Type:
Full time

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