Emea Structured Notes Manager Middle Office - Belfast, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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Organization Overview:

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 transformingand simplifying our operating model, creating an exciting environment which encourages diversity of thought and inclusion.

We are a dynamic, global, and diverse Organisation, 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 & CommoditiesOperations.

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.

We have a Client relationship group, dedicated to overseeing the Organizational service performance and strategic partnershipfor our top tier client base, where we play a key role in supporting our global clients to ensure they have a first-class experience when doing business with Citi.

Our Business Intelligence and Process Re-engineering group works alongside our Operations teams delivering automation solutions to solve for operational challenges.

We partner with Citi's innovation labs to drive optimization, and overall play a pivotal rolein enabling us to transform to achieve our target operating model.

Our roles entail ensuring we operate in a robust control environment, whilst in a fast-paced workplace.

We comply with global regulations and internal policies and adopt a proactive approach to identifying opportunities to reduce risk through the continuousevaluation of our controls; to protect our clients, the firm, and our reputation.

We work closely with our external global peers, partners, and regulators, and play an integral part in leading an agenda at the forefront to optimize and streamline processes and drive strategy across our industry.

Job Purpose:

The EMEA Regional Head of Structured Notes Middle Office is a senior level position responsible for managing the EMEA Structured Notes MO team, which can be based in London, or Belfast.

They will be focused on providing supervision to a growing notes supportteam, implementing effective controls and ensuring first class support to the Structured Notes business in EMEA.

Responsibilities:

Have in depth knowledge of the Structured Notes Front to back flows including the interplay with IPA and clearing houses
Exhibit knowledge of Structured Notes payoffs, understand key risks, and have knowledge and experience in implementing controls for a growing business
Maintain position records in coordination with the traditional trading desk assistant and / or trade processing functions
Monitor break and exception volumes to identify trends and key areas of focus for development. Work with tech and the business to get prioritisation for enhancements, owning the enhancement detail and delivery.
Provide analytical and administrative support to Front Office Sales and Trading specifically for structured notes.
Directly impact the area through shared responsibility for delivery of end results and formulation of procedures/process improvement.
Identify control deficiencies, resolve issues and escalate control gaps and issues to senior management when appropriate
Provide informal and formal leadership for the team, and coach and train new recruits, and provide guidance and support to junior staff.
Conduct discovery and due diligence activities with clients to solve complex client queries

Qualifications/experience:

- (preferred) Previous experience of supporting a demanding sales/trading desk - ideally Equity Derivatives / Structured notes.

Experience of delivering results, particularly from a transformation/change management perspective.
Ability to drive global initiatives and consistency across the regions.
Proven record of delivering results and working to strict deadlines.
Familiarity with impacts on risk and P/L.
Ability to work under pressure and manage to deadlines
Ability to work in a fastpaced environment
Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
Strong sense of accountability and responsibility for owning issues through to resolution needed.

What we Offer:

We work hard to have a positive financial and social impact on the communities we serve.

In turn, we put our employees first and provide the best-in-class benefits they need to be well, live well and save well.

We'll provide you with the resources to meet your unique needs, empower you to make healthy decisions, and allow you to choose which benefits suit you and your personal life best.