Senior Financial Underwriter - London, United Kingdom - Citigroup Inc.

Description

Citi continues to enhance its business control and governance framework by building out Institutional Credit Management (ICM), a new function in the 1st Line of Defense, to house and consistently manage credit risk activities performed across its Institutional Client Group organization.

ICM's objective is to provide integrated "end-to-end" credit underwriting, identification, measurement, management, and monitoring for wholesale credit risk across the enterprise.

Within ICM, the Credit Underwriting function (ICM-UW) provides analysis, greenlight, underwriting, first-line-of-defense credit approval and subsequent credit monitoring across all wholesale credit businesses including Banking, Global Structured Products, Financings, and Securitizations (GSP-F&S), Treasury & Trade Services (TTS), Markets, and Securities Services (MSS).

The Global Head of Natural Resources manages a team of Corporate Underwriters, covering large and complex relationships globally, being responsible for all underwriting activities, in partnership with Banking and Markets and Risk.

Natural Resources combines a sub industry vertical from Energy and Commodities, Power, Chemicals and Clean Energy Transition with teams based in London, New York City and Houston.

Adoption of leading practices in credit analysis, underwriting, and monitoring, including the end-to-end underwriting process, from early origination discussions to development of credit approval memos, and senior approval forums
Detailed review of financial analysis, due diligence, projection modeling, stress testing, risk rating and other in-depth analysis performed by junior resources
Partnering with Front Office on structuring and production of term sheet for new transactions
Facilitate relationships with key clients in Banking and Risk and with key Regulators, Internal Audit, and control functions
Support the ICM CDM Underwriting Global Head on strategic initiatives/projects as required


SPECIFIC RISK EXPERIENCE:
Senior credit approval authority covering large and complex underwritings, capital commitments, derivatives with multi-industry experience
Experience in and exposure to global credit risk management standards
Ability to provide strategic insights and strong sensitivity to macro and regulatory issues, and impact of such issues on the various Risk families, including operational and franchise risks
~ Able to discuss and address issues associated with the allocation of risk assets and risk capital in partnership with banking and product organizations

Proven ability to understand nuances of local markets, local regulation, and the capabilities and practices of competitors
Creates and sustains a network of strong partnerships with the business in all segments & geographies and other risk functions
Provides well-reasoned, balanced assessments of risk/return trade-offs associated with transactions and client relationships
Proven track record of partnering with global peers in leveraging and implementation of best practices
15+ years relevant work experience in banking/financial institutions, including 10+ years' managerial experience

Senior Credit Officer designation is strongly preferred
Proven ability to effectively engage with regulators and internal control functions including Internal Audit and Fundamental Credit Risk as well as with external audit
Risk Management
Full time

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