Icm Emea Cmbs/gsp Real Estate Senior Underwriter - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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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 InstitutionalClient 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 ICG wholesale credit businesses including Banking, Capital Markets, and Advisory (BCMA), Global Structured Products, Financings,and Securitizations (GSP-F&S), Treasury & Trade Services (TTS), Markets, and Securities Services (MSS).

The ICM EMEA CMBS/GSP Real Estate _Senior Underwriter ("EMEA CRE Senior Underwriter") manages a team of Real Estate Underwriters, covering CMBS, non-recourse secured lending and warehouse facilities.

The EMEA CMBS/GSP Real Estate_ Senior Underwriter managesa team of Real Estate Underwriters, covering large and complex relationships within NAM, being responsible for all underwriting activities, in partnership with BCMA and Risk.

This role reports directly to the ICM CMBS/GSP Real Estate Cluster Head.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Executes, aligned with global and regional strategies, all responsibilities regarding underwriting, including, but not limited to:

Provide first line of defense credit approval for the most complex transactions
Adoption of leading practices in credit analysis, underwriting, and monitoring, including the endtoend underwriting process, from early origination discussions to development of credit approval memos, and senior approval forums
Supports function's close engagement with global and Regional Business Heads, Independent Risk, regulators, and other control functions
Facilitate relationships with key clients in Banking and Risk and with key Regulators, Internal Audit, and control functions
Manage diverse, and high performing team
Oversee credit associates with respect to their preparation of key deliverables such as CAM and sign off on their work product
Support the ICM Real Estate Underwriting Global Head on strategic initiatives/projects
Support VOE initiatives

SPECIFIC RISK EXPERIENCE:

Senior credit approval authority covering large and complex underwritings, capital commitments, derivatives with multiindustry experience
Experience in and exposure to global credit risk management standards
Ability to understand capital markets products and complex financing and product structures
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 effectively engage with regulators and internal control functions including Internal Audit and Fundamental Credit Risk as well as with external audit

CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS / BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP:

Proven ability to understand nuances of local markets, local regulation, and the capabilities and practices of competitors
Navigates organizational complexity and breaks silos
Creates and sustains a network of strong partnerships with the business in all segments & geographies and other risk functions
Provides wellreasoned, balanced assessments of risk/return tradeoffs associated with transactions and client relationships
Proven track record of partnering with global peers in leveraging and implementation of best practices
Proven track record on managing individuals and teams on multiple locations, driving strong Culture and Thought Leadership through groups and functions

QUALIFICATIONS:

13+ years risk/riskrelated credit work experience in banking/financial institutions
Senior Credit Officer designation or higher is 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
Demonstrates strong ethics and integrity
Ability to see the 'big picture' in a complex environment
Can make decisions under pressure and short timeline
Excellent verbal & written communication skills. Active listening skills.
Demonstrated influencing and negotiating ability, resolve conflicts amongst various constituencies
Excellent presentation skills adept at presenting effectively to audiences of various sizes and various constituencies

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Job Family Group:

Institutional Banking

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Job Family:

Investment Banking

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Time Type:

Full time

Citi is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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