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IRAU Credit Risk Senior Analyst
Job Description
ICG Risk Analysis (IRAUs) is an integral part of the Institutional Credit Management (“ICM”) organization. The IRAU’s mandate is to deliver best-in-class credit risk analysis, monitoring and credit administration as a partner to ICG Risk and Banking, Capital Markets and Advisory’s (BCMA) shared commitment to ensuring the safety and soundness of wholesale lending across ICG.
ICG Risk Analysis Credit Risk Senior Analysts are responsible for a portfolio of ICG Risk Relationships, owning the Credit Risk Analysis for those relationships, and being responsible for the continuous monitoring of that portfolio. That includes the production of Annual Reviews, Quarterly Reviews, and the support to Ad-Hoc Transactions and Portfolio & Industry Reviews and Stress Testing.
This role has responsibility for the portfolio of specific industry relationships and the role reports directly to the ICG Risk Analysis (IRAU) Credit Risk Team Lead of the respective industry.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assess the credit and financial strength of Citi’s Large Corporate, Public Sector, and Financial Institutions Clients by performing fundamental credit analysis of counterparties using both quantitative and qualitative factors
- Complete Credit Analysis Write-up Memos and Final Obligor Risk Ratings of Citi’s Counterparties based on independent assessment and judgement completed on the due diligence of the client and industry knowledge to provide appropriate extensions of credit remaining within Risk appetite
- Continuous monitoring of the covered portfolio, including following industry trends, impacts to key relationships, and escalation of potential credit issues to Credit Risk Team Leads, ICG Risk and BCMA partners
- Partnership with applicable regional and industry stakeholders in BCMA and Independent Risk in the implementation of credit assessment and monitoring standards for applicable portfolios
- Support ICG Risk Analysis Voice of the Employee (VOE) initiatives
- Travel (less than 10%)
Knowledge/Experience:
- Demonstratable financial services experience, including 2-3 years of credit experience in Banking, Credit Risk Management or equivalent credit experience
- Knowledge of Wholesale Credit Processes and organizational awareness including IRAU functions, covered portfolios, and processes
- Understanding of policies and procedures with the ability to execute change seamlessly
- Intermediate analytical skills, including an understanding of key financial components (liquidity position, leverage profile with the ability to identify root causes and trends and anticipate horizon issues
- Thorough knowledge of Citi´s systems
- Experience in preparing presentations for seniors
- Awareness and adherence to the control environment including Quality Assurance and Quality Control
Skills/Competencies:
- Assists colleagues in identifying stretch opportunities to elevate individual and team performance
- Proven culture carrier
- Interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and exert influence with and without direct authority
- Organizational skills with ability and willingness to work under pressure and manages time and priorities effectively
- Written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely to audiences of varying levels of seniority
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) skills
Qualifications:
- BA/BSc or higher degree in Business (MBA), or any other related subject
Treasury and Trade Solution Sales Specialist – VP
The Solution Sales Specialist is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within own field and contributes to directional strategy by considering their application in own job and the business. Recognized technical authority for an area within the business. Requires basic commercial awareness. There are typically multiple people within the business that provide the same level of subject matter expertise. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and external customers. Significant impact on the area through complex deliverables. Provides advice and counsel related to the technology or operations of the business. Work impacts an entire area, which eventually affects the overall performance and effectiveness of the sub-function/job family.
Responsibilities:
- Manage a portfolio of Top Tier Local Corporates and Global Subsidiaries and be responsible for TTS sales origination, cross-sell and retention across the portfolio
- Originate new TTS sales for clients, cross-selling TTS products and services to deepen wallet penetration, revenue realization and expansion, and driving customer satisfaction through quality service delivery
- Primary global or regional point of contact and accountability for TTS sales origination and related activities to clients
- Trusted advisor for the TTS solutions provided to clients and be responsible for overall client satisfaction
- Responsible for growing the TTS P&L of clients and oversee the sales process from origination to revenue realization for assigned clients
- Manage and drive the deal team and work closely with Relationship Managers, TTS Product, Client Delivery and O&T to achieve objectives
- Ensure consistent, professional delivery of all client management disciplines including: account planning, call reporting, lead generation, pipeline management, implementation acceleration, plus TTS relationship reviews
- Cultivate client contacts in the key buying centers that allocate and influence the client’s TTS-related wallet
- Identify client goals & financial needs that can be addressed through the TTS platform
- Identify opportunities for new deals across TTS product set and geographies including multi-product requirements
- Develop and maintain market knowledge through participation in conferences and keeping up to date on market trends affecting clients
- Manage and drive the global / regional teams for each account:
- Champion multi-product and/or cross-regional solutions and pricing through the deal review process (Product Sales will be responsible for overall proposal creation and deal review)
- Ensure global team communication (e.g. call reports, CRM, emails)
- Drive overall client satisfaction with the TTS platform and build customer loyalty
- Respond to customer escalation for operational/customer service issues, including complex or cross-geography issues
- Build a culture of responsible finance, good governance and supervision, expense discipline and ethics
- Appropriately assess risk/reward of transactions when making business decisions; demonstrating proper consideration for the firm’s reputation
- Be familiar with and adhere to Citi’s Code of Conduct and the Plan of Supervision for Global Markets and Securities Services
- 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:
- 6-10 years of experience
- Customer service oriented person with excellent communication skills
- In-depth knowledge of regulations, market practices and bank operations across East Africa
- Demonstrated interpersonal, oral/written communication skills
- Analytical and Advanced problem solving skills
- Independently motivated and resourceful
- A sense of pragmatism and urgency in execution of strategy
- Innate leadership ability to galvanize resources across units
- Product, sales and business management experience.
- People with relevant Banking/Finance/Client Service or relationship management
- Ability to work with broad group of stakeholders
Education:
- Bachelor’s/University degree, Master’s degree preferred.