Securities & Derivatives Associate Analyst Hybrid

About the Role

The Securities & Derivatives Associate Analyst is a developing professional role. This role identifies policy and applies specialty knowledge in monitoring and assessing processes and data. It integrates established disciplinary knowledge within own specialty area with a basic understanding of related industry practices. The role requires a good understanding of how the team interacts with others in accomplishing its objectives and develops working knowledge of industry practices and standards. The impact of the job holder is restricted to their own team, with limited but direct impact on the business through the quality of tasks/services provided.

Key Responsibilities

• Securities transaction processing execution, typically related to Securities Clearance Settlement and Derivative Operations.
• Providing analytic support to traders and review of derivative products.
• Supporting an expansive and/or diverse array of products and services.
• Following established procedures to identify problems related to securities and derivatives settlement that require investigation or research.
• Assisting in resolving problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience, guided by precedents.
• Delivering reports to satisfy management requirements, support control activities, and the launch of products/services.
• Providing assistance in the implementation of process improvements.
• Minimizing risk to the bank through increased knowledge of procedural requirements, including understanding and monitoring errors to adhere to audit and control policies (e.g., reconciliation, payment, and other processing systems).
• Timely management and escalation of all requests, inquiries, issues, and errors, mostly post-settlement.
• Demonstrating an intermediate level of understanding of products and processes, and how duties relate to and integrate with others in the team and closely related teams.
• Demonstrating an excellent knowledge of bank related systems.
• Utilizing strong communication, interpersonal, and diplomacy skills to interact with colleagues and stakeholders, and to exchange potentially complex sensitive information, while being sensitive to audience diversity.
• Appropriately assessing 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, and escalating, managing, and reporting control issues with transparency.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Experience in Treasury Operations or Middle Office.
• Understanding of Treasury products, accounting, and regulatory policies.
• Ability to work in a structured, high volume, time-sensitive, high-risk, and demanding environment.
• Good analytical skills and a positive attitude.
• Knowledge of Macros.
• Bank related systems.

Qualifications

• 0-2 years of experience working in Treasury Operations or Middle Office.
• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience.

Education

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience.