Structurer - Commodities Financial Institutions Sales & Structuring

Introduction:

Are you an experienced structurer with deep technical expertise and a passion for developing innovative financial products? Citi is seeking a senior Structurer to join our Commodities Financial Institutions Sales & Structuring team. This role offers a unique opportunity to drive the growth of our global Commodities business by creating cutting-edge solutions for a diverse range of financial institutions.

Team/Role Overview:

The Commodities Financial Institutions Sales & Structuring team is a key driver of growth within Citi's global Commodities business. We are responsible for developing and delivering innovative products and solutions to our Financial Institution (FI) clients, including Asset Managers (Real Money and Hedge Funds), Commercial and Private Banks, Central Banks, Pension and Sovereign Wealth Funds, and other Financial Institutions. This team operates at the intersection of client needs, market opportunities, and internal capabilities, requiring strong commercial awareness and the ability to guide both external clients and internal stakeholders.

What You'll Do:

• Take an active and leading role in the origination and development of new product initiatives across the global FI client base.
• Structure a wide range of products, including:
  • Structured Products and Derivatives
  • Bespoke Hedging and Financing Solutions
  • Exchange Traded Products
• Contribute to new initiatives across the global Commodities business, specifically in areas such as Funding, Liquidity, and Risk Recycling.
• Develop comprehensive product proposals and actively participate in client meetings alongside Commodities and Markets Sales teams.
• Perform pre-trade and post-trade Risk and P&L analysis.
• Work in close partnership with control functions (Legal, Compliance, Market and Credit Risk, Audit, Finance) to ensure robust governance and control infrastructure.
• Foster a culture of responsible finance, good governance, supervision, expense discipline, and ethics.
• Appropriately assess risk/reward of transactions when making business decisions, ensuring proper consideration for the firm’s reputation.
• Adhere to Citi’s Code of Conduct and the Plan of Supervision for Global Markets and Securities Services.
• Maintain all required registrations/licenses within the appropriate timeframe.
• Assess risk appropriately when making business decisions, demonstrating 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.

What We'll Need From You:

• Demonstrated structuring experience in a large financial institution.
• Proven expertise in derivatives and financing solutions.
• End-to-end experience in delivering new product initiatives.
• Previous Commodities experience is desirable.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional groups and multiple stakeholders in a cohesive manner.
• Bachelor’s University degree in a technical / quantitative field, such as Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics. A Master’s degree is preferred.

What We Can Offer You:

• Senior Leadership Role: Hold a senior position influencing product development and business growth within global Commodities.
• Innovation & Impact: Drive the origination and development of new, innovative products that cater to a wide range of financial institutions.
• Broad Exposure: Work on diverse topics across the global Commodities business, gaining exposure to funding, liquidity, and risk recycling initiatives.
• Collaborative Environment: Engage with various internal and external stakeholders, including clients, sales, and control functions.
• Career Growth: Enhance your expertise in structuring, product development, and client solutions within a leading global financial institution.

If you are a highly motivated and experienced Structurer with a passion for innovation in commodities, we encourage you to apply.

Candidates applying for this role must be aware that it is a Certified Role, subject to the FCA and PRA Certification Regime.

The Certification Regime is one element of the Individual Accountability Regime which came into effect on 7 March 2016.

Under the Certification Regime, Citi UK regulated entities (Citi entities) must ensure that employees working in certain roles categorised as specified significant harm functions (Certified Roles) are assessed as fit and proper to carry out their role.

Under the guidance provided by the FCA and PRA, firms should have regard to the following when assessing fitness and propriety:

• Honesty, integrity and reputation

• Financial soundness

• Competence and capability

In order to comply with the requirements of the Certification Regime, Citi entities must take reasonable care to ensure that an employee does not perform a Certified Role without first being certified as Fit and Proper. For this reason, you will be assessed for this role against the Fit and Proper requirements, as described above.

This assessment will be carried out through extensive interviews, self-disclosures, permitted criminal record checks, regulated reference checks, credit checks and other background screening checks.

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Job Family Group:

Institutional Trading

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Job Family:

Structuring

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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