Citi continues to enhance its business control andernance framework by building out Institutional Credit Management (ICM), a relatively 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, Capital Markets, and Advisory (BCMA), Global Structured Products, Financings, and Securitizations (GSP-F&S), Treasury & Trade Services (TTS), Markets, and Securities Services (MSS)
The Global Head of Corporate Regional Markets and Public Sector Underwriting ("CRMPS Head") leads the global credit underwriting function for Citi's corporate relationships in Latin America (LATAM), Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Middle East and Africa (MEA), and Asia Pacific (APAC) as well as the Global Public Sector portfolio in all Regions (NAM, Europe, MEA, LATAM and APAC). CRMPS also covers Financial Institutions (FIs) in LATAM, CEE, MEA and some countries in APAC. The CRMPS Head reports directly to the ICM Global Head.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Set the global strategy for and drive execution of the Corporate Credit Underwriting function including the following:
1. Leading a global team of dozens of senior credit underwriters globally
2. Setting a global culture which demands excellence in analysis, underwriting, monitoring, thought leadership, and strong execution
3. Ensures continuous adoption of leading practices in credit analysis, underwriting, and monitoring and drives global consistency across regions
4. Promotes function's close engagement with global and Regional Business Heads, Independent Risk, regulators, and other control functions to allow critical emerging areas of credit risk to be well understood and disseminated throughout the organization
5. Accountable for sustaining strong talent in the function including assessing the adequacy and quality of staffing, to ensure the team are well trained andpetitivelypensated and that talent development initiatives are in place
6. Facilitate relationships with key clients in Banking and Risk and with key Regulators, Internal Audit, and control functions
7. Support the Global Heads of Underwriting and other global function/business partners on strategic initiatives/projects
8. Support VOE initiatives
SPECIFIC RISK EXPERIENCE:
9. Senior credit approval authority covering large andplex underwritings, capitalmitments, derivatives with multi-industry experience
10. Track record of managing large, diverse, high-performing teams
11. Proven experience in effectively engaging with banking regulators
12. Experience in and exposure to global credit risk management standards
13. Ability to understand capital markets products andplex financing and product structures
14. 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
15. Able to discuss and address issues associated with the allocation of risk assets and risk capital in partnership with banking and product organizations
MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY:
16. Demonstrates managerial maturity in looking out for the best interests of the enterprise
17. Proven change management skills including leadingplex Transformation initiatives
18. A strong mentor and coach - one with the ability to rally followers and strengthen the overall risk culture of the organization
19. Highly skilledmunicator who ensures key messages are cascaded throughout the organization
CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS / BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP:
20. Proven ability to understand nuances of local markets, local regulation, and the capabilities and practices ofpetitors
21. Navigates organizationalplexity and breaks silos
22. Creates and sustains a network of strong partnerships with the business in all segments & geographies and other risk functions
23. Provides well-reasoned, balanced assessments of risk/return trade-offs associated with transactions and client relationships
24. Proven track record of partnering with global peers in leveraging and implementation of best practices
QUALIFICATIONS:
25. Significant risk/risk-related credit work experience in banking/financial institutions
26. Level 2 Senior Credit Officer designation with potential to be Level 1 in the near term is preferred
27. Proven ability to effectively engage with regulators and internal control functions including Internal Audit and Fundamental Credit Risk as well as with external audit
28. Demonstrates strong ethics and integrity
29. Strong leadership. Dynamic, flexible, and with strongmunication skills
30. Ability to see the 'big picture' in aplex environment
31. Can make decisions under pressure and short timeline
32. Excellent verbal & writtenmunication skills. Active listening skills.
33. Demonstrated influencing and negotiating ability, resolve conflicts amongst various constituencies
34. Excellent presentation skills - adept at presenting effectively to audiences of various sizes and various constituencies
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Job Family Group:
Risk Management ------------------------------------------------------
Job Family:
Credit Decisions ------------------------------------------------------
Time Type:
Full time ------------------------------------------------------
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Job ID 25861330