Investment Banking Director - M&A

The role is a Director level position responsible for assisting clients in providing strategic advisory services in relation to mergers, acquisitions and other types of corporate finance transactions in close coordination with other IB and Banking teams.

Responsibilities:

• Leverage past investment banking or related experience to enhance Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) origination and execution and contribute to building Citi's franchise.
• Meet revenue and other financial goals by establishing and maintaining a pipeline of episodic deals.
• Ensure that proposed client solutions meet or exceed internal risk and return standards, including stringent ethical standards.
• Anticipate future changes in the marketplace.
• Identify and anticipate all types of risks (e.g. industry, portfolio, diversification, sovereign, commercial, currency, etc.).
• Serve as a mentor to junior Bankers.
• Build client relationships by providing advice and financial solutions tailored to the clients’ needs and acting as a content provider on market trends.
• Serve as the expert on regulatory, financial and complex strategic issues relating to M&A and other corporate finance transactions.
• 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:

• Experience in people management.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or closely related areas of Business Administration preferred.
• Master's degree in Business Administration preferred.
• Experience working in an investment banking institution(s) and particularly M&A.
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication.
• Demonstrated ability to remain unbiased in a diverse working environment.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience.
• Master’s degree preferred.

“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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