Investment Banking, Consumer & Retail, Director in London

The Banker is a senior level position in the EMEA Consumer and Retail Investment Banking team responsible for assisting clients in providing strategic advisory services for mergers, acquisitions and other types of financial transactions as well as in raising funds in the debt and equity capital markets. The overall objective of this role is to act as strategic advisor to our clients, preferably with a focus on the retail verticals within the broader consumer and retail sectors.

Responsibilities:

• Leverage past investment banking or related experience to enhance Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) execution and capital raising capabilities (Levfin, ECM and DCM) and contribute to building Citi's investment banking 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.
• Identify and anticipate all types of risks (e.g. industry, portfolio, diversification, sovereign, commercial, currency, etc.).
• Serve as a mentor to junior Bankers, execute staffing models that support business needs and career trajectories for junior staff.
• Build client relationships by providing sophisticated 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 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 behaviour, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Recommended Qualifications:

• Significant experience in consumer and retail investment banking demonstrating existing strong client relationships and transaction track record.
• Experience in people management and working collaboratively within the team and ability to partner with other sector, country and product teams.
• Experience working in an investment banking institution(s), preferably at a bulge bracket firm and/or a top tier boutique.
• 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/higher experience.

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.

Job Family Group: Institutional Banking

Job Family: Investment Banking

Time Type: Full time

Most Relevant Skills: Please see the requirements listed above.

Other Relevant Skills: For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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