UK Global Network Banking (GNB) Head in London

The UK GNB Head is a senior management level position responsible for delivering Citi’s unique global network to the subsidiaries and regional treasury centers of our Banking clients operating in and out of the United Kingdom. This position will drive revenue growth for the UK franchise by ensuring strong focus on origination, driving wins across all products across Citi franchise and delivery of excellent client experience. This role is a key member of Citi UK Corporate Banking senior management team, reporting directly to UK Corporate Banking Head.

• Develop and monitor a client driven franchise growth plan which is delivered through people and franchise management.
• Understand regional and emerging market trends to identify growth opportunities, anticipate obstacles and communicate a forward-looking vision that is responsive to changes in the environment.
• Responsible for overall subsidiary and regional relationship management and providing a wide range of treasury and corporate finance solutions, including cash management, trade, FX, financing and commodities.
• Drive client planning, product agnostic cross selling, client access, and effective capital allocation.
• Translate Citi’s strategy into an effective and efficient GNB business plan and drive a strong balance between near-term and long-term priorities.
• Drive C suite client interactions and content creation for strategic dialogue.
• Ensure alignment of core strategy against the segment with Banking, Markets, Services, Global Wealth Management, as well as Institutional Client Management (“ICM”) and Risk partners to drive growth and client delivery.
• Responsible for meeting revenue goals and other goals related to budget, risk management, and credit allocation in partnership with Parent Account Manager (“PAM”), Global Capital Market (“GCM”) and Risk.
• Drive innovation, differentiation, speed to market and promote cross selling of products across the full Citi platform.
• Use external and internal data for directing and measuring the origination and sales effort.
• Ensure client relationships and proposed client solutions meet or exceed internal risk and return standards, including stringent ethical standards and anticipated future changes in the marketplace.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citi, 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, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.
• Develop strong and diverse talent pool within GNB franchise.

• 15+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in people management.
• Business Senior Credit Officer preferred.
• Global coverage / relationship management experience and working across the full spectrum of banking products / services relevant for Corporate clients.
• Strong corporate finance skills.
• Demonstrated ability to balance between internal management and external client engagement.
• Demonstrated understanding of compliance issues and regulatory requirements (global and local).
• Proven leadership skills and intellectual capability to create momentum and a collective agenda across multiple products with a diverse population and competing priorities.
• Demonstrated intellectual grasp of the industry and ability to anticipate and lead the organizational response to future changes and translate vision into executable plans.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills with pragmatic approach to ensure limited resources are directed appropriately.
• Consistently demonstrate clear and concise written and verbal communication.

• Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience.
• Master's/MBA degree preferred from a top economics, business, or financial engineering program.

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.

Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.