Cash Equity Trader

At Citi Markets, we win together. In a rapidly changing world, our shared vision gives us the clarity, agility and global perspectives we need to shape the future. That's why collaboration plays a central role in how we deliver for clients, develop our people, and grow our business. Our operation is uniquely global. Our client list is remarkably varied. Our product range is incredibly broad. But we're not the finished article. We have big ambitions for the future and all the resources we need to reach them, including some of the smartest people in the industry.

Citi's Markets business is one of the world's leading franchises in fixed income, currencies, commodities, equities, and prime finance. We connect institutional clients to deep liquidity, sophisticated risk management solutions, and market-leading execution capabilities across developed and emerging markets. Our equities platform spans cash equities, equity derivatives, convertibles, ETFs, and prime financing, supported by a global network of experienced traders, sales professionals, and research analysts.

This is an exceptional opportunity to join Citi's CEEMEA Cash Equities Trading desk in London as an Assistant Vice President. You will be responsible for executing cash equity orders, making markets, and managing risk across the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa equity markets. The role requires a deep understanding of market microstructure, strong relationships with local brokers and institutional clients, and the ability to manage complex risk profiles under volatile market conditions. You will work closely with sales trading, research, and technology teams to deliver best-in-class execution services to our diverse client base, including asset managers, hedge funds, pension funds, and sovereign wealth funds.

Primary Responsibilities of the Role:

• Execute client orders across CEEMEA cash equity markets with precision, ensuring best execution standards while managing market impact and optimizing trading costs for institutional clients including asset managers, hedge funds, and pension funds.
• Make markets and provide liquidity in CEEMEA equities, actively quoting prices, managing inventory positions, and responding to client inquiries in real-time across multiple exchanges and trading venues.
• Manage trading risk by monitoring and controlling exposure to market, credit, and operational risks; implementing hedging strategies; and ensuring compliance with firm-wide risk limits and regulatory requirements in a volatile emerging markets environment.
• Develop and maintain relationships with local brokers, exchanges, and institutional clients across the CEEMEA region, leveraging market intelligence to identify trading opportunities and deliver tailored execution solutions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with sales trading, equity research, derivatives, and technology teams to provide comprehensive market insights, support client coverage, and contribute to the development of innovative trading strategies and electronic execution tools.
• Monitor market developments including macroeconomic trends, geopolitical events, regulatory changes, and corporate actions across CEEMEA markets, translating insights into actionable trading strategies and client recommendations.

What We Need from You:

• Proven experience in cash equities trading, preferably with exposure to emerging markets, EMEA, or CEEMEA equities, demonstrating a strong track record of execution, market making, and risk management in fast-paced trading environments.
• Deep understanding of market microstructure including order types, execution algorithms, liquidity dynamics, and the regulatory landscape across multiple CEEMEA exchanges and trading venues.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to interpret complex market data, financial models, and research reports; proficiency in Excel is essential, and experience with programming languages such as Python, VBA, or SQL is highly advantageous.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills to interact effectively with clients, brokers, and internal stakeholders; ability to articulate market views clearly and provide actionable insights under pressure.
• Adaptability and resilience to thrive in a dynamic, high-pressure environment characterized by market volatility, geopolitical uncertainty, and rapid technological change; demonstrated agility, tenacity, and a will-to-win in complex situations.
• Language skills are a strong advantage; proficiency in languages relevant to the CEEMEA region (such as Arabic, Russian, Turkish, or Polish) in addition to fluent English would be highly valued.

What Citi Can Offer You:

• By joining Citi London, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:
• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self, every day.

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

Regulatory Information: 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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