The Business Associate is an intermediate level position responsible for the overall administrative activities of a business. These tasks may include contribution to external audits, business continuity activities or addressing regulatory issues. The Business Associate may assist in activities such as the tracking of business financials, managing employee headcount or coordination of other administrative needs. May work on ad hoc projects as requested.

Responsibilities:

Business Administration

• Liaise with support functions, building relationships with credit risk, market risk, operations, finance and technology to assist in delivering on business strategy.
• Create & maintain effective metrics for desk heads and senior management teams.
• Other ad-hoc Business Management tasks that support the activities of the business including PowerPoint presentations and Excel analysis.
• Participate in the control framework for the wider business including Managers’ Control Assessment (MCA) testing, operational loss processes, investigating, developing and driving corrective actions.
• Query databases and dashboards to produce reports.

Business Governance

• Track and manage relevant issues, Corrective Action Plans and various internal audits for resolution and coordination.
• Support business continuity activities.
• Ensure that controls and monitoring methods are adequately designed and executed, particularly for key focuses, such as Client suitability and price appropriateness alerts (via UNO).
• Support in the administration of the First Line of Defense working with product partners.

Control & Regulatory Focus

• Seek out and ensure corrective actions are implemented for control related issues across the spectrum of control functions with a goal of driving a robust, efficient and scalable business model for the supported desks.

Business Development & Project Management

• Participate in business-driven projects across functions, driving implementation and working closely with relevant seniors.
• Assist desk heads with sales strategy & projects – for example technology change, client tiers, reference data, etc.
• Provide input into technology change, process, and control framework enhancements.

Business & Communication

• Relay business knowledge, product knowledge, and requirements to sales staff and internal support functions.
• Co-ordinate and participate actively in relevant business initiatives.
• Foster excellent relationships between the businesses and various support functions.
• Communicate effectively within the business management teams locally and globally.
• Communicate effectively within the wider FX Sales management teams.

Development Value:

• Develop a detailed understanding of the Global FX business, its products and processes and how it operates within a large organization.
• Build effective prioritization and project skills as the job entails dealing with multiple conflicting priorities in a time pressured environment.
• The selected candidate will have the opportunity to work and build relationships with a broad range of people inside the organization, including Desk Heads, Country Markets Heads, FX Management, Global Functions Business Partners
• Extensive on the job training

Qualifications:

• Relevant professional experience
• Advanced Excel expertise including demonstrated capabilities with pivot tables, VLOOKUP’s, and formulas
• Experience with databases and information management
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree/University degree or equivalent experience

What we can offer you:

We work hard to have a positive financial and social impact on the communities we serve. In turn, we put our employees first and provide the best-in-class benefits they need to be well, live well and save well.

We’ll provide you with the resources to meet your unique needs, empower you to make healthy decisions, and allow you to choose which benefits suit you and your personal life best.

Visit our Global Benefits page to learn more.

Highlights of our core benefits include:

• Award winning pension
• On-site health services
• Private medical insurance packages to suit your personal circumstances
• Paid parental leave
• Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 Days plus bank holidays; increasing with tenure

Citi Belfast also champions diversity within our workforce, which helps us be well and live well together. We have over 40 different nationalities in our Northern Ireland offices, are a vocal supporter of LGBTQ+ rights, and are proud to have 47% of our leadership team made up of individuals who identify as women.

We encourage and lead inclusivity through our Pride, Disability, Multicultural, Families Matter, and Women affinity networks that are run by and for, Citi Belfast colleagues; providing them with the support they need in their personal and professional journeys and supplying them with the tools to help educate colleagues on all things related to each network to help us work better together. 

Sound like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to join the world’s most global bank and discover the true extent of your capabilities.

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Job Family Group:

Business Strategy, Management & Administration

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Job Family:

Business Administration

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Time Type:

Full time

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