The Prime Sales Trader is an intermediate-level position responsible for providing long and short financing coverage and solutions to hedge fund clients. The AVP Prime Sales Trader also serves as an intermediary in trading for clients, especially for short access (i.e. borrow). The overall objective of this role is to act as strategic advisor to our clients by formulating investment strategies, providing financing solutions, and raising capital for clients.
Responsibilities:
- Market Citigroup’s prime finance and execution capabilities, contribute to team strategy and deliver a high level of customer service
- Develop new relationships, cement current relationships and share existing relationships with Citi colleagues
- Offer client long and short financing coverage/solution (including short access and stock borrow loan market colour) and ensure compliance with all relevant regulations and internal policy
- Develop client from acquisition to ownership of high profile institutional/hedge fund accounts
- Lead strong governance and controls
- Work in close partnership with control functions such as Legal, Compliance, Market and Credit Risk, Audit, Finance in order to ensure appropriate governance and control infrastructure
- Build a culture of responsible finance, good governance and supervision, expense discipline and ethics
- Appropriately assess risk/reward of transactions when making business decisions; demonstrating proper consideration for the firm’s reputation
- Be familiar with and adhere to Citi’s Code of Conduct and the Plan of Supervision for Global Markets and Securities Services
- Adhere to all policies and procedures as defined by your role which will be communicated to you
- Obtain and maintain all registrations/licenses which are required for your role, within the appropriate timeframe
- 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:
- 3 years or more of relevant experience
- Experience in a client-facing role working with the buy-side community
- Experience in developing and maintaining client relationships
- Knowledge of equity trading, different trading strategies, equities, the market place and market issues
- Consistently demonstrate clear and concise written and verbal communication
- Proven interpersonal and problem-solving skills
- Broad client relationships preferred
- Fluency in additional languages desired
- License Requirement: relevant SFC license is required
Education:
- Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience
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Job Family Group:
Institutional Sales
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Job Family:
Investor Sales
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Time Type:
Full time
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