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Citi · 2 days ago

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Citigroup Global Markets Inc. is seeking a Trader for its New York, NY location. The role involves pricing and trading equity derivatives products, managing risk, and collaborating with various teams to enhance profitability and governance.

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Responsibilities

Price and trade equity derivatives products based on understanding of price actions and fundamentals of derivatives securities in reaction to market movements to generate revenues and manage risk for the respective business
Execute appropriate hedges to mitigate FX, cross currency, and interest rate exposures
Analyse the outputs of a variety of reporting suites, with large volumes of data, to make decisions about the required trade types, structures, tenors and sizes
Execute projects/analysis on important metrics to understand the theory, propose logic changes, inform trading decisions, and ensure accurate pricing
Work with technology and quant partners to develop systematic improvements that are additive to Citi’s economic profitability
Liaise with treasury to coordinate usage of the firm’s resources and changes to liquidity and stay updated on changing requirements
Liaise with sales to develop the franchise, anticipating client and internal demand in each respective product/market
Work in close partnership with control functions such as Legal, Compliance, Market and Credit Risk, Audit, and Finance to ensure appropriate governance and control infrastructure
Coordinate with Sales, Research, CM, and other organizations across Markets and Securities Services and the broader business
Establish and maintain key relationships to deliver trades to the desk
Build a culture of responsible finance, good governance and supervision, expense discipline and ethics

Qualification

Equities MarketsRisk ManagementAnalytical SkillsMicrosoft ExcelSQLBloombergCommunication SkillsTeam Collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree, or foreign equivalent, in Finance, Economics, Management, or a related field
three (3) years of experience in the job offered or in a related occupation assisting with a trading book and mitigating risk
Managing trading risk relevant to Equities Markets including executing equity cash and derivatives transactions
Working with Funding Markets including interaction with the market for Equity TRS, FX (including Cross Currency), and Repo Products
Utilizing advance analytical and numerical skills including experience with Microsoft Excel, SQL, and Visual Basics for Applications to analyse large datasets
Utilizing liquidity metrics and modeling to identify business drivers, propose trading solutions, and identify opportunities for changes
Working with Bloomberg, booking systems, trading protocol, and closing techniques

Benefits

Medical, dental & vision coverage
401(k)
Life, accident, and disability insurance
Wellness programs
Paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays

Company

Citi's mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress.

H1B Sponsorship

Citi has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (1386)
2024 (849)
2023 (1375)
2022 (1117)
2021 (876)
2020 (901)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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James Monahan
Managing Director / Global Head of Asset Servicing
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Naveed Sultan
Managing Director, Chairman, Institutional Clients Group
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