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Assistant VP – Equity Sales Support role in Tokyo, managing cash equity orders and client confirmations.
Join Citi's Market Operations to excel in equity middle office and regulatory reporting.
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Job Overview
Organization Overview: Citi Market Operations is currently at a pivotal point in its evolution and journey to implement a target operating model. We take pride and are passionate about our People and our culture. We are invested in people and their development. We are transforming and simplifying our operating model creating an exciting environment which encourages diversity of thought and inclusion.
We are a dynamic, global and diverse Organization, with a presence in over 60 Countries; covering all front post execution Operations teams including product aligned Middle Office groups, Settlements, Margin, Asset Servicing, Listed Derivative & Commodities Operations. We support an extensive range of Capital Markets products and services including Fixed Income (FX, Rates, Credit, Muni, Cash and Derivatives) where Citi is consistently a dominant top 3 player in the market, Equity (Cash, Derivatives, Prime Brokerage, Futures, Listed Derivs, FXPB) where Citi has a significant growth program to continue to build out its capabilities and services; and Syndicates where we support both FI and EQ new issues and IPOs.
Our Operations groups are core to the success of the Markets business and has significant impact across the lifecycle of a Trade. We partner extensively with a range of internal stakeholders including Front Office Sales and Trading Desks, Compliance, Legal, Finance and HR; alongside having significantly interaction with our external client base, playing a key role in the overall client experience. We have a Client relationship group dedicated to overseeing the group service performance and strategic partnership for our top tier client base, where we play a key role in supporting our global clients to ensure they have a first class experience when doing business with Citi.
Our roles entail ensuring we operate in a robust control environment, whilst in a fast-paced workplace. We comply with global regulations and internal policies and adopt a proactive approach to identifying opportunities to reduce risk through the continuous evaluation of our controls; to protect our clients, the firm and our reputation.
We work closely with our external global peers, partners and regulators, and play an integral part in leading an agenda at the forefront to optimize and streamline processes, and drive strategy across our industry.
In this role, you’re expected to:
AVP role within the Equity Sales Support Middle Office in Japan who processes Cash Equity orders and transactions originating from trading desks. The overall objective of this role is to assist Equity cash sales traders, process client confirmations as per client requirements and respond to inquiries from desk and clients.
The team sits near sales/trader on the trading floor.
The team is based in Tokyo and has global exposure by collaborating with diverse global teams.
Handle multiple BAU tasks at a time. Ensure trades are booked correctly; Coordinate transaction processing issues to the appropriate department and collaborate on a solution; Perform regulatory controls, account reconciliations, and record retention activities in accordance with established policies; Prepare and submit periodic internal and external regulatory reports.
Implement thorough control that meets regulator’s requirement.
Recommend solutions to resolve complex issues.
Participate in the implementation of assigned projects, including new products, services and upgrades to platforms.
Learn from past issues, keep on improving and build robust service and control.
As a successful candidate, you’d ideally have the following skills and exposure:
- • Bachelor's/University degree
- • 3 to 5 years+ of relevant experience in Equity Middle Office, or Equity Settlement Operations
- • Demonstrated comprehension of Equity (preferred)
- • Ability to establish and build trust with professionals throughout the business, advisor and business partner to the organization with a clear risk control orientation.
- • Strong awareness of both external and internal best practice perspectives, maintaining a balanced and fresh viewpoint.
- • Strong, influential communicator who is articulate and concise, demonstrated success interacting with stakeholders in the business as well as the Operations, and Technologies
- • Energetic, flexible, collaborative, and proactive
- • Self-reliant, good problem solver, results oriented
- • Strong risk management and control mindset
- • Japanese: native or business level for both writing and speaking
- • English: business level
- • JSDA Registered Representative (Class I)
Job Family Group:
Operations - Transaction Services
Job Family:
Securities and Derivatives Processing
Time Type:
Full time
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