Head of RESCU EMEA

<h2>Job Description</h2><div><div><p><b>Discover your future at Citi</b><br /> Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a team of more than 230,000 dedicated people from around the globe. At Citi, you'll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact. <br><br><b>Job Overview</b><br /> Institutional Credit Management (ICM) is a key pillar of the Client Organization and stands as Citi's first line of defense in-business credit risk function, overseeing all wholesale credit risk activities for institutional clients by delivering integrated, end-to-end excellence in wholesale credit underwriting, identification, measurement, management, and monitoring across the enterprise. The Credit Underwriting function (ICM UW) provides best-in-class credit analysis, expert underwriting, and first line-of-defense credit approval for periodic and material transaction reviews, alongside credit monitoring for Corporate Banking, Commercial Banking, Services, and Markets relationships, thereby safeguarding Citi's credit exposures while helping drive new business with clients. <br><br>The Real Estate Structured Credit Underwriting (RESCU) EMEA head manages a team of underwriters, covering large and complex relationships within Asset Backed Securitization and Financing, Credit Finance, Secured Lending Investment and Citi Treasury Investments Portfolios in EMEA, being responsible for all due diligence and underwriting activities, in partnership with Spread Products Business and Risk. This role reports directly to the Head of ICM RESCU Underwriting. <br><br><b>Key Responsibilities:</b><br />Executes, aligned with global and regional strategies, all responsibilities regarding underwriting, <br />including, but not limited to: </p><ul><li>Adoption of leading practices in credit analysis, underwriting, and monitoring, including the end-to-end underwriting process, from early origination discussions to development of credit approval memos, and senior approval forums</li><li>Manage junior resources and serve as a key point of contact for the team for escalations / guidance as required</li><li>Perform a detailed review of the financial analysis, due diligence, projection modeling, stress testing, risk rating, and other in-depth analysis performed by junior resources</li><li>Review and approval of Credit Approval Memo (CAM) packages</li><li>Partner with front office on structuring and production of term sheet for new transactions</li><li>Facilitate relationships with key clients in Banking, Markets, and Risk (as applicable) and with key regulators, internal audit, and control functions</li><li>Support the Head of RESCU Credit Underwriting and the Head of ICM on strategic initiatives / projects as required</li></ul><b>Risk Management Experience:</b><ul><li>Senior credit approval authority covering large and complex underwritings, capital commitments, derivatives with multi-industry experience</li><li>Demonstrated expertise in and exposure to global credit risk management standards</li><li>Ability to understand capital markets products and complex financing and product structures</li><li>Ability to provide strategic insights and strong sensitivity to macro and regulatory issues, and impact of such issues on the various Risk families, including operational and franchise risks</li><li>Able to discuss and address issues associated with the allocation of risk assets and risk capital in partnership with banking and product organizations</li></ul><b>Client Relationships / Business Partnership:</b><ul><li>Proven ability to understand nuances of local markets, local regulation, and the capabilities and practices of competitors</li><li>Navigates organizational complexity and breaks silos</li><li>Creates and sustains a network of strong partnerships with the business in all segments & geographies and other risk functions</li><li>Proven experience of managing a team</li><li>Provides well-reasoned, balanced assessments of risk/return trade-offs associated with transactions and client relationships</li><li>Proven track record of partnering with global peers in leveraging and implementation of best practices</li></ul><b>Qualifications: </b><ul><li> Extensive experience, including strong managerial experience </li><li>Proven ability to effectively engage with regulators and internal control functions including Internal Audit and Fundamental Credit Risk as well as with external audit</li><li>Demonstrates strong ethics and integrity</li><li>Ability to see the 'big picture' in a complex environment</li><li>Can make decisions under pressure and short timeline</li><li>Excellent verbal & written communication skills. Active listening skills.</li><li>Excellent presentation skills - adept at presenting effectively to audiences of various sizes and various constituencies</li><li> Bachelor's/University degree, Master's degree preferred </li></ul> 'Candidates applying for this role must be aware that it is a Certified Role, subject to the FCA and PRA Certification Regime. <br /> The Certification Regime is one element of the Individual Accountability Regime which came into effect on 7 March 2016. <br /> 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. <br /> Under the guidance provided by the FCA and PRA, firms should have regard to the following when assessing fitness and propriety: <br /> • Honesty, integrity and reputation <br /> • Financial soundness <br /> • Competence and capability <br><br> 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. <br /> 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.' <br /> ------------------------------------------------------ <br /><b> Job Family Group: </b><br />Risk Management ------------------------------------------------------ <br /><b>Job Family:</b><br />Credit Risk ------------------------------------------------------ <br /><b> Time Type: </b><br />Full time ------------------------------------------------------ <br /><b> Most Relevant Skills </b><br />Analytical Thinking, Constructive Debate, Escalation Management, Financial Analysis, Policy and Procedure, Policy and Regulation, Product Knowledge, Risk Controls and Monitors, Risk Identification and Assessment.------------------------------------------------------ <br /><b> Other Relevant Skills </b><br />For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.------------------------------------------------------ <br /> Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law. <br><br> If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review Accessibility at Citi . <br><br> View Citi's EEO Policy Statement and the Know Your Rights poster. <br><br></div></div> Salary: GBP 80000 - 100000 per year

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