VP/SVP, FX Counselor Lead, Private Bank

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Citi Wealth brings together the full power of Citi to serve the entire continuum of wealth clients, from affluent to ultra-high net worth to family offices.  The strategies we create help our clients maintain liquidity while maximizing yields, transact in foreign currency and across borders, and manage fluctuating expenses or cash flow.  We are uniquely suited to helping our clients meet their banking needs across regions through our global network.

We’re currently looking for a high caliber professional to join our team as FX Counselor Lead (Internal Job Title: FX Counselor Lead - C13/ FX Counselor Sr. Lead - C14) based in Hong Kong.  Being part of our team means that we’ll provide you with the resources to meet your unique needs, empower you to make healthy decision and manage your financial well-being to help plan for your future.  For instance:

• Citi provides programs and services for your physical and mental well-being including access to telehealth options, health advocates, confidential counseling and more. Coverage varies by country.
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• We offer our employees resources and tools to volunteer in the communities in which they live and work. In 2019, Citi employee volunteers contributed more than 1 million volunteer hours around the world.

In this role, you’re expected to:

The FX Counselor Sr. Lead is a strategic professional who closely follows latest trends in own field and adapts them for application within own job and the business. Typically a small number of people within the business that provide the same level of expertise. Excellent communication skills required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Accountable for significant direct business results or authoritative advice regarding the operations of the business. Necessitates a degree of responsibility over technical strategy. Primarily affects a sub-function. Responsible for handling staff management issues, including resource management and allocation of work within the team/project.

Responsibilities:

• This role is based within the Private Bank’s Capital Markets Group, covering client activity in FX and reports into the FX Function Group Manager.
• Generate revenue by selling Foreign Exchange products to Private Bank clients
• Provide relevant market updates and insight to clients
• Price spot, forward, option contracts and FX derivative solutions
• Calculate and monitor FX credit limit utilization
• Coordinate with Relationship Managers and FX Sales in the development and implementation of new business initiatives for Foreign Exchange.
• Call on clients throughout the CPB's target market to determine FX needs in order to ensure continuous account penetration and customer satisfaction.
• Establish and maintain long-term relationships with Private Bank clients.
• Maintain a thorough, in depth knowledge of the CPB's FX products and services, while keeping up to date on market news and events.
• Develop a strong working knowledge of all marketplace offerings and the competitions’ strengths and weaknesses. Utilize this knowledge to effectively position the CPB in all relevant Industry events.
• Monitor trends and developments in customer's businesses and in the financials services industry and recommend possible products, strategies and services that can enhance customer relationships, reduce customers FX risk, generate revenues for CPB, and retain and improve the CPB’s competitive position in the market.
• 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:

• 10+ years of experience
• Substantial/proven sales and trading experience in financial services and the FX Market / Excellent interpersonal skills to deal with both internal staff and external clients / Self motivated
• FX market knowledge and experience / Good interpersonal and communication skills essential / Strong IT skills essential / Strong analytical skills essential / Ability to develop strong working relationships across functional and geographical lines
• Regulated role with applicable/mandatory licenses and/or qualifications.

Education:

• Bachelor's/University degree, Master's degree preferred

This position falls under the Mandatory Reference Checking (MRC) Scheme, a standardised reference-checking arrangement that is designed to support the integrity of authorized institutions regulated by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. The MRC Scheme requires an in-scope institution intending to hire an individual for certain relevant positions to conduct a mandatory reference check on that individual, by requesting information about them from each relevant former and current employer. By applying for this role, you acknowledge that your reference may be shared with other participating banks in accordance with the scheme’s principles.  For further details, please refer to the public website of HKAB. ​

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