In-Business Risk 1LOD Lead Analyst – Citi Global Markets – New York

Citi is recruiting for its Global Markets division in New York, offering a full-time salary range between $129,840.00 and $194,760.00 per year, according to a job posting detailed on jobs.citi.com.

The position is designated within the Global Markets In-Business Risk (IBR) team, operating as a Front Office 1st Line of Defense (1LOD) unit responsible for market risk across asset classes.

The Global Markets division serves corporates, institutional investors, and governments through underwriting, sales, trading, and distribution capabilities spanning Commodities, Equities, Rates, Spread Products, and Currencies. The IBR team aims to build a holistic understanding of market risk and capital for the aggregated trading portfolio while optimizing the business return on capital across global trading operations.

The successful candidate will join the Volcker Rule Office (VRO), a first-line function responsible for coordinating and monitoring Citi’s Volcker Compliance Program. The VRO maintains the central control framework, oversees core processes related to desk structure, mandates, trading and hedging strategies, limits, covered funds, and regulatory metrics reporting, and manages frameworks for Large, Complex and Illiquid (LCI) trades requiring pre-trade approval (PTA) alongside the Intraday Market Risk (IDMR) monitoring framework.

Key responsibilities for the role include delivering projects and business-as-usual work aligned with the Markets In-Business Risk book of work covering the Volcker Rule Program, LCI PTA, and IDMR monitoring frameworks.

The lead analyst will conduct transaction and market risk data analysis utilizing Business Intelligence tools, SQL, and Python to identify issues and emerging themes, as well as prepare and present materials for quarterly limit reviews with Desk Heads and Market Risk Managers.

In-Business Risk 1LOD Lead Analyst - Citi Global Markets - New York
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Additional duties involve overseeing the Volcker Control Framework across core subject areas like Risk Limits and RENTD, project managing changes across Trading Desks and Business Units in collaboration with Risk, Legal, Finance, and Compliance, and serving as the end-to-end business owner directing Technology partners to design sustainable solutions. Qualifications typically require 8+ years of experience in risk and controls, data analysis, and project management, supported by approximately 219,000 people globally across Citi.

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