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We’re currently looking for a high caliber professional to join our team as Senior Vice President, Underwriter - Hybrid (Internal Job Title: Underwriter - C14) based in Mumbai, India. Being part of our team means that we’ll provide you with the resources to meet your unique needs, empower you to make healthy decisions 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.
• Citi provides access to an array of learning and development resources to help broaden and deepen your skills and knowledge as your career progresses.
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Citi continues to enhance its business control and governance framework by building out Institutional Credit Management (ICM), a first line of defense business line, to house and consistently manage credit risk activities performed for Citi’s institutional clients. ICM’s objective is to provide integrated end-to-end credit underwriting, identification, measurement, management, and monitoring for wholesale credit across the enterprise. Within ICM, the Credit Underwriting function (“ICM UW” or “UW”) provides credit analysis, underwriting, and first line of defense credit approval for periodic / material transaction reviews, and any necessary subsequent credit monitoring across all institutional business including Corporate Banking, Services, and Markets relationships.
ICM Underwriters manage a portfolio of relationships across [region / industry as applicable], being responsible for the continuous monitoring of that portfolio. That includes the production of annual reviews, quarterly reviews, and the support of ad-hoc transactions and portfolio & industry reviews and stress testing, in partnership with [Front Office business as applicable] and Risk. This role reports to [insert direct manager title / role here].

Key Responsibilities:

Executes, aligned with global and regional strategies, all responsibilities regarding underwriting,
including, but not limited to:
•    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
•    Detailed review of financial analysis, due diligence, projection modeling, stress testing, risk ratings and other in-depth analysis performed by junior resources
•    Review and approval of Credit Approval Memos (CAM) packages 
•    Partner with Front Office on structuring and production of term sheet for new transactions
•    Facilitate relationships with key clients in Banking and Risk and with key Regulators, Internal Audit, and control functions
•    Support ICM Underwriting organization on strategic initiatives / projects as required

Risk Management Experience:
•    Senior credit approval authority covering large and complex underwritings, capital commitments, derivatives with multi-industry experience
•    Experience in and exposure to global credit risk management standards
•    Ability to understand capital markets products and complex financing and product structures
•    Ability to provide strategic insights and strong sensitivity to macro and regulatory issues
•    Able to discuss and address issues associated with the allocation of risk assets and risk capital in partnership with banking and product organizations

Client Relationships / Business Partnership:
•    Proven ability to understand nuances of local markets, local regulation, and the capabilities and practices of competitors
•    Navigates organizational complexity and breaks silos
•    Creates and sustains a network of strong partnerships with the business in all segments geographies and other risk functions
•    Provides well-reasoned, balanced assessments of risk/return trade-offs associated with transactions and client relationships
•    Proven track record of partnering with global peers in leveraging and implementation of best practices

Qualifications: 
•    10+ years risk/risk-related credit work experience in banking/financial institutions
•    Proven ability to effectively engage with regulators and internal control functions including Internal Audit and Fundamental Credit Risk as well as with external audit
•    Demonstrates strong ethics and integrity
•    Ability to see the ‘big picture’ in a complex environment
•    Can make decisions under pressure and short timeline
•    Excellent verbal & written communication skills. Active listening skills.
•    Excellent presentation skills – adept at presenting effectively to audiences of various sizes and various constituencies
•    Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent, Master’s degree preferred

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a family 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.

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Job Family Group:

Risk Management

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Job Family:

Credit Risk

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Analytical Thinking, Constructive Debate, Escalation Management, Financial Analysis, Policy and Procedure, Policy and Regulation, Product Knowledge, Risk Controls and Monitors, Risk Identification and Assessment.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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