Trade Structuring Lead Specialist - Vice President

About the role

Citi's Trade and Working Capital Loan business serves corporate, commodities, correspondent and commercial bank clients worldwide. It is looking for a highly motivated and experienced Structuring & Lending Specialist to champion the commercialization of structured loan solutions across the Asia South and Asia North clusters. The role sits in the Product Management and Development family within Trade Structuring and is full time.

Key responsibilities

• Identify, originate and execute structured trade and working capital loan products such as prepayment, borrowing base finance, commodity finance solutions and long tenor financing
• Focus primarily on commodity financing transactions across Asia Pacific
• Drive large transactions from inception to execution by partnering with internal partners across the bank and with clients to deliver bespoke working capital solutions
• Conduct market research, analyse competitor offerings and identify product gaps, staying up to date on sustainability and commodity finance trends and regulations
• Provide structuring and product expertise on complex trade finance transactions on a case-by-case basis
• Monitor and manage product performance and customer success for new and existing trade loan products
• Drive and contribute to capital optimization and risk distribution initiatives
• Support product governance responsibilities and run strategic initiatives such as digitization and commercialization of digital trade loan capabilities
• Assess risk appropriately and uphold compliance, ethics and accountability

Required profile

• Not an entry-level position; proven experience in a similar role is required
• Bachelor's degree in business, finance or a related field, or equivalent experience; Master's degree good to have
• Prior product management and development experience in a bank or FinTech is useful
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently and in a team, under pressure and to meet tight deadlines

Required skills

• Strong understanding of commodity financing structures (prepayments, borrowing base financings)
• Understanding of corporate lending products
• Structured finance, counterparty risk management and legal documentation (LMA-based loan and security documents) is a huge plus

What we offer

• A fast-paced, collaborative and multi-cultural team in a global organization
• An opportunity to contribute intellectually to on-balance-sheet and off-balance-sheet financing structures