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CitibankThis job posting was originally in Japanese. The English version is automatically translated. Please visit the company site for the most accurate information.
CitiGroup Securities is seeking young members for the Operations Department. The Transaction Management Team is responsible for a wide range of tasks in the lending lifecycle, including loan closing, coordination of credit management, facilitating complex customer onboarding, data management, and quality control. This team oversees the operations from closing to credit management for all loan transactions in the supported business division, ensuring that all internal and external requirements are met. In this role, you’re expected to contribute to the build and development team to support loan origination and lifecycle management, which includes large complex syndicated and bilateral loans covering but not limited to corporate, commercial, real estate, structured lending, and trade. You will conduct thorough reviews of credit documentation packages to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements. You will review and assess credit protection elements, including collateral arrangements, covenants, and other credit enhancement mechanisms, and verify the consistency and alignment between executed or draft legal agreements and internal credit approvals. You will accurately register and maintain documentation and credit approval data across internal systems, perform systematic validation checks to ensure data integrity and completeness, and ensure that the quality of data, controls, and processes performed meet internal policies and regulatory requirements. You will provide clear and timely operational instructions to the credit risk management servicing team and the loan servicing team based on approved credit terms and documentation, acting as a key coordination point between documentation review findings and downstream operational execution. You will assist with the creation of processes, standards, procedures, controls, training, and implementation of transaction management, partner with each of the originating and coverage business lines, credit risk, operations, legal, etc. You will work with lines of business, transactors, credit management, and operations to define and implement operational metrics and risk and control reviews to ensure all stakeholders have end-to-end transparency. You will aid in the design and implementation of technology including testing and rollout, constantly improve processes, controls, and efficiencies within the group and front to back across the loan lifecycle, participate in projects to enhance performance and efficiency, take part in loan remediation and loan system testing/migrations, and actively manage and maintain a deal closing pipeline of loan transactions. You will 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.
- 2-5 years of experience in a related role. - Relevant Degree or equivalent experience. - Individual must have excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills. - Individual must work well under tight deadlines, manage priorities, and complete assigned tasks with minimal management follow up. - Candidate has quantitative skills with a high proficiency with Excel and other Microsoft based programs. - Tableau or visualization tool familiarity. - Experience with Loan IQ, transaction capture tools, etc. - Keen attention to detail. - Developed analytical and problem-solving abilities. - Client relationship and solution skills. - Business level English and Japanese.
- Experience within a large global team supporting wholesale lending at a large financial institution. - Knowledge of wholesale loan (syndicated/bilateral) product and business, including an understanding of legal loan documentation, loan/funding mechanics, deal structure, funds flows, etc. - Experience working with clients under time constraints to facilitate a transaction or process. - Proven ability to collaborate with team members, senior management, and other business constituents. - Critical decision-making capabilities including the ability to identify, escalate, and propose solutions to problems. - Ability to prioritize through the practice of strong organizational and time management skills with experience in continuously following up with various stakeholders. - Understanding and awareness of appropriate corporate and regulatory policies in relation to lending. - Deep understanding of operational processes supporting wholesale lending. - Focus on achieving/exceeding key operating standards within a KPI/metrics driven culture. - Ability to work in an environment where priorities are frequently changing.
