Business Unit Manager at CITIBANK

Ref No: 18048622
Job Category: Business Management and Admin
Employee Status: Regular

Job Purpose

• Maximizing the profitability of all customer coverage (across all product categories) covering both the GSG and GCB businesses.

Major Objectives

• Analysis of industry behavior needs (specific), economics (interest & exchange rates, cycles), geo-political changes and then positioning Citigroup products at the disposal of the client.
• Maximizing cross sell in portfolios in conjunction with relationship managers.
• Aligning portfolios products in conjunction with relationship managers with trends in the market place.
• Ensuring that the management information system is accurate, meaningful and that users are trained.
• Assist the GCB Head to develop group’s goals and monitor performance against expectation.
• Design and standardize an information framework for business performance management in GCB.
• Advise on tax and accounting issues in transaction structuring and strategy formulation.
• Preparing plan financials as part of annual EMEA budget process and tracking of performance against budget by product and customer coverage

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring that the management information system is accurate, meaningful and that users are trained.
• Liaising with relationship managers on their portfolios and product performance against plan.
• Analysis of industry behavior, needs (specific), economics (interest & exchange rates, cycles), geo-political changes and then assistance of Credit of the effects of industrial changes, geo-political changes and economic swings on the client.
• Aligning portfolios products in conjunction with relationship managers with trends in the market place.
• Creation of early warning signals positioning Citigroup products at the disposal of the client.
• Analysis with the for customers identified as potential flight risk.
• Active management of the customer coverage model together with the product areas and relationship managers.
• Provide support for GCB planning and coordinate GCB related corporate reporting (cluster and GCB)
• Monitor and communicate developments in financial systems and accounting procedures and their impact on GCB.

Qualifications

• B.Sc / BA degree.
• A postgraduate degree and relevant professional qualifications will be an added advantage.

Knowledge/Experience:

• Minimum of 4 to 5 years post qualification experience
• Banking knowledge is a pre-requisite.
• Understanding of key products and services as well as the mechanics.
• Basic understanding of Treasury, derivative products and investment banking would be advantageous.
• He or she must be able to make decisions and follow through without the consistent monitoring by the GCB Head.

Skills:

• Ability to create such models and enhance them as per user request is essential.
• Understanding of CitiVision revenue reporting dynamics is key.
• The incumbent should show business acumen when analyzing customer product needs and comparing it to other customers in the industry.
• Knowledge management experience would be advantageous. The incumbent must also show the ability to communicate with peers, juniors and seniors.