US Agency Trader

Posted 11 Days Ago
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New York, NY, USA
Hybrid
175K-300K Annually
Senior level
Financial Services
The Role
Senior trader responsible for managing a trading book, generating revenue, controlling risk, facilitating large client trades, and developing client and internal relationships. The role coordinates with Sales, Research, Compliance, Legal, Risk, Finance, and other market functions. It also includes mentoring junior traders, maintaining governance and controls, assessing transaction risk, ensuring regulatory compliance, and overseeing required registrations and licenses.
Summary Generated by Built In

The Trader is a senior level position responsible for overseeing a trading book and managing book risk, in coordination with the Trading team. The overall objective of this role is to ensure book trades deliver on budgeted revenues, and to coordinate with key stakeholders to develop the trading franchise.
Responsibilities:

  • Oversee a trading book as a Senior trader and generate revenues and manage risk for the respective business
  • Build and maintain a franchise and connect with key clients
  • Coordinate with Sales, Research, CMand and other organizations across Markets and Securities Services and the broader business
  • Trade a book and deliver on budgeted revenues and manage book risk
  • Establish and maintain key relationships to deliver trades to the desk
  • Anticipate client demand in each respective product/market and facilitate large client trades
  • Coordinate with desk analysts as needed and with sales to develop the franchise and manage and mentor junior traders as needed
  • Leading strong governance and controls:
  • Work in close partnership with control functions such as Legal, Compliance, Market and Credit Risk, Audit, Finance in order to ensure appropriate governance and control infrastructure
  • Build a culture of responsible finance, good governance and supervision, expense discipline and ethics
  • Appropriately assess risk/reward of transactions when making business decisions; demonstrating proper consideration for the firm’s reputation.
  • Be familiar with and adhere to Citi’s Code of Conduct and the Plan of Supervision for Global Markets and Securities Services
  • Adhere to all policies and procedures as defined by your role which will be communicated to you
  • Obtain and maintain all registrations/licenses which are required for your role, within the appropriate timeframe
  • 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.

Qualifications:

  • 10+ years of experience in a related role
  • In-depth knowledge of respective products and clients
  • Proven history of successful trading book management
  • Required licensing and registrations as applicable
  • Advance analytical and numerical competency
  • Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
  • Effective interpersonal skills to develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders
  • Ability to analyze and pitch situations and determine suitable counterparties
  • Knowledge of Bloomberg, booking systems, trading protocol, closing technicalities

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
  • Master’s degree preferred

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Job Family Group: Institutional Trading

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Job Family:Trading

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Time Type:Full time

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Primary Location:New York New York United States

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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:$175,000.00 - $300,000.00


In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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Most Relevant Skills Please see the requirements listed above.

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

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Anticipated Posting Close Date:Sep 08, 2026

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Automated Processing and AI

We use automated processing, including artificial intelligence, for our legitimate business interests (or our reasonable and appropriate business purposes) to identify and align the candidate's skills and abilities with a specific job opening. Additionally, if you so choose, or consent, we can match your skills and abilities to other suitable roles at Citi.


Importantly, all our hiring processes and decisions, including determining your suitability for a role, are conducted, checked, and decided by individuals. Our automated processing and AI do not involve relying on automatic or autonomous decision-making. Please refer to any Jurisdictional Considerations, with specific provisions for your country (where relevant) for further details.


Illinois residents – AI Notice and Right

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Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.

 

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View Citi’s EEO Policy Statement and the Know Your Rights poster.

Skills Required

  • 10+ years of experience in a related role
  • In-depth knowledge of relevant products and clients
  • Proven history of successful trading book management
  • Required licenses and registrations applicable to the role
  • Advanced analytical and numerical competency
  • Clear and concise written and verbal communication
  • Interpersonal skills to develop and maintain internal and external relationships
  • Ability to analyze situations, pitch, and determine suitable counterparties
  • Knowledge of Bloomberg, booking systems, trading protocols, and closing technicalities
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • Master's degree
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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
226,610 Employees
Year Founded: 1998

What We Do

Citigroup is a global diversified financial services holding company serving consumers, corporations, governments and institutions. It provides consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, trade and securities services, and wealth management. Operating across nearly 160 countries and jurisdictions, Citi aims to be a leading partner for institutions with cross-border needs, a global wealth manager, and a valued personal bank in the United States.

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