Head of Corporate Banking Nordics

The Head of Corporate Banking for the Nordics is a senior management-level position responsible for the strategic direction of the Corporate Banking business in that region. The role encompasses people management, strategic client management, liaison with other areas of the bank to ensure superior client service, solution development and implementation, and ensuring adherence to all legal, regulatory, compliance, risk and other policy standards.

Job Background/context:

Working in close partnership with the Investment Bank, Commercial Bank and product partners across Services and Markets, the Corporate Banking Head for the Nordics manages a team who provides complex global banking services to clients in the region and supports their requirements across the Citi network. The CB Head will have overall responsibility for client strategy across the region providing effective leadership in a complex matrix organization to achieve revenue and expense goals, support the Relationship Management team in broader client coverage based on strong industry and regional knowledge to deliver the best of Citi to our regional clients.  

Preference would be for local candidates. No mobility package for relocation offered.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the overall management of the client relationship team which helps provide a wide range of treasury and corporate finance solutions to our clients, including cash management, trade, vendor finance, FX, general credit, loans, debt capital markets, share repurchase, and interest rate and equity derivatives
• Partner with Investment Banking to drive and execute episodic transactions and with key stakeholders, including Risk and Institutional Credit Management (ICM)to allocate capital prudently and in adherence with risk policies
• Work in partnership with Nordics product heads under the Cluster and Banking Head leadership
• Establish and meet revenue goals and other goals related to budget, risk management, and credit allocation in partnership with ICM and Risk
• Responsible for own client coverage and yearly performance targets
• Responsible for driving client account planning, product agnostic cross sell, client access, and effective capital allocation
• Understand regional trends in order to identify growth opportunities, anticipate obstacles and communicate a forward-looking vision that is responsive to changes in the environment
• Ensure client relationships and proposed client solutions meet or exceed internal risk and return standards, including stringent ethical standards
• Credit senior in team with in-depth knowledge of credit policies and responsible for Credit decisions /approving credits. Fully accountable for credit spectrum including documentation, Target Market identification, audit, due diligence, and early problem recognition
• Manage Customer Profitability (Revenue, Expense, CoC, EBIT, and NI) and ROTCE
• Manage and develop talent according to business priorities and in adherence with established budgets

Risk & Controls

• 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, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.
• Understand and effectively manage regulatory, KYC and compliance business responsibilities

Knowledge/Experience:

Functional:

• 15+ years of experience covering clients in the Nordic Region
• Significant banking experience
• Strong product knowledge across Markets, Services, Investment Banking and Lending with demonstrated analytical ability
• Strong communication skills
• In-depth understanding of compliance issues, and global and local regulatory requirements
• Experience in working with and within a matrix organization and cross-functional teams
• Role could be Senior Credit Officer

Market:

• In-depth industry knowledge
• Proven existing customer relationships in Europe
• Proven track record of senior relationships

Skills:

• Demonstrates ability to partner well, draw consensus quickly and act decisively, especially within a challenging and cost-constrained environment
• Strategic thinker and ability to re-align timeously in line with dynamic market conditions
• Strong leadership and people management skills
• High ethical and moral standards

Competencies:

• Corporate Finance mindset
• Proven ability to leverage global network and handle complex and challenging environments
• Proven ability to originate and close complex deals and solutions
• Proven ability to act as a trusted advisor to Corporate Banking target market clients
• Ability to coordinate and manage customer credit and marketing activity in a number of different countries
• Strong track record in risk portfolio management
• Local language proficiency and preferably Swedish

Education:

• Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience

This Role is a "Controlled Function" Role as defined by the Central Bank of Ireland Reform Act 2010 and Principal Regulations 2011, and amending Regulations 2014, 2015. 

Job Family Group:

Institutional Banking

Job Family:

Corporate Banking

Time Type:

Full time

Most Relevant Skills

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Other Relevant Skills

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

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