Cash Equity Trader

Introduction to Citi Markets

Citi's Markets business is one of the world's leading franchises in fixed income, currencies, commodities, equities, and prime finance. We connect institutional clients to deep liquidity, sophisticated risk management solutions, and market-leading execution capabilities across developed and emerging markets. Our equities platform spans cash equities, equity derivatives, convertibles, ETFs, and prime financing, supported by a global network of experienced traders, sales professionals, and research analysts.

Team/Role Overview

This is an exceptional opportunity to join Citi's CEEMEA Cash Equities Trading desk in London as an Assistant Vice President. You will be responsible for executing cash equity orders, making markets, and managing risk across the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa equity markets. The role requires a deep understanding of market microstructure, strong relationships with local brokers and institutional clients, and the ability to manage complex risk profiles under volatile market conditions. You will work closely with sales trading, research, and technology teams to deliver best-in-class execution services to our diverse client base, including asset managers, hedge funds, pension funds, and sovereign wealth funds.

Whatever the opportunity, our people bring expertise, insight and an honest desire to help one another. So every new product or market creates new possibilities. And every conversation sparks an idea that could redefine the future. This role offers unparalleled exposure to some of the world's most dynamic and fast-growing equity markets, with the backing of Citi's global infrastructure and collaborative culture.

What You'll Do

• Execute client orders across CEEMEA cash equity markets with precision, ensuring best execution standards while managing market impact and optimizing trading costs for institutional clients including asset managers, hedge funds, and pension funds.

Adaptability and resilience to thrive in a dynamic, high-pressure environment characterized by market volatility, geopolitical uncertainty, and rapid technological change; demonstrated agility, tenacity, and a will-to-win in complex situations.

Language skills are a strong advantage; proficiency in languages relevant to the CEEMEA region (such as Arabic, Russian, Turkish, or Polish) in addition to fluent English would be highly valued.

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

What Citi Can Offer You

By joining Citi London, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources
  
  

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self, every day.

We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive. If you are actively working with clients, have a passion for relationships and want to be part of a successful global franchise – then apply today.

Regulatory Information

Candidates applying for this role must be aware that it is a Certified Role, subject to the FCA and PRA Certification Regime. The Certification Regime is one element of the Individual Accountability Regime which came into effect on 7 March 2016. Under the Certification Regime, Citi UK regulated entities (Citi entities) must ensure that employees working in certain roles categorised as specified significant harm functions (Certified Roles) are assessed as fit and proper to carry out their role.

Under the guidance provided by the FCA and PRA, firms should have regard to the following when assessing fitness and propriety:

• Honesty, Integrity and Reputation

Financial soundness

Competence and capability

In order to comply with the requirements of the Certification Regime, Citi entities must take reasonable care to ensure that an employee does not perform a Certified Role without first being certified as Fit and Proper. For this reason, you will be assessed for this role against the Fit and Proper requirements, as described above.

This assessment will be carried out through extensive interviews, self-disclosures, permitted criminal record checks, regulated reference checks, credit checks and other background screening checks.

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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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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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