South Africa Public Sector Group Head at Citi

Job Summary 

The role is Head of Public Sector South Africa which sits in the Corporate Bank. It is a Director senior management-level position based in South Africa.

Responsibilities:

• Senior relationship management of Public Sector clients and providing a wide range of treasury and corporate finance solutions.
• Lead in the origination, structuring, and execution of transactions across the entire product spectrum
• Ensure planning, coordination and oversight across the main Public Sector segments, e.g. central governments, central banks, SoEs etc.
• Ensure efficient use of capital and appropriate returns
• Responsible for meeting revenue goals and other goals related to budget, risk management, and credit allocation.
• Act as first line of defence, appropriately assessing risks, demonstrating consideration for the firm's reputation, driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, and adhering to Policy. You will apply sound ethical judgment regarding personal behaviour, conduct and business practices, and escalate, manage and report control issues, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others.
• Recruit and develop diverse talent for the franchise and serve as a mentor to junior bankers
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citi, 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:

• Extensive level of experience in financial services, and in serving large and complex clients
• Demonstrated collaboration with multiple stakeholders
• Comprehensive knowledge of corporate banking business including related products, pertinent regulations and the lending and credit approval process
• Demonstrated leadership, organizational, negotiation, presentation sales, client-relationship building, analytical and credit skills
• Consistently demonstrate clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Experience in originating, structuring and executing transactions and financings
• Demonstrated intellectual interest in public sector challenges and topics

Education:

• Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• MBA or Master's Degree in business preferred