Role:Investment Banking, EMEA TMT, Communications

Location:London

Level:Associate

About us

Citi’s Investment Banking business provides comprehensive financial advisory and capital raising services to leading corporations, financial sponsors and public sector clients worldwide. Clients receive tailored financial solutions and strategic advisory services on a wide range of advisory and capital-raising activities including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, financial restructurings, underwriting and distributing equity, debt, and derivative securities. Citi is a leading global investment bank with cutting-edge capabilities in every part of the globe for virtually every financial services product that our clients need. Our investment bankers are organised into industry, product and regional groups and work closely with our partners in capital markets and corporate banking.

Citi’s investment bank is a global leader and we pride ourselves on the depth and breadth of our abilities across products (M&A, ECM, DCM) and unrivalled strength across both developed and emerging markets. Our combined expertise allows us to offer the most innovative and comprehensive ideas and solutions in all market conditions driven by a global network of bankers with in-depth industry knowledge, local market acumen, product creativity and execution expertise.

As a part of the EMEA TMT unit, our Communications team (comprising telecommunications, digital infrastructure, media and education) is a leading practice across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Responsibilities will include:

• Work closely with an exceptional team of senior and junior bankers in executing market-defining M&A advisory and capital markets transactions
• Leverage your previous experience to enhance our M&A execution and capital raising capabilities
• Take on a meaningful client-facing role, playing an important part in client discussions as part of both execution and marketing
• Manage and mentor analysts by providing guidance and feedback, managing information flow, and having oversight of the analysts with whom you are working
• Demonstrate ownership of deal execution and marketing efforts, and assume responsibility for managing external and internal relationships
• Contribute in a meaningful way towards building Citi’s TMT franchise

Development Value:

• Opportunity to execute transformative M&A and capital markets deals across a wide geographic spectrum and numerous sub-sectors within Communications
• Benefit from extensive client interaction with direct responsibility for transaction execution
• Opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, developing world-class skills in investment banking
• Thrive in a welcoming, supportive, diverse and richly multicultural working environment
• Exposure to Senior Management and Senior Bankers – you will be expected to work directly with Managing Directors, Directors and Vice Presidents

Requirements:

At Citi, we value diversity of both background and thinking, and we encourage applicants from all degree disciplines & work experiences to consider our opportunities, and we provide world-class training to new joiners.

Depending on your previous experience, we would consider either Senior Associate or Associate level.

Both roles requires strong technical stills, and candidates should have:

• A university degree at either Bachelor or Masters level (including MBA)
• Experience in Investment Banking and / or Private Equity is required (TMT experience is preferred, but not a prerequisite)
• Technical experience including operational, financial, valuation and M&A analysis as well as relevant marketing materials for M&A and / or capital markets transactions
• Experience in detailed transaction, structuring and financial analysis
• Clear, concise written and verbal communication abilities
• Demonstrated problem-solving and organisational skills

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

Candidates applying for this role must be aware that it is a Certified Role, subject to the Certification Regime. The Certification Regime is one element of the Individual Accountability Regime which has come into effect on 7 March 2016. Under the Certification Regime, certain 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, certain 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, reference checks, credit checks and other background checks. If hired for this role, you will also be required to complete an annual declaration regarding your Fitness and Propriety.

By submitting your application, you acknowledge that you have read the information above and that you are applying for a Certified Role. You also agree to Citi carrying out any additional screening required, including permitted criminal record checks, reference checks, credit checks and any other background checks.