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- Job Title: Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Head - MD
- Job Req ID 21301929
- Location: Sandton, South Africa; Lagos, Nigeria
- Job Category: Product Management and Development
SSA is projected to emerge from a tough economic recession triggered by the pandemic in the latter part of 2021, with recovery projections at 3.4%p.a. in part from the recovery of global and other trade corridors and resulting demand. Citi in SSA covers 1500 GSG, 800 Banking, and FI names. 70% of revenues are attributable to our LC confirmation activities, predominantly the FI book.
Citi has an estimated 9% revenue share on trade services in SSA (based on 2018 SWIFT data). There is a clear opportunity to grow our vanilla and structured trade finance offerings, deepen share incorporate space, address clients by embracing digitalization and innovation for new trade product developments, and reposition the business for further growth in 2022 and beyond.
We are looking for an ambitious leader who can lead the next wave of SSAtrade growth by driving transformation, change, and innovation. The individual will energize the team and collaborate with partners to achieve the following broad objectives:
- Deepen acquisition of overall corporate client opportunity to reduce dependence on historical FI revenue leadership
- Deepen effectiveness & use of trade finance offering in SSA for corporates in particular, by driving a cohesive asset and product strategy to match our deposit-side optimization aspirations
- Expand our product innovation capability to address the rapid use of technology to digitize client routes to consumers, and the rapid ecosystem development we see driven by the public sector particularly around logistics, ports, and other strategic infrastructures that drive trade
- Work with Credit Risk, Banking, and other partners to expand the use of risk defeasance programs and deploy structured financing were warranted to take on more complex transactions.
- Attract/retain/reposition the talent bench with the skills that can achieve these goals over the next three years
Key Responsibilities:
- Meeting the financial goals as agreed with TTS/Trade management. This includes delivering a revenue plan, monitoring all types of expenses, maximizing the efficiency of capital usage, minimizing the cost of credit, and maximizing net income.
- Working closely with the EMEA Trade head and teams to ensure SSA is well catered for in terms of product strategy.
- Developing good working relationships with ICG client coverage and risk seniors and industry specialists responsible for Citi’s clients. This would include region and country management i.e. CCO, Banking Heads, Independent Risk, etc.
- Ensure SSA is at forefront of new product development and key initiatives as set by the business
- Coaching and mentoring reports (direct/ matrix) and ensuring the entire trade team undertake appropriate annual training
- Work to maximize performance through driving discipline around trade scorecard targets, product knowledge training, trade risk management processes
- Implement reorganization/ right placement of trade resources to align with the overall trade transformation program underway.
- Providing support and direction into “winning” the most complex and profitable transactions
- Together with the countries and risk regularly review the credit quality of the trade portfolio to minimize the cost of credit. Ensure team prioritizes credit training.
- Foster a strong “one team” mentality across the various trade product & sales teams seeking to maximize collaboration, cross-sell & team spirit in SSA and tighten connectivity and collaboration with the EMEA hub
- Strong partnership with the Trade Operations Teams constantly seeking ways to improve trade efficiency, turnaround times, and ensuring we minimize operational losses/errors
- Strong partnership with Trade risk distribution to help trade effectively manage its balance sheet, individual credit exposures and increase skim revenues
- As the SSA Trade Head be visible in representing the business at key trade conferences (chairperson/speaker) and getting the team seniors regular opportunities for appropriate visibility
Development Value:
- Part of the cluster TTS and the Regional Trade management team responsible for delivering against aggressive growth targets
- Experience gained in managing a broad and complex set of trade products
- Experience gained from managing a large and geographically/culturally diversified team
- Managing a large P&L business
- Broad regional business exposure
- As part of a cluster/regional management team structure, great positioning as a potential successor to senior roles at the cluster or regional level
Qualifications:
- Masters Degree preferred
- Extensive trade experience in global or Emerging market settings with complexity
- Proven track record of team, people, and business management skills
- Strong credit skills and experience including broad knowledge of Citigroup credit processes
- Broad client management experience
Skills:
- Excellent communication and written skills
- Superior organizational skills
- Superior strategic and analytical skills
- Superior client management & deal negotiation skills
- Ability to interact at all levels of senior management
Competencies
- Exceptional organization and process management ability.
- Excellent talent manager, with the ability to attract and retain top talent
- Proven team player with the ability to motivate and influence at senior leadership levels
- Superior interpretive and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to operate in a complex matrix environment
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