Description

Whether you're at the start of your career or looking to discover your next adventure, your story begins here. At Citi, you'll have the opportunity to expand your skills and make a difference at one of the world's most global banks. We're fully committed to supporting your growth and development from the start with extensive on-the-job training and exposure to senior leaders, as well as more traditional learning. You'll also have the chance to give back and make a positive impact where we live and work through volunteerism.

Shape your Career with Citi

Citi's Global Legal Affairs and Compliance (GLAC) empowers and protects Citi by providing legal, compliance, investigative, and security services to our firm. We manage compliance risk, provide legal analysis and advice, protect Citi's people and businesses, advocate for legal and regulatory outcomes that benefit our firm and our clients, and ultimately promote behavior that is consistent with Citi's mission and culture.

We're currently looking for a high caliber professional to join our team as Officer, Legal Support Specialist - Hybrid (Internal Job Title: Legal Support Specialist 2 - C10) based in Changi Business Park, Singapore. Being part of our team means that we'll provide you with the resources to meet your unique needs, empower you to make healthy decision and manage your financial well-being to help plan for your future. For instance:

• We believe all parents deserve time to adjust to parenthood and bond with the newest members of their families. That's why in early 2020 we began rolling out our expanded Paid Parental Leave Policy to include Citi employees around the world.
• We empower our employees to manage their financial well-being and help them plan for the future.
• We have a variety of programs that help employees balance their work and life, including generous paid time off packages.

The Legal Support Specialist 2 is a developing professional role. Applies specialty area knowledge in monitoring, assessing, analyzing and/or evaluating processes and data. Identifies policy gaps and formulates policies. Interprets data and makes recommendations. Researches and interprets factual information. Identifies inconsistencies in data or results, defines business issues and formulates recommendations on policies, procedures or practices. Integrates established disciplinary knowledge within own specialty area with basic understanding of related industry practices. Good understanding of how the team interacts with others in accomplishing the objectives of the area. Develops working knowledge of industry practices and standards. Limited but direct impact on the business through the quality of the tasks/services provided. Impact of the job holder is restricted to own team.

In this role, you're expected to:

• Support - Provide master agreement related support to internal departments (including but not limited to: Risk, Margin Operations, Operations, Business, MAC Documentation Operations, and Legal.
• Projects - Be involved in and manage any (i) global regulatory, (ii) documentation remediation and (iii) ad-hoc projects relating to master agreements (may involve co-ordination with other contract management/business teams globally)
• Negotiations - Negotiation and preparation of ISDA (International Swaps and Derivatives Association) Master Agreement, including Variation Margin and Initial Margin Credit Support Annexes, Global Master Repurchase Agreements, Global Master Securities Lending Agreements, Cleared Derivatives Execution Agreements and other markets trading documentation (including but not limited to review of ancillary documentation, capacity and authority)
• Performs legal support related to legal operations, technology, budget/expenses, risk/controls, litigation/discovery/settlements or administration
• Performs varied work requests from multiple sources that may be complex in character and have tight deadlines
• Responsible for tasks associated with a program or projects
• Liaises with other control and functional business in support of projects and initiatives
• Assists in billing or legal settlements
• Works closely with the team's manager to complete tasks assigned
• Manages calendar, schedules, finalizing reports and presentations
• 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 a successful candidate, you'd ideally have the following skills and exposure:

Qualifications:

• 0-2 years relevant experience
• Experience working in corporate legal department, law firm, financial services, consulting, technology firm or related industry
• Must have effective organizational skills, attention to detail, exceptional verbal communication and listening skills
• Knowledge of legal customs and practices
• Project management skills
• Knowledge and understanding of the financial services industry

Education:

• Bachelors/University degree or equivalent experience

Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a family of more than 230,000 dedicated people from around the globe. At Citi, you'll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact.

Take the next step in your career, apply for this role at Citi today

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This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.
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Job Family Group:
Legal
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Job Family:
Legal Professionals
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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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