Investment Counselor Lead - Director

Investment Counselor Lead - Director

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Job Overview

The Investment Counselor Sr. Lead is a strategic professional who closely follows latest trends in own field and adapts them for application within own job and the business. Excellent communication skills required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Accountable for significant direct business results or authoritative advice regarding the operations of the business. Necessitates a degree of responsibility over technical strategy. Primarily affects a sub-function. Responsible for handling staff management issues, including resource management and allocation of work within the team/project.

The Private Bank at Citi (CPB) is part of the Institutional Clients Group and offers a wide range of products and solutions, including investment strategies, banking and lending, trust and specialized services. The Private Bank delivers solutions to help meet the individual, family and business needs of over 10,000 ultra-high net worth clients around the world. The Private Bank is focused on clients with a minimum net worth of $25mm and serves 40% of the world's billionaires and their families.

Responsibilities:

• Investment Counselors joining Citi Private Bank will be distinguished and highly accomplished at establishing, growing and managing investment relationships with ultra-high net worth clients. They should be experienced in the implementation and oversight of investment solutions, and in providing advice and guidance on markets and actionable investment ideas. Appropriate candidates will possess the credibility to cultivate trusting relationships with existing ultra-high net worth clients of Citi Private Bank, and should be entrepreneurial and capable of bringing in new clients/investment relationships. Candidates for the position should be collaborative and team oriented, able to leverage a wide array of internal partners.
• Function as the primary client contact and trusted investment advisor for clients, including direct selling, determining suitability, identifying product specific opportunities, portfolio advice and after sales execution (in partnership with the Banker team)
• Leverage existing client relationships, local network and investment experience to introduce new ultra-high net worth clients to Citi Private Bank.
• Build and manage a successful practice centered on deepening relationships by providing potential and existing clients with appropriate investment advice and solutions.
• Combine in depth knowledge of traditional and alternative investments with wealth planning and private banking services to optimize client service and cross-marketing opportunities.
• Work across currencies, asset classes, markets and jurisdictions
• Engage and advise clients on brokerage activity and execute trades seamlessly.
• Actively look for cross sell opportunities in others areas of the bank, in particular lending, trust and institutional markets solutions, etc.
• Partner with Bankers to prospect for new investment business
• 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.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience
• Robust experience in providing investment advice and solutions.
• FA, MBA degree or other advanced degree a plus.
• Requires complex judgments and solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretive thinking will be required.
• US Only: S7, S63 (or S66) and S31; NOTE: Securities Industry Exam (SIE is a prerequisite to the S7)

Education: Bachelor's/University degree

Working Environment: office setting, minimal travel required. Effort: minimal physical effort required.