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SVP, Mutual Fund & Discretionary Portfolio Management Specialist (Mandarin & English Mandatory)
CitiHong Kong
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At Citi, we get to connect millions of people across hundreds of cities and countries every day. And we've been doing it for more than 200 years. We do this through our unparalleled global network. We provide a broad range of financial services and products to our clients – whether they be consumers, corporations, governments or institutions – to help them meet their biggest opportunities and face the world's toughest challenges.
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Citi Wealth brings together the full power of Citi to serve the entire continuum of wealth clients, from affluent to ultra-high net worth to family offices. The strategies we create help our clients maintain liquidity while maximizing yields, transact in foreign currency and across borders, and manage fluctuating expenses or cash flow. We are uniquely suited to helping our clients meet their banking needs across regions through our global network.
We’re currently looking for a high caliber professional to join our team as SVP, Mutual Fund & Discretionary Portfolio Management Specialist (Internal Job Title: Investment Sales Sr. Lead - C14) based in Hong Kong. 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:
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In this role, you’re expected to:
The Investment Sales 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. Typically a small number of people within the business that provide the same level of expertise. 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.
Responsibilities:
Managed Investment products include Mutual funds, Alternative Investments (Private Equity, Real Estate and Hedge Funds) and Discretionary Portfolios managed by CIM (Citi Investment Management).
Educate Bankers and Investment Counselors and other members of the sales team to increase knowledge and proficiency in product area. Act as internal product expert and develop marketing programs to drive sales. Help develop and manage pipeline for new business opportunities. Support after sales servicing. Responsible, together with Banker teams, for reaching revenue and AUM targets in the Managed Investment portion of our business.
Understand and discuss current and historical market conditions across the globe. Communicate complex technical details in a manner that is easily understood and consistent with the level of sophistication of the client or sales team member Influence a wide range of CPB personnel by applying expertise in product specialty. Help Private Bankers and Investment Counselors to evaluate client profiles in terms of return expectation, risk appetite, time horizon, liquidity needs, etc. and recommend particular Investment products that satisfy the client needs. Present in internal meetings and conference calls on Investment product features and benefits and launch new product offerings.
Attend client meetings with Bankers and participate in presentations and sales pitches as needed.
Act as liaison with Global Investment Research/Due Diligence teams and Private Bankers. Identify product gaps or opportunities and recommend potential alternate products to Research team.
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 working with Investment products
FINRA Licensed Series 7, 63/ 66
Prior Private Banking experience
Background in discretionary investment offering preferred
Sales and relationship management skills including a track record of building successful relationships with external clients and internal partners.
Experience in delivering high quality service to complex individual or corporate clients
Self-starter with creative problem-solving skills.
Fluency in Mandarin and English is highly preferred; fluency in Cantonese is beneficial.
Education:
Bachelor's/University degree, Master's degree preferred
This position falls under the Mandatory Reference Checking (MRC) Scheme, a standardised reference-checking arrangement that is designed to support the integrity of authorized institutions regulated by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. The MRC Scheme requires an in-scope institution intending to hire an individual for certain relevant positions to conduct a mandatory reference check on that individual, by requesting information about them from each relevant former and current employer. By applying for this role, you acknowledge that your reference may be shared with other participating banks in accordance with the scheme’s principles.For further details, please refer to the public website of HKAB.
Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a family of 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.
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Job Family Group:
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