Sub-saharan Africa Corporate Credit Underwriting

Citi continues to enhance its business control and governance framework by building out Institutional Credit Management (ICM), a new function in the 1st Line of Defense, to house and consistently manage credit risk activities performed across its Institutional Client Group organization. ICM’s objective is to provide integrated “end-to-end” credit underwriting, identification, measurement, management, and monitoring for wholesale credit risk across the enterprise. Within ICM, the Credit Underwriting function (ICM-UW) provides analysis, greenlight, underwriting, first-line-of-defense credit approval and subsequent credit monitoring across all ICG wholesale credit businesses including Banking, Capital Markets, and Advisory (BCMA), Global Structured Products, Financings, and Securitizations (GSP-F&S), Treasury & Trade Services (TTS), Markets, and Securities Services (MSS).

The Sub-Saharan Africa Corporate Credit Underwriting Cluster Head (“SSA Corporate Underwriting Cluster Head”) manages a team of Corporate Underwriters, covering large and complex relationships with corporates, financial institutions and public sector clients within Sub-Saharan Africa, being responsible for all underwriting activities, in partnership with BCMA and Risk. This role reports directly to the CEEMEA Head of ICM Corporate Regional Markets Credit Underwriting.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:
Executes, aligned with global and regional strategies, all responsibilities regarding underwriting, including, but not limited to:

- Provide first line of defense credit approval for the most complex transactions
- Adoption of leading practices in credit analysis, underwriting, and monitoring, including the end-to-end underwriting process, from early origination discussions to development of credit approval memos, and senior approval forums
- Supports function’s close engagement with global and Regional Business Heads, Independent Risk, regulators, and other control functions
- Facilitate relationships with key clients in Banking and Risk and with key Regulators, Internal Audit, and control functions
- Manage large, diverse, and high performing team
- Oversee credit associates with respect to their preparation of key deliverables such as CAM and sign off on their work product
- Support the ICM Underwriting CEEMEA Head of ICM Corporate Regional Markets Credit Underwriting on strategic initiatives/projects
- Support VOE initiatives

**SPECIFIC RISK EXPERIENCE**:

- Senior credit approval authority (or similar designation) covering large and complex underwritings, capital commitments, derivatives with multi-industry experience
- Experience in and exposure to global credit risk management standards
- Ability to understand capital markets products and complex financing and product structures
- Ability to provide strategic insights and strong sensitivity to macro and regulatory issues, and impact of such issues on the various Risk families, including operational and franchise risks
- Able to discuss and address issues associated with the allocation of risk assets and risk capital in partnership with banking and product organizations
- Proven ability to effectively engage with regulators and internal control functions including Internal Audit and Fundamental Credit Risk as well as with external audit

**CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS / BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP**:

- Proven ability to understand nuances of local markets, local regulation, and the capabilities and practices of competitors
- Navigates organizational complexity and breaks silos
- Creates and sustains a network of strong partnerships with the business in all segments & geographies and other risk functions
- Provides well-reasoned, balanced assessments of risk/return trade-offs associated with transactions and client relationships
- Proven track record of partnering with global peers in leveraging and implementation of best practices
- Proven track record on managing individuals and teams on multiple locations, driving strong Culture and Thought Leadership through groups and functions

**QUALIFICATIONS**:

- 13+ years risk/risk-related credit work experience in banking/financial institutions
- Senior Credit Officer designation (or similar) or higher is required
- Prior experience in 1st line of defense would be preferred
- Proven ability to effectively engage with regulators and internal control functions including Internal Audit and Fundamental Credit Risk as well as with external audit
- Demonstrates strong ethics and integrity
- Ability to see the ‘big picture’ in a complex environment
- Can make decisions under pressure and short timeline
- Excellent verbal & written communication skills. Active listening skills.
- Demonstrated influencing and negotiating ability, resolve conflicts amongst various constituencies
- Excellent presentation skills - adept at presenting effectively to audiences of various sizes and various constituencies
- **Job Family Group**:
Institutional Banking
- **Job Fami