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About the Role

This role offers unparalleled exposure to some of the world's most dynamic and fast-growing equity markets, with the backing of Citi's global infrastructure and collaborative culture. You will be responsible for executing cash equity orders, making markets, and managing risk across the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa equity markets.

Responsibilities

• Execute client orders across CEEMEA cash equity markets with precision, ensuring best execution standards while managing market impact and optimizing trading costs for institutional clients including asset managers, hedge funds, and pension funds.
• Make markets and provide liquidity in CEEMEA equities, actively quoting prices, managing inventory positions, and responding to client inquiries in real-time across multiple exchanges and trading venues.
• Manage trading risk by monitoring and controlling exposure to market, credit, and operational risks; implementing hedging strategies; and ensuring compliance with firm-wide risk limits and regulatory requirements in a volatile emerging markets environment.
• Develop and maintain relationships with local brokers, exchanges, and institutional clients across the CEEMEA region, leveraging market intelligence to identify trading opportunities and deliver tailored execution solutions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with sales trading, equity research, derivatives, and technology teams to provide comprehensive market insights, support client coverage, and contribute to the development of innovative trading strategies and electronic execution tools.
• Monitor market developments including macroeconomic trends, geopolitical events, regulatory changes, and corporate actions across CEEMEA markets, translating insights into actionable trading strategies and client recommendations.

Requirements

• Proven experience in cash equities trading, preferably with exposure to emerging markets, EMEA, or CEEMEA equities, demonstrating a strong track record of execution, market making, and risk management in fast-paced trading environments.
• Deep understanding of market microstructure including order types, execution algorithms, liquidity dynamics, and the regulatory landscape across multiple CEEMEA exchanges and trading venues.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to interpret complex market data, financial models, and research reports; proficiency in Excel is essential, and experience with programming languages such as Python, VBA, or SQL is highly advantageous.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills to interact effectively with clients, brokers, and internal stakeholders; ability to articulate market views clearly and provide actionable insights under pressure.
• Adaptability and resilience to thrive in a dynamic, high-pressure environment characterized by market volatility, geopolitical uncertainty, and rapid technological change; demonstrated agility, tenacity, and a will-to-win in complex situations.
• Language skills are a strong advantage; proficiency in languages relevant to the CEEMEA region (such as Arabic, Russian, Turkish, or Polish) in addition to fluent English would be highly valued.
• Candidates applying for this role must be aware that it is a Certified Role, subject to the FCA and PRA Certification Regime.
• You will be assessed for this role against the Fit and Proper requirements, which will be carried out through extensive interviews, self-disclosures, permitted criminal record checks, regulated reference checks, credit checks and other background screening checks.

Skills

• Excel
• Python
• VBA
• SQL
• Arabic
• Russian
• Turkish
• Polish

Location

• London

Work Type

• Hybrid
• Full time

Experience Level

• Assistant Vice President

Salary/Compensations

• Competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed)

Benefits

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

About the Company

• At Citi Markets, we win together. In a rapidly changing world, our shared vision gives us the clarity, agility and global perspectives we need to shape the future. That's why collaboration plays a central role in how we deliver for clients, develop our people, and grow our business. Our operation is uniquely global. Our client list is remarkably varied. Our product range is incredibly broad. But we're not the finished article. We have big ambitions for the future and all the resources we need to reach them, including some of the smartest people in the industry.
• Citi's Markets business is one of the world's leading franchises in fixed income, currencies, commodities, equities, and prime finance. We connect institutional clients to deep liquidity, sophisticated risk management solutions, and market-leading execution capabilities across developed and emerging markets. Our equities platform spans cash equities, equity derivatives, convertibles, ETFs, and prime financing, supported by a global network of experienced traders, sales professionals, and research analysts.
• Whatever the opportunity, our people bring expertise, insight and an honest desire to help one another. So every new product or market creates new possibilities. And every conversation sparks an idea that could redefine the future.
• Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self, every day.
• We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.

Equal Opportunity

• Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.
• If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review Accessibility at Citi.
• View Citi’s EEO Policy Statement and the Know Your Rights poster.