Legal Support Specialist

**Overview of Citi**

Citi, the world leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and a presence in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. Citi enables clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing them with cutting-edge ideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity.

An opportunity has arisen in the Belfast Legal Department within the Securities Services business. This role is a developing professional role and will involve reviewing and analysing legal documentation and providing associated legal support to the Securities Services business, in particular to internal clients such as Product, Sales, Relationship, Implementation Managers and Citi Legal Counsel.

The role will involve conducting comprehensive reviews of all documentation returned to the bank and thoroughly examining the documentation for accuracy and completeness, to comply with Citibank’s policies and procedures and applicable legal requirements. The successful individual will also work on reviewing/negotiating a range of standard legal agreements.

**Job Background/context**:
Citi’s Legal Department in Belfast is a team of approximately 120 staff, covering a range of products and services across Citi’s EMEA region.

The Belfast Legal Department provides a range of services, support and advice to many business areas; incorporating transaction negotiation, master agreement negotiation, and oversight of compliance and regulatory requirements.

The role will involve an active engagement with the business, principally out of Belfast, but there will also be daily interaction with the rest of the EMEA region.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Ensuring that processes and administrative tasks that fall within the responsibility of the legal team are carried out efficiently and effectively - this includes drafting documents, arranging execution, reviewing client signing authority, ensuring that all documentation requirements have been met for account opening approval and lodging all documents appropriately.
- Understanding and ensuring compliance with the various processes and documentation requirements of the Securities Services business.
- Reviewing and negotiating legal documentation with internal and external customers to reach agreement on the contents of same, through telephonic or electronic negotiation, and in line with the Securities Services negotiation guidelines.
- Close liaison with the team’s manager to complete tasks assigned.
- Building relationships with various internal stakeholders such as local legal counsels, product, risk, relationship managers and implementation contacts.
- Liaising with business, implementations, and relationship managers to ensure that deal deadlines are met.
- Advising business, risk and relationship managers on the potential legal risks involved in changing documentation.
- Ensuring Citibank’s policies are maintained, and where deviations are necessary, ensuring appropriate risk and / or business approval is obtained.
- Maintain accurate status reports on negotiation developments within the team and exercise best practice in documentation management and negotiation.

**Development Value**:
**Knowledge / Experience / Skills**:

- 0-2 years relevant experience working in a fast-paced corporate legal department, law firm, financial services or related industry.
- Must have effective organisational skills, strong attention to detail and high levels of accuracy, exceptional communication (written and verbal) and listening skills.
- Knowledge of legal customs and practices.
- Project management skills.
- Knowledge and understanding of the financial services industry.
- True self-starter.
- Ability to work within a team, to provide continuous feedback and to regularly follow up on all outstanding issues.
- Previous negotiation experience is useful but not essential.
- Comprehensive training will be provided.

**Education**:

- Bachelors/ University degree qualification in the relevant discipline of law or business studies.

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

**What We Offer**

As well as a competitive salary and consideration for a yearly discretionary bonus Citi offer;
- 23 days paid annual leave
- Award winning pension scheme,
- Life assurance and
- Private medical insurance with Bupa healthcare.

In addition, we offer a competitive maternity, paternity and adoption leave scheme. We pride ourselves on our ability to offer employees a number of lifestyle benefits including; on site restaurant and coffee shops, online shopping and concierge s