Junior Documentation Negotiator

**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. **Department Overview** Citi’s Legal Department in Belfast is a team of approximately 170 staff, covering a range of products and services across Citi’s Europe Middle East and Africa region (known as “EMEA”). The Belfast Legal Department provides a range of services, support and advice to many business areas with a particular focus on Citi’s Institutional Client Group; incorporating transaction negotiation, master agreement negotiation, and oversight of compliance and regulatory requirements. An opportunity has arisen in the Belfast Markets Legal Department for a prominent negotiator role supporting the Agreement Maintenance Team within Citi’s Institutional Client Group. **Role Overview** The position will require an awareness of the impact of core regulation on the derivatives markets and underlying documentation. The successful individual will work closely with the team on reviewing/negotiating a broad range of standard legal agreements but must also be comfortable to use bespoke documentation structures. **Key Responsibilities** - Negotiating/reviewing legal agreements with internal/external customers to reach agreement on the contents of the Bank’s legal documentation, through telephonic or electronic negotiation and legal lock in sessions / client meetings (where required). - Close liaison with internal businesses/London Legal in connection with the negotiation of legal agreements in the relevant business area. Convey strong commercial awareness and understanding of the desk’s priorities by ensuring prioritisation of file load is aligned with overall desk goals. - Understand and learn the documentation requirements for different products. - Interpret key commercial concepts from an array of trading agreements (including ISDA master Agreements, Credit Support Annexes, Termination Agreements, accounting for the necessary regulatory and/or jurisdictional changes where required.- Ensure Citi’s internal and regulatory policies are maintained, and where deviations are necessary, ensuring appropriate legal, risk and / or business approvals are obtained. - Ensure key governance and control checks are implemented during documentation process; proactively identify and escalate issues within the relevant business. - Understand impact of applicable regulations on the business area and ensure that agreements meet with such regulatory requirements. - Problem solve in order to facilitate solutions to ensure systems and legal documentation can support client offerings **Qualifications** - Experience of working in a legal/financial service organisation preferable.**Skills**: - Good interpersonal communication skills. - Working knowledge of PC operating systems. - Ability to communicate appropriately (written & verbal) at all organisational levels with internal business partners and external customers. - Ability to effectively organise own workload meeting key milestones - Good attention to detail and high levels of accuracy. - Ability to provide continuous feedback and to regularly follow up on all outstanding issues **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 service and subsidised clubs and societies. Our Select benefit package offers you the opportunity to customise your benefits according to your own lifestyle preferences and includes corporate discounts, memberships and a range of additional extras. Our vast range of diversity networks and on site multi faith room demonstrates Citi’s commitment to growing a diverse workforce. - **Job Family Group**: Legal - **Job Family**: Legal Support - **Time Type**: Full timeCiti is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. View the "**EEO is the Law**" poster. View t