Trade Finance Sales Lead Specialist, SVP at Citigroup · São Paulo

Trade Finance Sales Lead Specialist, SVP Location: Sao Paulo Sao Paulo Brazil The Trade Finance Sales Sr Specialist is a strategic professional who closely follows latest trends in own field and adapts them for application within own job and the business. 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: Lead the Trade Specialist and Asset Desk individuals, with active engagement on the definition and execution of strategy and initiatives for that cluster Responsible, in close coordination with Product Management team, for the development and strategic growth of the region, as well as lead execution of multiple country solutions Work on client origination, deal execution and sales strategy Responsible to establish and monitor development of the sales strategy to improve origination, while focusing on bringing new clients to the portfolio and guaranteeing that opportunities are executed accordingly, by ensuring that we have the right solution for each of the specific client requirements In addition to that, such person must guarantee that sales best practices and success cases are being implemented across countries Closely manage client portfolio and address risk mitigation needs when necessary Implement and lead execution of sales campaign by country/product to improve market share and client penetration Lead and drive the origination process Identify new revenue opportunities, originate deals, manage to grow base revenues, minimize attrition Work with the product partners to ensure product offering is competitive in service, function and price Execute and monitor development on existing wallet assessment to identify opportunities Keep track of portfolio revenues, drivers and monitor against planned targets Work in close partnership with control functions such as Legal, Compliance, Market and Credit Risk, Audit, Finance in order to ensure appropriate governance and control infrastructure Build a culture of responsible finance, good governance and supervision, expense discipline and ethics Appropriately assess risk/reward of transactions when making business decisions; demonstrating proper consideration for the firm’s reputation. Be familiar with and adhere to Citi’s Code of Conduct and the Plan of Supervision for Global Markets and Securities Services 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 Extensive years of client facing activity experience Previous management experience required Experience with credit approval process and risk discussions is desired A combination of commercial and analytical skills Disciplined Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills Education: Bachelor’s/University degree, Master’s degree preferred This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required. ------------------------------------------------------ Job Family Group: Institutional Sales ------------------------------------------------------ Job Family: Institutional Product Sales ------------------------------------------------------ Time Type: Full time ------------------------------------------------------ Most Relevant Skills Please see the requirements listed above. ------------------------------------------------------ Other Relevant Skills For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter. ------------------------------------------------------ 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.