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Managing Director, Head of European Financial Institutions Group (FIG), Corporate Banking: Paris, Frankfurt, Milan, Madrid - Citi

CitiFrankfurt am Main🇩🇪GermanyPosted 14 Oct 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

Lead a dynamic European Financial Institutions Group, shaping strategy and driving growth across major financial hubs with a hybrid work model offering flexibility. You'll thrive in this role if you possess extensive FIG experience and a passion for leading diverse teams to deliver innovative client solutions within a globally recognized financial institution. Embrace this opportunity to make a significant impact and advance your leadership career.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Leader
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Posted
21 hours ago
Risk Management

Job Description

Discover your future at Citi
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Job Overview
Job Background/context:
This role will lead the European Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Corporate Banking team covering top tier financial institutions, including banks and broker-dealers, insurance and reinsurance, asset managers, private equity and alternative investment funds, specialty finance, FinTech's, and market infrastructure. This individual will lead a senior team across all major countries in Europe.
Location

  • Paris, Frankfurt, Milan, Madrid.
  • Will consider alternative European locations.
Key Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
  • 10+ years of relevant Financial Institutions Group experience.
  • Define a holistic business strategy for the European FIG Corporate Banking business that reflects the changing economic and regulatory landscape in Europe. Create a shared understanding with products and risk management on objectives and ways to achieve them to maximise sustained growth of the business.
  • In-depth experience managing and working across a diverse, multi-country, multi-product business with broad people management experience.
  • Work with Independent Risk to manage the portfolio and individual client risk and achieve targeted risk-adjusted returns.
  • Originate business opportunities leveraging the entire product portfolio.
  • Work with product partners across Markets, Investment Banking, Services and the Private Bank to structure viable and replicable client solutions that are cost effective and scalable.
  • Demonstrated ability to balance between internal management and external client time.
  • Demonstrated understanding of compliance issues and regulatory requirements.
  • Proven leadership skills and intellectual capability to create momentum and a collective agenda across multiple products with a diverse population and competing priorities.
  • Demonstrated intellectual grasp of the industry and ability to anticipate and lead the organizational response to future changes and translate vision into executable plans.
  • Proven analytical and problem-solving skills with pragmatic approach to ensure limited resources are directed appropriately.
  • Consistently demonstrate clear and concise written and verbal communication.
  • Develop industry/segment specialization as appropriate and drive thought leadership and content.
  • Represent the Bank and the FIG franchise at public forums and serve as speaker and subject matter expert at such forums.
Education:
  • Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience.
  • Master's/MBA degree preferred from a top economics, business, or financial engineering program.
  • Senior Credit Officer or equivalent designation preferred.
This Role is a "Controlled Function" Role as defined by the Central Bank of Ireland Reform Act 2010 and Principal Regulations 2011, and amending Regulations 2014, 2015.
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Job Family Group:
Institutional Banking ------------------------------------------------------
Job Family:
Corporate Banking ------------------------------------------------------
Time Type:
Full time ------------------------------------------------------
Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:
€275,000.00 - €450,000.00 ------------------------------------------------------
Most Relevant Skills
Please see the requirements listed above. ------------------------------------------------------
Other Relevant Skills
For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter. ------------------------------------------------------
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