Strategic Capital Solutions Lead

Strategic Capital Solutions Lead Location(s):

London, England, United Kingdom

Hybrid

Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a team of more than 230,000 dedicated people from around the globe. At Citi, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact.

The SCS Lead functions as a recognized subject matter expert, proactively identifying opportunities, expertly engaging with clients, and delivering bespoke solutions for complex transactions, leveraging Citi's comprehensive institutional capabilities to foster strong, long-term client relationships and generate new investment assets for Citi Wealth.

This is achieved by delivering bespoke, product agnostic advice and advanced execution strategies that meticulously balance wealth protection, preservation, and creation.

Responsibilities

• Client Engagement & Strategic Advisory:
  • Advise ultra-high-net-worth clients on making informed, goal-aligned decisions regarding their largest asset holdings, covering strategies to acquire, dispose of, hedge, finance, or monetize these assets. This involves using a structured framework to help clients understand the implications of their choices, such as maintaining concentration for continued wealth potential, diversifying to stabilize their wealth, or implementing strategies to guard against irreversible loss.
  • Conduct rigorous assessments of exposure, event risk, and required capital to ensure client decisions on concentrated assets are aligned with their clearly defined financial goals.
  • Collaborate with the broader client team to develop, present, and finalize client investment proposals and new account pitches, ensuring seamless integration with Wealth Planning and Integrated Client Solutions.
  • Enhance collaboration and relationships between Capital Markets and Citi Private Bank clients and internal staff.
• Opportunity Identification & Business Development:
  • Proactively identify potential ultra-high-net-worth clients with concentrated asset holdings through comprehensive market analysis and leveraging internal referral networks.
  • Systematize the process for capturing and refining potential client leads, ensuring efficient and continuous qualification of opportunities.
  • Pipeline Management & Prioritization: Develop and maintain a robust client pipeline, leveraging advanced analytics and CRM tools to score leads based on potential asset concentration and upcoming catalysts (lockup expiries, market performance etc.). Implement systematic review processes to prioritize engagements and allocate resources effectively, ensuring focus on high-impact opportunities.
  • Performance Monitoring & Reporting: Establish clear metrics for tracking pipeline progress, conversion rates, and revenue generation. Prepare regular, insightful reports for senior management and key stakeholders, providing transparent updates on business development activities, market trends, and strategic opportunities.
  • Stakeholder Communication &
    
    Collaboration:
    
    Foster transparent and proactive communication channels with internal partners (e.g., Wealth Planning, Investment Specialists, Institutional Markets) and external client teams. Regularly update stakeholders on pipeline status, client needs, and potential cross-selling opportunities to ensure a unified and cohesive approach to client service and business growth.
• Solution Design & Delivery:
  • Structure and deliver a variety of comprehensive solutions designed to help clients acquire, dispose of, hedge, finance, or monetize their assets, including block sales, Over-The-Counter (OTC) Derivative strategies, and regional tax-aware strategies. Ensure solutions are tailored to client needs and effectively leverage Citi's diverse product capabilities and institutional strengths, particularly through partnerships with Institutional Markets for block trading and strategic equity solutions.
  • Evaluate strategic pathways such as asset sales, hedging strategies, monetization techniques, and lending solutions.
  • Engage with specialized product partners as necessary to design and implement these solutions, and meticulously track and report on outcomes.
• Risk Management & Compliance:
  • Exercise sound judgment to appropriately assess risk in all business decisions, demonstrating unwavering commitment to protecting Citi's reputation, clients, and assets. This includes ensuring strict compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, adhering to internal policies, and promptly escalating, managing, and reporting any control issues.
  • Implement a rigorous risk management approach in all client interactions, especially concerning their exposures, ensuring full alignment with client risk tolerances and internal guidelines.
• Strategic Initiatives & Product Enhancement:
  • Contribute to the implementation and ongoing enhancement of technology projects designed to expand and improve the Strategic Capital Solutions platform.
  • Assist in…