Securities & Derivatives Intermediate Analyst

Role overview

The Dublin Service Centre houses the Issuer Services Department, which sits within Citi’s broader Custody and Issuer Services organization. This team supports issuer-services clients, product partners, and sales teams across a wide range of activities, including depository services, issuing and paying agency work, and specialist agency functions such as account bank, project finance, structured finance, and escrow services.

The client base includes large multinational and domestic corporates, financial institutions, banks, public-sector and sovereign debt issuers, investment banks, asset managers, and dedicated collateral managers.

This position is part of a fast-moving operations environment and offers the chance to deepen knowledge of securities products while taking ownership of the daily processing for the Principal Paying Agency payments desk.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure all daily deadlines and currency cut-off times are achieved without delay.
• Prepare, input, and verify value-date payments and MT202/MT103 messages through internal platforms.
• Enter and validate PPA funding instructions.
• Check payments linked to registered and external depositary activity.
• Review daily tracking sheets that record currency payments across products.
• Monitor and trace funds as part of the credit approval workflow.
• Validate claim updates and recall-related adjustments.
• Manage and resolve queries arriving through the team mailbox.
• Coordinate with issuers and clients when funds are not received in time for value-date release.
• Support user acceptance testing for system changes and enhancements.
• Help manage team performance by conducting regular one-to-one meetings and providing coaching, training, and guidance.
• Contribute to ad hoc initiatives and projects across the department and the wider business.
• Work toward becoming the subject matter expert for the PPA desk.

What the role calls for

The ideal candidate will come from an operations environment and should understand financial securities well. Experience in payment or cash processing is important, along with familiarity with SWIFT message formats, especially MT202 and MT103. Strong communication skills, client focus, accuracy, and the ability to stay organised while working under pressure are all essential. The role also requires someone who can sustain productivity during periods of changing volume and take a proactive approach to managing workflow.

Required background

• Experience in an operations role with a solid grasp of financial securities.
• Practical exposure to payment and/or cash processing.
• Knowledge of SWIFT messaging, particularly the structure and formatting of MT202 and MT103 messages.
• Strong verbal and written communication ability.
• Good interpersonal skills and a strong service mindset.
• High attention to detail.
• Strong organisational ability and accuracy under pressure with tight daily deadlines.
• Ability to maintain performance levels even when volumes fluctuate.
• Self-driven approach to workflow management.
• Exposure to Agency & Trust or Corporate Trust operations would be an advantage.
• Bachelor’s degree, university degree, or equivalent experience in Business, Accounting, or Finance.

Compensation and benefits

Citi Dublin offers a business-casual environment with a hybrid arrangement of up to two work-from-home days per week. The package includes a competitive base salary that is reviewed annually, together with a broad set of benefits designed to support wellbeing, daily living, and financial wellbeing for employees and their families.

Additional information

This role falls under the Operations - Transaction Services job family and the Securities and Derivatives Processing family. It is a full-time position. The stated salary range for the Dublin location is €52,580 to €73,620 per year.

The company also notes that automated processing, including artificial intelligence, may be used to help match skills to openings, but hiring decisions are made by people. This vacancy is for an existing job opening.

Citi is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. Reasonable accommodation is available for applicants with disabilities.