The Spring Insight Programm was an excellent opportunity to learn about CITIBANK and banking Getting insights into several different divisions of the bank I was able to get some first understanding on how such a huge financial institutions works During
Getting presentations from the staff participating in interactive activities case study networking opportunities shadowing a team within the division in which we were placed qampa sessions with staff from varying levels of seniority
The event was splitted into two virtual and two inperson days We have been presented the values of Citi and the different teams within each asset class for the Markets division We participated in a SalesampTrading simulation in one of the virtual day
On the first day of the insught we were given an overview of citi and introduced to its different networks and sustainability work On the second day we did an IPO simulation On the inoffice days we shadowed our allocated buddies on the job had speeche
During the Spring Insight Week we attended a series of presentations and workshops meet with senior leaders and employees from various teams within Markets and participate in teambuilding exercises and networking events Daytoday activities during
Meeting and shadowing professionals across Sales Trading and Structuring on the trading floor along with a range of guest speakers providing an insight into the life of an employee at Citi The programme also provide a number of opportunities to meet an
These four daysof Spring Week two virtual and two facetoface allowed us to learn more about Citi Bank its different divisions and to be able to network with as many people as possible to understand a little more in detail the operation of each part o
Informational sessions simulations case studies work shadowing networking
Mixed between visiting the office and trainingparticipating in talks remotely Day to day we listened to employees talk about their experiences in Citi the opportunities etc We also got to hear a lot more about the range of teams and a bit about the hi
Each day was different giving a great overview of what its like to work at Citi Belfast We got first hand experience looking at what each area of Operations does as well as getting to learn about the social and welfare benefits of being a Citi employe
Project to analyse profitability of global markets products and provide suggestions for improvement Preparing EMEA daily finance news Update on EMEA Markets
Attend meetings Work on valuation market review client materials Work and interact with corporate clients Work with Capital Markets teams to arrive at client solutions Prepare PowerPoints Heavy focus on understanding and having an opinion on the ev
Morning Sales call notes Morning email discussing all the bond issuance in the primary markets for FIG and Corps Updatingcreating decks for pitches Bond pricing and execution of deals
My role consisted of preparing materials to use in front of clients such as making graphs and PowerPoint slides I was also tasked with providing market updates throughout the reporting season
Get given tasks by your manager to complete You will also have training sessions that are two hours long twice a week which cover different topics each week During these training sessions you will have to complete multiple group projects and presentati
Programming and Testing and Problem Solving
Worked market allocation as divided out by team The general format of working my markets would be risk trades high values and then unmatched We also had to clear our mailbox Once this was all done we would then cover any remaining trades along with an
To help support my team on their ongoing cash management projects
On day 1 and 2 I joined zoom sessions with the whole Spring cohort We explored Citis work ethics and initiatives as well as their company culture They held a QampA panel session for some of their programs and opened up and answered many of the quest
The activity on a daily basis were mainly balance sheet analysis excel modelling research on competitors debt structure ESG analysis and research on different topics related to clients
