Securities & Derivatives Analyst 1 — C09
Citi — Pune, Maharashtra
₹4–10 LPA (HireSetu estimate) · Entry level · Freshers eligible · Full-time
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Quick answer: Entry-level operations work in Citi's Pune office: verifying trades booked by desks and branches, matching confirmations against ISDA templates, settling securities and derivatives transactions, and handling the reconciliations and regulatory reports behind them. The stated bar is a bachelor's in business, accounting or finance, with experience preferred, not required.
From Citi's job posting
The Securities & Derivative Analyst 1 is an entry level position responsible for processing orders and transactions originating from trading desks and branch offices in coordination with the Operations - Transaction Services team. The overall objective of this role is to assist in the clearance, settlement and investigation of client securities and derivatives transactions.
Responsibilities
- Perform trade verifications to ensure accuracy of booking requests
- Generate and match trade confirmations according to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) templates
- Complete settlement tasks and daily rate revaluations accurately and on time
- Coordinate transaction processing issues to the appropriate department and collaborate on a solution
- Perform regulatory controls, account reconciliations, and record retention activities in accordance with established policies
- Prepare and submit periodic internal and external regulatory reports
- Participate in the periodic General Ledger (GL) proofing exercises as directed
- 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.
- Independently apply judgement in managing day-to-day responsibilities, including assessing complex situations, resolving issues, and determining appropriate courses of action. Will be responsible for decisions and outcomes within area of responsibility, leveraging professional expertise and analytical thinking to address challenges and ensure delivery of work to defined quality and performance expectations.
- Support effective functioning of the business area by ensuring that administrative processes are implemented consistently and outputs meet expected standards. Will operate across varied and evolving situations, responding to operational requirements to ensure continuity, quality, and timely delivery of work.
- Applies domain expertise and advanced analytical capability to deliver outputs aligned with established standards and professional benchmarks. Will evaluate business requirements by analyzing complex issues, forming well‑reasoned views, and recommending practical, implementable solutions. Apply structured thinking, analytical rigor, and creativity in approaching work, particularly in situations where standard methodologies may require refinement. Will exercise sound professional judgement in interpreting requirements and determining appropriate courses of action, taking into account the broader business context and potential implications.
Qualifications
- Relevant experience preferred
- Fundamental understanding of Treasury products, accounting and regulatory policies
- Proven ability to perform various concurrent activities/projects in a high-risk environment
- Demonstrated knowledge of macros
- Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree/University degree or equivalent experience in Business, Accounting or Finance
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HireSetu's note
The shape of the week
Trade verification starts with a booking made by a trading desk or branch, and you check it against what was agreed. Confirmations are drafted and matched on ISDA templates, so mismatched dates, rates and notional amounts get chased down and corrected. Settlement runs on fixed market cut-offs: a payment or delivery that misses its window becomes a fail, and fails get escalated.
Around that sit daily rate revaluations, account reconciliations, record retention and periodic internal and external reports. Some days are almost entirely reconciliation and GL proofing. The line about concurrent work in a high-risk environment is literal: a wrong booking or a bad settlement instruction moves real money. The control checks are the work.
Freshers with a finance or accounting degree
C09 is Citi's entry-level grade and the degree bar is business, accounting or finance. Experience is preferred, which leaves room for freshers alongside people with a year or two in back-office operations. An internship or stint in settlement, reconciliations, fund accounting or KYC belongs at the top of the CV, above coursework.
Two things to get across: treasury product basics, enough to know how a swap or a future turns into a payment, and Excel VBA, since demonstrated macros knowledge is on the list. Pull out volume too, how many trades or accounts a day, and what you did when two cut-offs landed together.
Pune teams in global markets run shifts aligned to US or European market hours, so settle the roster question early. A macro you wrote to clean or reconcile a messy sheet is the most concrete thing you can show for the macros requirement.
Drafted with AI from Citi's job posting and checked by Prashanth Jakkula before publishing. See our Editorial Policy.
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