Investment Operations Apprentice

Discover your future as an Investment Operations Apprentice at Citi.

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.

You’re ready to bring your knowledge from the classroom to the workplace, and Citi wants to help you get there. Whether it’s honing your skills or building your network, we know that success comes with growth. Our program equips you with the knowledge and training you need to play a valuable role on your team and establish a long-term career here. At Citi, we value internal mobility—career growth is not a question of if, but when.

What is Services at Citi?

Citi’s Services organization plays a crucial role in supporting institutional clients through a wide range of innovative solutions, enabling them to navigate complex financial landscapes. Our business provides integrated cash management and trade finance solutions to help multinational corporations, financial institutions, and public sector organizations optimize liquidity, working capital, and streamline transactions globally. Our business also delivers custody, fund administration, collateral management, and performance analytics, helping asset managers, institutional investors, and financial institutions efficiently manage and safeguard assets. With our global reach, including presence in over 90 countries, cutting-edge technology, and client-first approach, we provide seamless solutions that drive business success in an evolving financial world.

About the Investment Operations Apprentice Role

This role is an 18-month placement to work within Services in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. It provides the opportunity to work across the sales organization or within our product teams in a hands-on role to build a skillset and career path that supports the ongoing success of the business. Successful candidates will enroll on a L4 Investment Operations qualification with BPP.

Goals of the Investment Operations Apprentice Role:

• Learn about the Services product areas and gain an understanding of how they support Citi’s wider offering to clients.
• Ownership of key deliverables for the business.
• Contribute to projects that support business transformation and growth.
• Assist in ongoing reporting and business monitoring activities.
• Create a platform to grow and develop a career in Financial Services.

Development Value:

• An outstanding opportunity to gain exposure and insight to everyday life at a global bank.
• Work with a team of industry professionals from varied backgrounds and with wide-ranging experiences.
• Learn about how banking works and the role it plays in supporting everyday processes and functions as well as the central role it plays in how global business functions.
• Gain hands-on experience of real business and technology projects that will be representative of challenges in many roles both within and beyond financial services.
• Invaluable work experience to set up a future career for a curious and ambitious individual.

Qualifications:

• Three A-Levels or equivalent.
• GCSE English and Math.

What Citi Needs From You:

• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.
• Organisational skills.
• Ability to analyse data.
• Capable of prioritising workload.
• Demonstrates high level of diligence, motivation and organizational skills.

What Citi Can Offer You:

This role will provide you with an in-depth understanding of unique areas within Services and will give exposure to global teams at Citi. We work hard to have a positive financial and social impact on the communities we serve. In turn, we put our employees first and provide the best-in-class benefits they need to be well, live well and save well.

By joining Citi London, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model, but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays; increasing with tenure.
• A discretional annual performance related bonus.
• Private medical insurance packages to suit your personal circumstances.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Pension Plan.
• Paid Parental Leave.
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends.
• Access to an array of learning and development resources.

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.

Key skills/competency

• Investment Operations
• Financial Services
• Data Analysis
• Project Support
• Business Monitoring
• Cash Management
• Trade Finance
• Custody Services
• Fund Administration
• Client Support