Assistant Trust Officer

**Citi Global Wealth (CGW) **brings together the full power of Citi to serve the entire continuum of wealth clients, from affluent to ultra-high net worth to family offices.

We’re currently looking for a high caliber professional to join our team as** Analyst, Assistant Trust Officer **based in Singapore. Being part of our team means that we’ll provide you with the resources to meet your unique needs, empower you to make healthy decision and manage your financial well-being to help plan for your future. For instance:

- We empower our employees to manage their financial well-being and help them plan for the future.
- Citi provides access to an array of learning and development resources to help broaden and deepen your skills and knowledge as your career progresses

The Assistant Trust Officer is a developing professional role. Deals with most problems independently and has some latitude to solve complex problems. Integrates in-depth specialty area knowledge with a solid understanding of industry standards and practices. Good understanding of how the team and area integrate with others in accomplishing the objectives of the subfunction/ job family. Applies analytical thinking and knowledge of data analysis tools and methodologies. Requires attention to detail when making judgments and recommendations based on the analysis of factual information. Typically deals with variable issues with potentially broader business impact. Applies professional judgment when interpreting data and results. Breaks down information in a systematic and communicable manner. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to exchange potentially complex/sensitive information. Moderate but direct impact through close contact with the businesses' core activities. Quality and timeliness of service provided will affect the effectiveness of own team and other closely related teams.

The Private Bank at Citi (CPB) is part of the Institutional Clients Group and offers a wide range of products and solutions, including investment strategies, banking and lending, trust and specialized services.The Private Bank delivers solutions to help meet the individual, family and business needs of over 10,000 ultra-high net worth clients around the world. The Private Bank is focused on clients with a minimum net worth of $25mm and serves 40% of the world’s billionaires and their families.

**In this role, you’re expected to**:

- Under supervision of a Fiduciary Services Head, this position requires administration of UNHW ongoing fiduciary relationships which entails working with clients to strategize toward the preservation and continued growth of trust assets while achieving their specific trust and estate planning objectives and introduces clients to a broad range of investment management opportunities.
- Manage an existing book of trust and estate accounts: types of accounts include revocable and irrevocable trusts, testamentary trusts, ILITS and IRA accounts, various types of charitable trusts, estate accounts, and agency accounts, both discretionary and directed; initiate investment management of the accounts by coordinating with Private Bankers and Investment Counselors and utilizing both internal and external investment managers including equities, fixed income, mutual funds, ETFs, private equities, hedge funds and real estate vehicles to ensure the appropriateness of the account allocation based on the investment objective and risk tolerance of the account; knowledge and understanding of special assets such as promissory notes, operating agreements, LLC’s, LP’s, loan holds, life insurance policies, real estate interests and oil and gas interests; working with both internal and external tax preparers to complete and file tax returns for the various types of accounts, including Forms 1041, 5227, 990PF, 1042S, and 1099; review of a discretionary distribution request which includes collection of financial and tax documentation from the client together with the interpretation of the terms of the trust document to determine the appropriateness of the request; review and update information for each account for the annual administrative review which includes 13 major categories.
- Assess the client’s overall estate and tax planning needs: including the knowledge and skill to review legal and trust documentation and have an understanding of the provisions in order to effectively assist the client and their advisors in achieving specific trust and estate objectives.
- Compliance with legal requirements and internal procedures in relation to account activity: including identification and reporting to our Senior Risk Committee and management of the risk of financial loss and/or damage to Citi’s reputation arising from the activities within the Citi Trust businesses; Communicating with internal and external auditors as well as state examiners; working with Investment Management Oversight on the identification of and diver