2025 Summer Analyst, Investment Banking, FSG (Financial Strategy Group), London, United Kingdom

You're the brains behind our work.

You’re ready to bring your knowledge from the classroom to the boardroom and Citi wants to help you get there. Whether it’s honing your skills or building your network, we know that success can’t come without growth. Our programs equip 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 and career growth is not a question of if, but when.

Citi is looking for summer analysts to join the Financial Strategy Group (FSG), a corporate finance advisory team in Citi’s investment banking division. We deliver rigorous, data-driven, and actionable strategic corporate finance advice to Citi’s institutional clients globally, across industries and geographies. The group advises clients in M&A and capital markets transactions on the full spectrum of corporate finance issues; focusing on capital structure, credit ratings, funding strategy, valuation, cost of capital, shareholder returns and distributions, capital allocation, and liquidity management, among others. To further establish Citi as a thought leader, the group also regularly produces broad thematic pieces on current topics that have significant implications for our clients. Recent examples of this work include topics on inflation, recession, interest rates, and identifying shifts in investor focus on KPIs that are likely to drive the valuation positioning thesis for upcoming IPOs.

We provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to succeed.

We are committed to teaching you the ropes. The 10-week summer analyst program starts in June and begins with a one-week training program in London. After which you will be assigned to the Financial Strategy Group (FSG). Successful summer analysts will be considered for a full-time position in the Financial Strategy Group (FSG) after graduation.

Your time here will look something like this:

You will work on high-profile client pitches and deals spanning all industry sectors, interact directly with clients, and take on an exceptional level of responsibility. During the program you will:

• Understand financial statement modelling, in particular the use of cash flow statements to perform various analytics.
• Understand the implications of various corporate actions (e.g. M&A and capital markets transactions) on a company’s financial profile and reflect the same in a financial model.
• Understand credit rating methodologies of the three major credit rating agencies (S&P, Moody’s, Fitch), and apply it to provide views on a company’s credit rating.
• Collect and analyse company financial information, conduct industry research, perform benchmarking with peer groups.
• Use statistical tools (e.g. Stata) to perform regression analytics to determine drivers of valuation multiples for companies.
• Calculate a company’s WACC, understand the analytics to minimize WACC.
• Contribute towards creation of content for FSG’s thematic pieces.
  
  

We want to hear from you if...

• You are in your penultimate/final year of university.
• Successful analysts come from top universities with degrees in a wide variety of fields including economics, engineering, finance, mathematics, and statistics.
• You have a keen interest in corporate finance with good knowledge of accounting.
• You are comfortable working with numbers / large amount of data.
  
  

Who We Think Will Be a Great Fit...

We’re looking for motivated individuals, who are eager to grow their careers in Investment Banking. Successful candidates take pride in all aspects of their work and recognize that it is a reflection not just of the firm, but of themselves. We value diversity and so do you. We’ll also be looking for the following:

• Commitment to personal growth and career development, a strong desire to learn, and success in team environments.
• Intellectual curiosity and proactive approach to searching for new and creative ideas.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong communication, planning, and organizational skills.
• Desire to develop a deep understanding of the financial industry.
• Unquestioned commitment to integrity and ethical decision-making.
  
  

We will be recruiting on a rolling basis therefore we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. There is no deadline for applications.

Successful candidates will be offered a competitive salary. The role will be based at 33 Canada Square Canary Wharf - London, E14 5LB, United Kingdom.

The role currently offers a hybrid working model, with a mandatory three days in your assigned office, and an optional two days from home. Citi supports this business model, subject to business approval.

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Job Family Group:

Institutional Banking

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Job Family:

Investment Banking

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Time Type:

Full time

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