Citi has announced that it plans to create 300 new in Dublin this year. The American bank already employs 2,500 people in Ireland.
Several of Citi’s global businesses operate from Ireland, including Corporate Banking and Private Banking, Treasury and Trade Solutions, Markets, and Securities Services.
The bank said that new positions available in 2022 include Risk, Audit, Finance and Treasury; Technology roles including Cloud and Cyber specialists, Software Engineering and Architects, Developers, Blockchain specialists; Client facing roles in Citi’s Treasury and Trade Solutions business and Commercial Bank; Operations roles including Fund Accounting, Asset Servicing; and Credit Management.
Cecilia Ronan, Citi country head in Ireland, stated: “Many of these new roles reflect this changing reality where skills like risk, software engineering, data analytics, cloud and cyber are of increasing importance to the growth and soundness of our business. We already employ 700 people in technology roles in Dublin and this is now set to increase.”
Ronan added: “We also recently announced the sale of our building at North Wall Quay and plans to purchase a modern and sustainable building in Dublin, reaffirming our long-term commitment to Ireland.
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“We have flourished here because of the talent pool, the open economy and integrated ecosystem, and the access to the EU and I am excited to see that continue into the future.”
Citi has had presence in Ireland for over 55 years, and was one of the first foreign banks to open an office in Dublin. The company opened its first Global Innovation Lab in Dublin in 2009, and Dublin is now also the home of Citi’s Global Centre of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence & Blockchain.
According to Citi, Dublin staff interact with colleagues and clients in over 100 countries processing millions of transactions.
Citi Ireland was recently named by LinkedIn as one of the Top 25 employers in Ireland, and has 60 different nationalities working in the Dublin office.
