Investment Banking Senior Analyst, Real Estate - Citi

It is a full-time Investment Banking Senior Analyst seat covering Real Estate in London, posted 1 September 2026, and Citi files it under Job Family Group: Institutional Banking, Job Family: Investment Banking, the advisory and capital-raising side of the bank. Source

'Senior Analyst' at Citi is an analyst past year one: the posting calls the role 'an intermediate level position' and 'the junior member of the Investment Banking team' on client transactions. The work is organising and analysing financial data for client proposals, preparing written recommendations, valuation materials and statistical exhibits for pitches and live deals, economic and financial research, comparing company performance with industry and market trends, and building financial models for valuation. Source

'Real Estate' in London investment banking covers REITs, private property companies, developers, housing associations, property services and PropTech, across offices, logistics, retail, build-to-rent, student accommodation, healthcare, data centres, self-storage and housebuilders. The language is yield rather than earnings multiples: NAV, the Investment Method, EPRA metrics and the four yield concepts. If you are interviewing for this, be able to speak yield and run a residual land value appraisal. Source

The seat is in Citi's Investment Banking division in London, the team that helps clients raise funds in the capital markets and advises on mergers, acquisitions and other transactions in coordination with the Institutional Banking team. The advert names Real Estate as the coverage but gives no detail on the team's size, deals or sub-sectors, and the line about serving 'as an intermediary in trading for clients' is Citi's standard job-family text rather than a description of a trading role. Source

119 people have held London roles at IBD at Citi since 2018. That is the division; there is no separate count for the Real Estate team.

Citi describes itself on the advert as approximately 219,000 people worldwide. The role is a Certified Role under the FCA and PRA Certification Regime, so Citi's UK regulated entities must assess you as fit and proper before you start. Source

318 people have held London roles at Citigroup as a whole since 2018.

This is a lateral hire, not a student seat. A Senior Analyst opening posted in September, labelled intermediate level and expecting you to build valuation models unaided, is a backfill for someone already working as an analyst in banking or an equivalent deal role. Students and new graduates should look for Citi's separately advertised summer and graduate programmes instead.

No application deadline is stated. The board lists the advert as valid through 13 October 2026, which is the listing's expiry rather than a closing date set by Citi. Seats like this go when someone signs, so if you fit, apply early.

Stated requirements: a Bachelor's or university degree or equivalent experience; consistently clear and concise written and verbal communication; and the ability to work under pressure in a rapidly changing environment to meet deadlines. Nothing on the page says how many years of experience are expected, so read the responsibilities as the real bar. Source

The Certified Role assessment runs through extensive interviews, self-disclosures, permitted criminal record checks, regulated reference checks, credit checks and other background screening, against honesty, integrity and reputation; financial soundness; and competence and capability. Source