Vice President Credit Risk Officer - Corporates London/dublin jobs at Bank Of America in United Kingdom, London

Responsibilities:

As a core member of the UK Corporate Banking team, you will:

• Identify, target and onboard new UK clients (listed, private and primarily mid-cap)

• Develop and manage the client dialogue as the relationship manager

• Coordinate client engagement globally, and across full product suite

• Take responsibility for the origination of business across product

• Provide advice on a broad array of financing strategies to address client specific needs

• Structure, prepare and deliver content led presentations

• Partner closely with Investment Banking teams on client coverage and origination

• Work with our credit and risk partners as it relates to our client engagements

• Seek to ensure the Bank's activities are conducted in a compliant and risk-free manner

• Manage and mentor junior professionals on deal execution, marketing and general career development

What we are looking for:

• Excellent client relationships, marketing, presentation and sales skills

• Extensive knowledge of Corporate Banking product set and the UK client base (including midcap space)

• Self-motivated, tenacious and able to work with high degree of independence

• Demonstrated experience in client management and new business origination

• Meticulous attention to detail, diligence and conscientiousness

• Ambitious, with a desire to succeed

• Capable of working effectively both independently and with multiple teams/individuals

• Strong corporate finance skills and experience

• You will have the ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously

• Able to work effectively as an individual and as part of a team

Benefits of working at Bank of America:

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner

• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons

• 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum

• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.

• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.

• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters

• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution

• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.

• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.

The role is an analytical and strategic resource within the Special Assets Group (SAG), supporting SAG Senior Portfolio Officers (POs) in managing criticized/classified commercial loan portfolio. This includes structuring and underwriting of credit facilities, providing financial and collateral analysis, drafting credit approvals, asset quality forecasting, monitoring covenant compliance and adherence to regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide analytical support to SAG POs in developing and executing loan workout, restructuring, and recovery strategies
• Prepare credit approval packages, risk rating analyses, asset quality forecasts, and restructuring recommendations
• Monitor covenant compliance, borrower performance, and collateral adequacy
• Participate in client meetings, negotiations (as appropriate), and strategy sessions with internal/external stakeholders
• Contribute to regulatory reporting, internal audits, and governance processes
• Participate in strategic projects to support business goals
• Build strong partnerships with internal partners, including Corporate Banking, Investment Banking, Legal, Risk, and Finance
• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the product spectrum and portfolio at the client, industry, and macro level to assess risk and craft value added solutions

What we are looking for:

• Experience in commercial workout, credit risk management, or commercial loan underwriting related experience
• Knowledge of commercial loan structures, corporate finance, and financial statement analysis
• Familiarity with syndicated and agented loan structures, including multi-lender negotiations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated ability to produce clear, persuasive materials for senior audiences
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines in a high-pressure environment
• Experience working in Corporate Workout, Leveraged Finance, Structured Credit, Distressed Debt Advisory, or a Restructuring team (bank, advisory, or buy-side)
• Experience with collateral valuation, liquidation analysis, and capital markets transactions related to distressed assets
• Proactive self-starter, motivated and with an aptitude to learn quickly under pressure in a fast-paced environment with the ability to manage within tight deadlines

Skills that will help:

• Credit and Risk Assessment
• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Financial modeling and analysis
• Knowledge of loan documentation and credit agreements
• Interpret relevant Laws, Rules, and Regulations
• Collaboration and cross-functional teamwork
• Strong oral and written communication
• Ability to synthesize complex data and present clear, actionable recommendations

UK

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
• 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.

Job Description:

Job Title:Leasing Credit Underwriter

AVP

Job Description:

Partnering with the GVF Credit Underwriters, the individual will be responsible for supporting the end-to-end credit management process. Responsibilities include data verification of new/existing deals on source systems; posting of documents to electronic credit file; spreading financials; gathering underwriting information and completing basic underwriting, maintaining internal files and ensuring systems and data integrity. The ability to efficiently multi-task and be decisive are important keys to success. Part of responsibilities may include interpreting/analyzing financial statements and documentation in one of the major European languages (i.e. German, French, Spanish or Italian).

• Undergraduate business degree desired (accounting and finance)

• Exceptional organisational skills (time management, multi-tasking, prioritization)

• Strong computer skills and attention to detail

• Effective communication skills (written and verbal)

• The ability to work effectively, both as a team member and independently

• Language skills are desirable (ability to interpret financial statements and review documentation in language) – German, Spanish, Italian or French

• Demonstrated customer service skills

• Results oriented, is able to accomplish objectives in a specified timeframe

• Travel - 10%

UK

• At Bank of America, we strive to prioritise employees’ health and wellbeing – it’s what makes us a Great Place to Work.

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner.

• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons.

• We offer 26-weeks paid maternity leave, 16-weeks paid paternity leave and inclusive family leave arrangements for working parents and carers including 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum.

• 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum.

• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness, cycle to work etc.

• Access to free counselling through the Employee Assistance Program and virtual GP services through our private health care plan.

• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters.

• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution.

• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.

• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.

Role Description:

Responsible for assisting the Compliance and Operational Risk officer team to execute second line of defence compliance and operational risk oversight for a Front-Line Unit, Control Function, and/or Third Parties. Key responsibilities include ensuring requirements of the Global Compliance Enterprise Policy, the Operational Risk Management Enterprise Policy (collectively “the Policies”), the Compliance and Operational Risk Management Program and Standard Operating Procedures are implemented and identifying, challenging, escalating, and mitigating risks in a timely manner.

Responsibilities:

• Review private side transactions and perform an assessment to understand potential impacts on the Watch List and/or Restricted List

• Review equity and fixed income Investment Research reports

• Review non-deal roadshows organised and/or hosted by BofA

• Pre-clear trade requests in restricted stocks, pre-clear large trade requests and perform firm holding checks.

• Review and update firm policies and procedures on Information Wall

• Manage the firm’s wall crossing processes and investigate where necessary.

• Contribute to global technology projects and other targeted assessments to improve processes and mitigate risk.

• Perform conflicts checks against the Watch List ahead of the business accepting certain new mandates.

• Point of Contact for Enterprise Information Wall (Policy and Standard) for all Vertical Lines of Business in region

• Monitoring firmwide Information Wall Designations

• Creation and Maintenance of Single Process Inventory Controls, Metrics, and Thresholds

• Monitor the firm’s Above the Wall and Permanent Insider List

• Preparing/Delivering annual ad-hoc and/or annual training related to Information Wall/MNPI Handling

What we are looking for:

• Demonstrable experience in Compliance / 2nd Line of Defence role

• Analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to work under pressure.

• Ability to prioritise tasks effectively.

• Ability to challenge and appropriately assess risks.

Skills that will help:

• Understanding of US Securities Laws

• Understanding of UK and Irish Takeover Panels

• Previous experience of managing conflicts clearance

UK

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner.

• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work because of a disability or health reasons.

• 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum

• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.

• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.

• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters.

• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution.

• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.

• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.

Job Description:

Job Title:Credit Risk Officer

Analyst/Associate

Role Description

GCIB Credit is responsible for analysing and delivering credit underwriting debt financing solutions and derivative strategies for medium and large corporate clients of GCIB & Global Markets (GM). GCIB includes Corporate Banking and Investment Banking and GM includes Sales & Trading. The group provides services to middle-market and large corporations, government entities and institutional investors. Services including mergers and acquisition advice, equity and debt capital raising, corporate lending, sales and trading in fixed income, commodities, currency and equities, risk management, research, and liquidity and payments management.

Responsibilities

• Perform financial and credit analysis, risk rating analysis ensuring adherence to prevailing credit policy and procedures for an assigned portfolio.
• Independently assess credit worthiness, perform intensive qualitative and quantitative due diligence of prospective borrowers and/or trading counterparties and establish appropriate terms and conditions to mitigate risk.
• Structuring transactions, underwriting and negotiating credit documentation designed to meet both client and investor needs including credit agreements, amendments, derivative documentation.
• Ensuring granularity of the portfolio with specific reference to targets for net country/credit capital, legally binding commitments, total exposure and asset quality.
• Establish appropriate internal risk ratings for clients and implement accurate adjustments throughout the client’s credit life cycle.
• Ensuring that the portfolio and credit management process are at all times rated "satisfactory" by internal auditors, the Credit Review group and external Regulators.
• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the product spectrum and portfolio at the client, industry, and macro level to assess risk and craft value added solutions balancing risk.
• Develop, maintain, and manage internal relationships with business partners including Corporate and Investment Bankers, Sales & Trading, Risk Management, Syndications, and Legal.
• Participate in strategic projects to support business goals.
• Providing provide appropriate coaching and development to junior teammates.

What we are looking for

• BA/BSc degree (or equivalent); Finance, Accounting or Economics would be beneficial.
• Credit risk experience at a major international financial institution, analysing, assessing companies and knowledge of EMEA and specific industry sectors, structuring transactions and documentation.
• Credit skills, risk judgment and broader risk awareness and understanding of the wider business, market and regulatory environment in which the bank operates, and how that impacts client and portfolio’s credit profile and ability to defend rigorously a fact-based point of view.
• Sound product/technical, documentation and process knowledge across lending, trade finance and derivative (FX, rates, commodities and equities) products.
• Acting as an agent of change/improvement, influencing corporate policy/procedure and projecting a positive strategic vision.
• Commercial mindset to support value added discussions with effective interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills, and attention to detail and accuracy.
• Fluency with use of Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel; including ability to prepare and/or review company specific financial models in Excel.
• Strong organisational skills with ability to prioritise and work under pressure, drive deal selection, negotiate solutions, strong transaction management process, and proactively manage credit risks.
• Understanding of credit risk sensitivities in the portfolio and risk drivers of the exposures.
• Keen interest in finance, macroeconomic and geopolitical issues.
• Fluency in English required. Additionally, other European language skills highly beneficial.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.

Responsibilities:

• You will be assisting the Cross Assets Strats team as part of the Strategic Risk and PnL project to re-factor and redesign our market model code.

• This project seeks to explain the risk and PnL of the Global Markets business in a strategic fashion

• Working as part of a team of 8 people, you will be writing and debugging code in Python, running within Quartz, the in-house bank platform.

• On-going learning about and debugging existing market model code used for calculating risk and PnL, simplifying and optimizing it to perform more efficiently.

• Programming ability is most highly prized. Financial knowledge is desirable but not strictly necessary, provided there is a willingness to learn.

What we are looking for:

• You are passionate about programming and are comfortable with a variety of programming languages and paradigms

• You have previously written a scripting language, or at least know how you might go about it

• You appreciate functional programming concepts and writing algorithms in a functional style

• You have good mathematical abilities and want to learn more about using mathematical techniques to analyse data

• You have financial and quantitative knowledge, and would like to learn more

Key Requirements

• Proficient in Python, C++, Java, Lisp or other

• Excellent analytical skills

• Good communication skills

• Bachelors or master’s degree in computer science, Mathematics, Finance or related field

UK

• At Bank of America, we strive to prioritise employees’ health and wellbeing – it’s what makes us a Great Place to Work.

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner.

• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons.

• We offer 26-weeks paid maternity leave, 16-weeks paid paternity leave and inclusive family leave arrangements for working parents and carers including 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum.

• 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum.

• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness, cycle to work etc.

• Access to free counselling through the Employee Assistance Program and virtual GP services through our private health care plan.

• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters.

• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution.

• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.

• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.

Job Description:

Job Title:Global Markets Risk Executive

Managing Director

Role Overview:

Responsibilities:

• Implements the new/complex product approval process and limits approval authority and reporting of market risk.

• Oversees identification of market risk exposures and mitigation strategies and resolution in accordance with the bank's risk appetite and limits identified, as well as regulatory requirements, as applicable.

• Oversees risk requests, breach remediations, and provides risk effective challenges for the Front-Line units.

• Provides insight into the development of market risk coverage plans, execution of monitoring, testing and risk assessments, and market risk reporting for the specific products.

• Understands market trends and their impact on portfolio, using knowledge of stress testing and its applicability to market risk.

• Ensures adherence to the policies and procedures established by the Firm.

What we are looking for:

• Previous experience as a Senior Market Risk Manager/Lead working directly with the Front Line and performing risk analysis is desirable.

• Ability to build strong relationships with the Front Line while maintaining independence, including handling disputes, negotiating with traders, and ability to uphold risk frameworks.

• Good understanding of macroeconomic and political developments and their impact on financial markets, and interdependencies between asset classes, especially how these change during a market crisis.

• Ability to multitask in a dynamic environment.

• Strong communication skills including impeccable writing skills for external documentation.

• Solid academic background, which may include a postgraduate qualification.

• Excellent analytical skills and knowledge of FICC products, markets, and risk management.

UK

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner.

• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons.

• 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum.

• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.

• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.

• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters

• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution.

• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.

• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.