דרושים Export & Agency Finance Structurer - Associate ב-Bank Of America ב-United Kingdom, London

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:Credit Risk Analyst/Associate - Corporates Credit

Analyst or 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.

What we are looking for

• BA/BSc degree (or equivalent); Finance, Accounting or Economics would be beneficial.
• Relevant prior experience in financial services, preferably roles within credit risk management, where you have demonstrated an ability to identify, assess, monitor, control and mitigate credit risk.
• Credit skills and risk judgment and ability to defend rigorously a fact-based point of view.
• Knowledge and keen interest to learn about issues related to industry risk, transaction risk and awareness of country risk factors, reputational risk and operational risk.
• Ability to quickly absorb and follow internal credit policies and procedures; demonstrated ability to continuously learn and adapt with a proactive work ethic.
• Commercial mindset to support value added discussions with effective interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills, and attention to detail and accuracy.
• Understanding of credit risk sensitivities in the portfolio and risk drivers of the exposures.
• Keen interest in finance, macroeconomic and geopolitical issues.
• Fluency with use of Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel; including ability to prepare and/or review company specific financial models in Excel.
• Strong team player & organisational skills with ability to prioritise and work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Effective interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills both written and verbal with ability to be concise and with attention to accuracy and detail.
• Fluency in English required. Additionally, other European language skillswill be consideredhighly beneficial.

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:

Hedge Fund Credit role within Global Markets Credit (GMC) responsible for managing the counterparty risk on a portfolio of EMEA-based hedge funds.

Responsibilities

• Managing a portfolio of EMEA based hedge fund clients from on-boarding through to underwriting/credit approval and ongoing risk management.
• Detailed written analysis of hedge fund clients demonstrating a good understanding of investment strategies, liquidity, leverage and volatility.
• Perform qualitative and quantitative credit assessment of clients and their trading exposure including stress and sensitivity analysis.
• Lead credit due diligence calls with hedge fund clients and prepare written due diligence assessments for risk management review.
• Propose risk-based limits based on assigned internal counterparty rating.
• Approval of daily trade flow including the calculation and application of Initial Margin
• Liaise with Legal to initiate documentation for trading activity including the specification of credit terms as required.
• Timely identification and escalation of limit overages, margin disputes and missed calls, monthly NAV trigger breaches, escalation threshold breaches and ad-hoc report management, escalating anycounterparties/issuesof concern as necessary.
• Assist junior colleagues to ensure timely attention of limit breaches and escalations.
• Assist junior team members in continued self-development including enhanced product knowledge and understanding of more complex clients/trades.
• Prepare monthly management information in respect of European hedge fund exposures for senior risk committees and be able to speak to the data.
• Promote strong engagement with Sales & Trading executives, Agreements & Documentation (A&D) partners, Collateral Management & Operations, Prime Brokerage Risk, Enterprise and Market Risk Management.
• Assist in ad-hoc project work and regulatory deliverables as required.

Requirements

• Prior experience in a hedge fund counterparty credit risk role.
• Strong knowledge of hedge funds, their strategies and associated risks.
• A good understanding of Global Markets and derivativeproducts/documentation.
• Ability to manage significant deal flow often to tight deadlines in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• Confident self-starter with strong communication skills and an ability to negotiate effectively.
• Problem solver, ability to manage issues in a timely manner.
• Good quantitative and Excel based skills required.
• Bloomberg experience advantageous.
• Candidate should be a strong team player, willing to support more junior members of the team and the team lead, as required.

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:Product Controller - Equities

Assistant Vice President

Responsibilities:

• Day-to-day P&L, Balance Sheet and Valuation control responsibilities within the EMEA Global Financing & Futures (GFF) BFC team in London

• Identify and investigate valuation discrepancies and liaise with Front Line Units (FLUs), Risk, Operations and other finance teams to resolve issues.

• Analyse drivers of P&L and balance sheet movements, providing commentary and insight for management

• Engagement with the Accounting Policy Group to implement appropriate accounting policies and procedures.

• Ensure adherence to accounting policies relating to repos, including sale and repurchase accounting, as well as compliance with FIN41 and IFRS netting guidance for financial instruments.

• Working with the GVG group to ensure ongoing review & enhancement of valuation control methodologies and practices. Ensuring procedure documents are accurate and up to date.

• Assist in the streamlining and enhancement of all GFF BFC processes and becoming activelyinvolvedwith system development ranging from technical enhancements and new product releases to automation of existing processes.

• Contribute to governance processes, operational error reporting and support of other internal control process, including SOX.

• Contribute to audit engagements, addressing queries on valuation, accounting treatment, and finance controls.

• Provide finance leadership on new product approvals, system implementations, and accounting policy changes affecting repo activity.

What we are looking for:

• Preferably Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or CFA with good working knowledge of accounting concepts.

• Applies Financial Accounting & Reporting Expertise

• Applies Financial Analysis and Reasoning Skills

• Demonstrates Accounting Knowledge

• Demonstrates Financial Acumen

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:

Global Markets Credit ("GMC") is responsible for ensuring robust and consistent credit underwriting for Global Markets lending activities, which includes financing facilities secured by a range of financial and physical assets. Within GMC, the team member will assist with the credit underwriting and ongoing portfolio management functions for the EMEA asset backed securitization finance ("ABSF") portfolio. The ABSF portfolio is comprised of warehouse and term loan positions with associated derivative trading lines secured by a variety of consumer and commercial assets including auto loans and leases, credit card receivables, equipment loans and leases, residential mortgages.

Responsibilities

• Key responsibilities will include participation in transaction screening, term negotiation, due diligence of seller/servicers including reviewing their underwriting and servicing capabilities, and credit approval process.
• The team member will review and potentially question all elements of transactions including structure, collateral, and cashflow stress analysis.
• Post-close, you will have responsibility for ongoing deal and portfolio monitoring and will exercise credit approval authority for amendment/waiver/renewal/extension activity.
• The team member will assist in the preparation and review of credit approval memos.
• The role will also assist with periodic reporting requirements, policy and procedure updates, risk rating scorecard maintenance, regulatory inquiries, limit requests, and other ad hoc projects.

What we are looking for

• Bachelor's degree required; Finance, Accounting, or Economics majors preferred with excellent academic credentials.
• Prior experience in financial services. Relevant prior experience may include roles in: credit risk management, credit underwriting, structuring, loan origination, or public rating agencies
• Familiarity with securitization structures and an understanding of macroeconomic drivers
• You will likely have had experience of reviewing lending or debt transactions including securitization or collateral based lending facilities and derivatives.
• Excellent analytical skills, personal drive, initiative, a sense of urgency, and responsiveness, with a desire to grow, learn, and take on increasing levels of responsibility
• Highly organized with excellent oral, and written communication skills, with ability to communicate effectively with all levels of risk, support, and business partners
• You should have excellent team collaboration skills, willing to support more junior members of the team as required.
• Proficiency with Word, Excel and PowerPoint, along with ability to quickly learn new programs and applications
• High level of attention to detail

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.

France

• Competitive retirement plan in addition to State plans
• Mandatory Medical Plan provided by the bank as a top-up to Social Security health benefits for you and your family.
• Employees and family members can receive free health advice 24/7 through a range of English and French speaking medical providers
• Life and disability insurance
• Time Savings Account (‘CET’) to save some of your leave days, cash them out or use them later
• Reimbursement of 50% of your commuter pass
• Nursery scheme for children under age 3
• Works council benefits
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support and help for everyday matters
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering with local charities
• Opportunity to receive free entry to arts exhibitions sponsored by Bank of America in Paris

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

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.

Role Description:

Leveraged Finance Credit supports the development, due diligence, approval and implementation of leveraged transactions for corporate and financial sponsors. Typical transactions include leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, refinancings, recapitalizations, and restructurings.

As a senior member of the team and reporting directly to one of the Co-Heads of EMEA Leveraged Finance Credit, you will:

• Lead deals through the internal approval processes, deliver consistent credit support and seamless execution for our business partners.
• Perform credit analysis (incl. forecasts), risk rating assessments, review of due diligence, and writing of credit memorandum.
• Review and negotiate documentation (loans and derivatives) where appropriate.

Responsibilities:

• Provide independent assessments and recommendations to approval committees and senior decision makers.
• Work closely with junior members of the team, mentoring and coaching where necessary.
• Have primary credit responsibility for a portfolio of names; maintaining timely and accurate monitoring (risk ratings, financial reports, compliance certificates, forecasts, and annual reviews etc.).
• Establish and maintain a deep understanding of the portfolio at the client, industry, and macro level in order to assess risk and form considered opinions.
• Ensure adherence to prevailing credit policy and procedures.
• Have exposure to the full Global Banking & Markets product spectrum with engagement across multiple stakeholders, including Leveraged Finance, Financial Sponsors, Investment Banking, Corporate Banking, Sales & Trading, Legal, and Risk.
• Engage professionally with third parties, such as legal counsel, due diligence sessions, management teams, and client representatives.

Skills that will help:

• Strong stakeholder and transaction management
• Credit risk awareness and understanding of risk drivers on appetite and ratings
• Familiarity with structures and terms
• Relevant experience within Leveraged Finance preferred

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.