Citi Group Senior Underwriter - Real Money Fund Credit Approver Vice President 

Australia, Western Australia 

103655910

Job Background/Context:

Counterparty Exposure (CPE) is a global team within ICM responsible for measuring, monitoring and controlling counterparty risk. To fulfill this role, a risk professional is required who has experience in market risk management and credit risk management areas, or has training in finance, mathematics or other quantitative fields.

Key Responsibilities:

• Approve credit reviews as a first line of defense approver (Credit Officer CO/Senior Credit Officer SCO designation) including assessment of portfolio risk, liquidity of client positions, credit limits and risk appetite ratios for APAC Real Money Funds.
• Maintain and manage credit exposures to clients across derivatives, financing and direct lending products.
• Advise and approve large transactions or deals that require individual risk assessment
• Work with Risk colleagues on risk mitigation at both inception of transactions and on an ongoing basis
• Monitor client portfolios to ensure that risks are controlled - primarily credit risk arising from market sensitive exposure and liquidity risk
• Work with Sales trading and clients to analyze client portfolios, propose counterparty risk limits and work with Credit risk management on getting limits approved
• Perform daily and weekly risk analysis and reporting on existing client portfolios as well as customized risk analysis on new client portfolios
• Communicate key findings to senior management.
• Work with business managers and In-Business Risk teams on margin model development, new product approvals and real-time monitoring and controls
• Analyzing control environment including periodic review of the control environment, vetting of new systems, processes, policies and procedures associated and related to market and/or credit risk and ensuring they are in sync with market practices.
• Utilize risk management tools for the measurement, monitoring and management of exposure.
• Represent the department to various independent risk teams, auditors and regulatory agencies on issues related to counterparty risk and controls.

Developmental Value:

• The team is new, giving opportunity to expand the role as the function grows.
• Learn about risk management and financing products more broadly.
• Influence the strategic direction of the Bank from a risk management perspective.
• Build solid market/credit risk experience as we use cutting-edge risk models and techniques.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Experience with funds underwriting.
• Experience with managing market or credit risk and training in finance, mathematics or
• quantitative fields.
• More than 12 years credit risk experience, preferably gained at a major financial institution.

Skills:

• Strong analytical skills with good attention to details and a demonstrated aptitude for tackling
• issues
• Ability to work well with cross-functional teams from Business, Credit, Operations and
• Compliance
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Sound risk and business judgment

Education:

• Bachelor’s/Master's Degree in mathematics, science, finance/economics or a related field required
• An MBA, CPA, or CFA preferred and formal Credit Training is a plus

Competencies:

• Good communicator.
• Entrepreneurial.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment

Time Type:

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