Bank Of America VP/Director Hedge Fund Underwriting Global 

United Kingdom, England, London 

445364000

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.

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