As an Associate in the Consumer, Healthcare & Retail Wholesale Credit Risk EMEA team covering Commercial & Investment Bank clients, you will work closely with business partners across the region including Debt Capital Markets, Acquisition and Leveraged Finance, M&A, Corporate Bank, Markets, Treasury Services and Trade Finance.
Job responsibilities
- Leads in-depth due diligence processes and coordinates and produces concise and insightful credit memos with clear recommendations, which will be the basis on which credit decisions are made.
- Challenges industry teams on modelling assumptions and is able to understand key conclusions and devise appropriate downside scenarios.
- Understands loan documentation, including LMA standard and leveraged finance documents and key ISDA/CSA documentation. Demonstrate an ability to negotiate and prioritize various documentation terms and shows the ability to understand transaction structures.
- Cooperates closely at senior levels with a variety of areas within the Commercial & Investment Bank, including Coverage/GCB/CB, product specialists (DCM, LF, Trade, TSS), Markets (Derivative Sales), Capital Markets and M&A.
- Liaises regularly with Primary Credit Officers and Senior Credit Officers
- Holds prime responsibility for the pro-active management of exposure to a portfolio of names and industry sectors.
- Understands J.P. Morgan’s Risk management policies and related interactions with various stakeholders (including Regulators and Auditors).
- Coaches and develops junior team members to bring them up the curve, both on the job and through trainings.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Must demonstrate first rate analytical and credit skills/judgment, with an intensive 'hands on' approach to digging into the details of credit and structure.
- First rate project management skills and demonstrable end to end ownership of work/projects.
- Be able to establish credibility and trust with clients, internal business partners, product specialists and credit officers, and to partner with them effectively.
- Proven coaching and development ability towards more junior colleagues.
- Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal).
- Self-starting, result-driven, multi-tasking, risk-reward mindset and adaptable to change given the dynamic nature and timing of workflow.
- Significant experience in roles with relevant skills for this position.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Previous experience of reviewing and commenting on loan documentation/core corporate derivative documentation.