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Job Title:Credit Risk Analyst - Corporates Credit
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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 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.
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