Lead Credit Analyst

MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES

The individual will be responsible for credit analysis of asset managers, regulated funds, pension funds; and private equity funds. Products lines encompass OTC derivatives, prime services products, foreign exchange, repo, securities lending and structured transactions. Clients may also require committed loan facilities.

Day to day responsibilities include:

- Process credit requests in a timely manner to meet business deadlines and maintain the annual review cycle.

- Research and analyze financial data on the client to prepare high quality analysis in credit applications that address client credit risk and transaction risk.

- Conduct sector research covering Asia Pacific to support the analysis.

- Develop strong credit judgment skills when recommending credit facilities, taking into consideration facility size, tenor, and suitability for client.

- Propose obligor ratings using our internal rating tools.

- Manage key components of counterparty credit administration such as internal ratings, trading documentation (ISDA/CSA, GMRA, GMSLA, GTB), and credit risk limits. Become knowledgeable of credit terms for legal documents and follow up with legal department on negotiations.

- Perform ongoing monitoring of client credit quality to identify a possible deterioration of credit quality.

- Monitor exposure and manage credit limit exceptions. Adapt to ongoing accounting and regulatory changes that affect credit limits and exposure.

- Coordinate all aspects of a credit request, liaising with legal staff, Risk Division and relevant parties.

- Assist in special credit related assignments and projects, as required.

COMPETENCIES

Required:

- Ability to organize time and manage deliverables to deadlines.

- Ability to identify and accommodate shifting priorities with little notice

- Ability to analyze and evaluate counterparty risk and financial condition based utilizing quantitative and qualitative data.

- Acquire ability to complete work with minimal or no supervision

- Possess a high degree of enthusiasm and energy to learn a variety of financial institution industry sectors.

- Ability to work in a team environment, interfacing with team members, front office bankers and salespersons, risk team, and clients.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Required:

- Proficiency using Word for written analysis and Excel for spreadsheet analysis

- Ability to acquire knowledge of the accounting, legal and regulatory issues governing relevant sectors.

- Ability to investigate/research/synthesize data and make appropriate conclusions as to what is causing the observed result(s)

- Ability to write concisely and in a way that conveys analysis and conclusions without minimal follow-up questions