Credit Risk Manager - EMEA & Asia
On-siteLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Lead and manage the Credit Risk Team for EMEA & Asia, overseeing underwriting, monitoring, and escalation of significant credit risk issues. Facilitate risk management processes to achieve business objectives while ensuring effective mitigation. Review and approve credit limits for counterparties, negotiate financial agreements including ISDA's and TOB's, and monitor counterparty and country credit risk limits for compliance. Establish and adhere to credit risk policies, standards, and controls; vet infrastructure, procedures, and policies from an EMEA & Asia perspective. Periodically evaluate the adequacy of credit methodologies and controls, provide periodic updates to management, and contribute input to Board Reports. Play an integral role in project work for new business lines, entities, and performing due diligence on potential acquisitions. Identify and deliver efficiencies within the department, collaborate with Risk colleagues in other jurisdictions, and ensure the team receives adequate training and support.
Required Qualifications
- Strong credit analysis skills
- minimum of 7 years of experience in credit risk
- Strong background in credit and financial statement analysis
- preferably working in a trading, capital markets, or financial institution environment
- The ability to form an independent opinion
- communicate this opinion effectively
- act within the scope of authority
- Experience with credit risk management tools and techniques
- Experience leading, developing, and motivating high-performing credit risk teams
- including remote and geographically dispersed employees
- Ensure Credit Risk Team receives adequate training and support to perform their roles to the best of their abilities
- Ensure infrastructure, controls, and procedures for all existing and future activities are vetted from an EMEA & Asia Credit perspective
- to ensure effective Credit Risk management
- Ensure that appropriate Credit risk policies, standards, controls, and procedures are established and adhered to
- and promote diligent assessment, measurement, management, and reporting of risks throughout the organisation
- Review and approve credit limits counterparties
- that remain within the defined risk appetite of the company
- Periodically evaluates the adequacy of the company's Credit methodologies and controls
- Negotiate financial agreements including ISDA's and TOB's
- on matters relating to Credit Risk / Limits
- Play an integral role in project work for new business lines
- entities, and performing due diligence on potential acquisitions
- Identify and deliver efficiencies within the department
- and collaborate with Risk colleagues in other jurisdictions
- to find efficiencies across the group
- Monitor, manage and enhance both counterparty credit and country credit risk limits
- to ensure compliance with established credit limits, policies, and procedures
- Provide periodic updates to management
- including providing input to Board Reports and other relevant Board Committees
- Perform at a fast-paced and dynamic environment
- with the ability to handle numerous tasks simultaneously
- and prioritise
- Strong organisational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Able to work as part of a team and individually
- Excellent leadership, communication, interpersonal, management, and analytical skills
- Strong work ethic and emphasis on attention to detail
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- with the ability to clearly and effectively communicate risk management procedures and decisions
- Permanent, full-time, LI-SD1
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