Job description:
Job Title: Credit Risk Analyst
Corporate Title: Associate
Department: Risk
Location: Singapore
Licensed Role: No
Department overview:
This is a role in Credit Risk Management (CRM) Department based in Singapore and will cover counterparty credit exposure from loan and derivative transactions in Asia-ex Japan with a focus on South-East Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
Role description:
- Undertake Due Diligence (DD) visits / calls with clients, participate in credit conversations and collect credit information necessary for undertaking credit analysis
- Conduct in-depth credit research and analysis on borrowers and write high quality Credit Memos. This include projecting borrower's future operating performance and financial position backed by realistic assumptions and sensitivity analyses (base case and downside case)
- For derivative trades, prescribe credit terms and financial and other covenants for legal documents like ISDA/CSA and GMRA
- For loan trades, thoroughly analyze the loan structure, credit terms, security terms and legal structure. Factor in risks and mitigation of such analysis into credit decisions
- Present credit views effectively to senior Risk Management / Committees
- Analyze and approve derivative trades and monitor limit utilization
- Regular monitoring of the portfolio for early identification of potential problem counterparties for remediation actions
Skills, experience, qualifications, and knowledge required:
- Minimum Masters Degree or Professional Qualification for e.g. Chartered Accountant or Chartered Financial Analyst.
- Minimum 5 years experience analyzing corporates in a Financial Services organization
- Experience with Credit Due Diligence
- Strong written and interpersonal communications skills
- Team player, result oriented and shows ability to adapt
