Position Overview
The Senior Credit Specialist will lead the endtoend credit risk function for the firm's investment platform, with a particular focus on OTC derivatives, structured products, and marginable securities. This role is responsible for establishing robust credit frameworks, governing margin and collateral practices, driving credit risk analytics, and enabling scalable growth across the platform's securities and derivatives ecosystem.
The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker with deep technical expertise in counterparty credit risk, product structuring, risk modelling, and regulatory requirements across global markets.
Key Responsibilities
1. Leadership & Strategy
- Define and execute the overall credit risk strategy for OTC products, derivatives, and margin financing activities.
- Build and lead a highperforming Credit Specialist team, including analysts, modellers, and credit approval officers, as the business grows.
- Partner with business leadership to support product expansion while maintaining strong risk standards.
2. Credit Risk Framework & Governance
- Design and maintain comprehensive credit risk policies, including:
- Counterparty credit assessment methodologies
- Margin and collateral frameworks
- Stress testing and scenario analysis
- Productspecific credit guidelines for derivatives and structured notes
- Oversee credit limit setting, monitoring, approval workflows, and escalation protocols.
3. OTC & Derivatives Credit Oversight
- Lead credit evaluation and approval for complex OTC products, including:
- Options & Forwards (vanilla & exotic)
- Structured derivatives
- Marginable securities
- Evaluate counterparty exposures across models.
- Develop and refine collateral optimization and crossmargining approaches.
4. Margin, Collateral & Liquidity Management
- Oversee the governance of margin methodologies.
- Ensure robust margin call, liquidation, and clientlevel risk monitoring processes.
- Drive the modernization of collateral management systems, margin engines, and exposure analytics.
5. Risk Technology & Data
- Collaborate with Product, Technology, and Data teams to build:
- Realtime exposure dashboards
- Stresstesting engines
- Margin calculators
- Counterparty risk scoring models
- Champion automation and machinelearningdriven credit insights.
6. Regulatory & Compliance Alignment
- Ensure alignment with global regulatory frameworks, where applicable
- Ensure reporting obligation of exposures in a timely manner
- Interface with regulators, auditors, and internal compliance teams.
Qualifications & Experience
Required
- 1015+ years of experience in credit risk, derivatives, structured products, or risk management in a bank, brokerdealer, or investment platform.
- Deep expertise in OTC derivatives valuation, collateral rules, and counterparty exposure modelling.
- Strong leadership experience with crossfunctional teams.
- Proficiency in credit risk modelling, stress testing, and capital frameworks.
Preferred
- Experience integrating credit risk capabilities into a digital or investment platform environment.
- Knowledge of margin engines, risk technology stack, and automation tools.
- Advanced degree (MBA, MS Finance, or quantitative field) or professional certifications (CFA, FRM, PRM).
Key Competencies
- Strategic thinking with a robust risk mindset
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills
- Ability to balance commercial objectives with risk control
- Excellent stakeholder management across Front Office, Risk, Product, and Technology
- High level of integrity and decision-making soundness
