Associate Director- Risk recruitment
The Associate Director (AD) will focus on creatively identify, design, evaluate and provide strategic credit risk management solutions to our Financial Services clients. By having a full understanding of the array of existing solutions it will be responsible for detecting the most appropriate solution to identified client needs, the candidate will be expected to conduct analysis on original and non-routine business problems in a timely, accurate and insightful manner and combine this analysis with their understanding of a client's practical issues to provide a solution. In this role the AD will also provide vital technical support in the business development initiatives in his/her main areas of expertise.
The day-to-day job requires team leadership capabilities, and at the same time substantial hands on involvement in the design and actual provision of solutions. The AD time will be mostly devoted to project manage multiple assignments; will be responsible for final quality check on all deliverables for project under management. Additionally, the candidate has to have strong credit risk knowledge, which will be instrumental in his project management duties and at the same time for supporting team members and junior resources in their technical knowledge development. This position also involves proposal planning and client facing on multiple projects.
The AD will frequently work independently and with his/her team and peers under tight deadlines to consistently produce high quality work for which in all cases will have full accountability. Typically, 80% of the AD work-week is spent on client billable work.
Analytical Skills (Client Facing)
- Conduct client facing workshops and training intended to demonstrate how our tools can help them better measure and manage their credit risk
Business Development Support
- Provide support to Business Development demonstrating our analytical capabilities in developing risk scoring models and validating internal risk rating systems/models
Project Management
- Manage projects and team resources to complete projects on time and with complete client satisfaction
Analytical Skills (Internal tasks)
- Conduct statistical tests to develop and validate scoring models
Basic Coaching
- Help coach a team of junior analysts
Managerial
- Help manage and delegate work to a team of junior analysts
Skills
- Top of class Master, MSC, CFA or CPA is a plus
- Minimum of five years of relevant experience in credit risk analysis (rating agency, financial market, consulting companies working in the credit space) and/or consulting or implementation experience in Basel 2, Solvency 2, or Economic Capital; and/or strong quantitative skills and in particular advanced statistics and/or econometrics are highly desirable
- The ability to analyze original, non-routine analytical/business problems (in the Credit Risk Management environment both internal to the organization and client) in a timely and insightful manner. Ability to translate such problem interpretation into relevant solutions.
- Senior Credit Risk analytical knowledge in various Asset Classes [for example Corporate, FI, Project Finance, etc] and attention to detail
- Strong quantitative skills and in particular advanced statistics and/or econometrics are highly desirable
- Ability to prioritize, take initiative and self-manage time, management of internal and external counterparties time, and demonstrated capacity to conduct multiple project planning and management
- Demonstrated strong written communications skills is required
- Demonstrated strong presentation skills in analytical and business development environment as well as excellent interpersonal communications skills are required
- People management skills and ability to lead high achiever teams while sustaining a collaborative and team environment; and ability to train and develop junior resources
- Demonstrated ability to influence constituencies is a requirement, and some Consultative Selling experience is a plus
- Strong customer service orientation, and confidence in interacting with clients at all levels
- Highly proficient in EXCEL, WORD and POWERPOINT, proficient in Windows 2000/NT/XP, Access
- Full command of English language is a must, both in verbal and written English
- Second language skills highly valuable
- Willingness to travel - 15%, mostly within the U.S.
About the Company
The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) is a Fortune500 corporation with over 20,000 global employees and over 10,000 U.S. employees. Around the world, McGraw-Hill provides people with the information and insights they need to adapt and grow in changing times. Our business spans the fields of financial services, education, and business information with leading brand names such as Standard Poor's, McGraw-Hill Education, Platts, and J.D. Power Associates. By working together with our customers and partners, these brands are laying the foundation for a smarter, better world.
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