Credit Risk Analyst – Hedge Funds recruitment

Key Responsibilities:

•Review existing and new client files and make credit approval decisions within the scope of responsibility.

•Evaluating credit and transaction risk profile by performing detailed credit analysis.

•Assessing counterpart risk and establishing credit lines (trading limits) and accomplishing financial analysis of various types of counterparties.

•Manage own portfolio of clients, which can be up to 120 Funds.

•Deliver recommendations to the Credit Committee for requests that fall outside of guidelines according to credit policy.

•Develop and maintain strong client relationships that are approved for credit.

•Exposure Management: Collaborate with reporting analysts and the Market Risk team to manage high-risk situations to protect the company.

•Enhance and standardise reporting tools as markets and products evolve globally.

Experience Required:

•Industry experience, with a concentration in credit analysis covering futures and options, OTC cash FX, SWAPS, fixed income securities, equities, securities financing and cash management products.

•Detailed understanding of identifying and managing credit risk created by swaps, options, repos, and OTC transactions.

•Experience in dealing with trading entities as credit counterparts, legal structures, risk etc, due diligence, credit rating, etc.

•Strong analytical and quantitative skills.

•Understanding of credit management principles, concepts, practices, and standards and the ability to apply them to business requests and situations.

Technical/Systems Knowledge:

•MS Excel (VB/macro, pivot table skills)

•MS Word

•MS Access

•Value at Risk Calculation (preferred but not necessary)

•Open Bloomberg (preferred but not necessary)

•Hedge Fund trading strategies

If you have relevant experience focusing on Credit Analysis of Hedge Funds, please apply today or call Dee Savjani on 020 3206 1916 for a confidential discussion.