Senior Credit/Counterparty Analyst

One of Ambition's highly respected global financial services clients requires an experienced Credit/Counterparty professional to play a key role in order to safeguard the quality of a trading credit portfolio, associated to the regulated funds counterparties that the institution trades with.

You will be responsible for the following:

- Preparing transaction requests to support credit focused trading with buy side institutions on behalf of the funds they manage.
- Utilise your understanding of the trading credit risks associated to client investment strategies to develop key relationships.
- Build and maintain relationships with FO sales and trading professionals and Group Risk Management to facilitate transaction requests and optimise business opportunities.
- Undertake client visits to conduct due diligence and assist in negotiating trading documentation including ISDA, IFEMA etc.
- Undertake compliance tracking for a portfolio of fund relationships and participate in due diligence calling program.

To be considered for this opportunity, you will need to represent experience of the following:

- Extensive credit analysis skills associated to Buy Side Counterparties including hedge funds, pension funds, mutual funds etc.
- Solid understanding of investment strategies such as long-short equity, fixed income arbitrage global macro, convertible bond arbitrage and high yield etc.
- Good knowledge of trading documentation such as ISDA, GMRA, IFEMA, MRA etc.
- Proven ability to successfully build internal and external relationships across multiple business units.
- Degree educated with a financial qualification such as CFA, IMC, FRM an advantage.

If you're interested in discussing this opportunity in more detail, then send your details ASAP.

September 19, 2013 • Tags:  • Posted in: Financial

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