Analyst-Credit Risk

Department Overview:

Credit Risk (CR) is responsible for managing the firm’s credit exposure to its trading and lending counterparties. Leveraging its extensive expertise in financial, credit and risk analysis, CR ensures that credit exposure to our counterparts is managed within the firm’s risk appetite. Staffed with more than 270 professionals, CR operates through 12 different offices around the world and credit professionals work closely with many areas of the firm. Given this structure, CR professionals gain diverse financial experience and a broad perspective on how the entire firm functions. The interaction with numerous departments and the range of projects that ensue allow for a challenging, varied and multi-dimensional work environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate derivatives and financing transactions across Global Market clients, reviewing and approving risk taking across this sector
• Assess the credit and financial strength of the firm’s hedge fund, mutual fund and private equity fund counterparts by performing fundamental credit analysis of counterparties using both quantitative and qualitative factors
• Assess risk of transactions through reviews of quantitative models, portfolio analysis, stress testing, and other methods
• Perform counterparty reviews, including recommending appropriate internal risk rating for each counterparty and setting credit limits

Basic Qualifications:

• 0-2 years of experience in a finance or risk role
• Knowledge of capital markets, including derivatives and/or repo product preferred
• Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills required
• Bachelor’s degree in business or finance preferred