Position: Associate - Credit Risk Analyst

Location: Montreal QC, H3A 2A6

Duration: 12 Months

Job Type: Contract

Work Type: Onsite

Shift: 8.00AM-5.00PM

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is a company who is a provider of banking and financial services. The company operates through two divisions, Retail Banking and Services, and Corporate and Institutional Banking

Job Description:

Business Overview:

• Within FIC, FIC Credit Team is responsible for completing the credit analysis for financial institutions clients (including due diligence when necessary).
• In particular, the Team ensures that credit analysis and recommendations are provided in due time for Banks, Insurances, Sovereign, Brokers, other non-banks financial institutions, pensions funds, funds, hedge funds, regulated funds, funds of hedge funds, agency arrangements and asset managers.
• The Credit Team performs credit analysis and provide credit recommendations on their respective perimeter to Credit Committees, Transaction Approval Committees when the credit opinion on a specific counterparty is required, other RISK entities, Business Units or functions in response to general enquiries, Portfolio review committees.

The Credit Team

• Guarantees the quality of credit files and portfolios (notably by complying with regulatory framework e.g. Basel III requirements and including credit policies, rating policies and other Group guidelines),
• Develops local market intelligence by performing desk research (financial statement analysis, monitoring of published research),
• Guarantees the selection and the follow up of counterparties considered Doubtful, under Watch List or sensitive list, evaluates the accurate level of provisioning
• Maintains a network of Business contacts and performs on site due diligence, guarantees that available local market information and views on risk issues are communicated swiftly and effectively.
• The Credit Team is a main partner for the Senior Credit Officers and their Business binomes for the clients covered by the financial institution credit process and is in permanent interaction with other business lines for uncovered clients

Candidate Success Factors:

• Candidates are measured on the following four performance drivers, which will dictate how individual impact is considered on the Americas platform:

Results and Impact

• Able to influence peers and team.
• Demonstrates good judgement when making decisions of high complexity and impact.
• Exercise appropriate autonomy in the execution and delivery of work.
• Responsible for driving outcomes, which have meaningful effect on team or department.

Leadership and Collaboration:

• Creates trust with colleagues.
• Acts in leadership capacity for projects, processes, or programs.
• Client, Customer and Stakeholder Focus:
• Able to build relationships with a mix of colleagues and clients.
• Interacts regularly with management and department leaders.
• Demonstrates the ability to influence stakeholders at the team level.

Compliance Culture and Conduct:

• Takes full responsibility for personal actions and demonstrates courage in facing problems and conflicts.
• Perceived as a person of high moral character; upholds corporate values and displays high ethical standards.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare and present annual credit reviews and new requests to credit committees
• This process includes comprehensive analysis on the counterparty and comparison with its peers, recommendation of rating using internal rating models, and expression of credit opinion.
• Analyse capital markets and corporate banking transactions with regulated funds and agency principals.
• Capital markets: derivatives (swaps, foreign exchange, credit and equity derivatives), repo, securities lending, prime services.
• Corporate banking: import and export trade finance transactions, and syndicated loan participations.
• Coordinate all aspects of the credit risk process in liaison with Coverage, Business, and other Functions.
• Review counterparty credit exposure excesses on financial institutions reported by the Credit Risk Control team.
• Co-ordinate with Legal Department to execute legal documentation by providing credit-sensitive terms.
• Review all legal documentation during annual review, ensuring all necessary documents are in place (including guarantees) and being familiar with the products covered under ISDA/CSA, PSA/ISMA, and SLMA.
• Work closely with Relationship Managers, Traders, Market Risk, Legal and Operations personnel to structure transactions to mitigate diverse forms of risk.
• Support all business lines credit requests / transactions for the clients.
• Effectively handle multiple tasks and review several files simultaneously through effective prioritization of requests (in conjunction with immediate supervisor) and sound organizational skills.
• Participate to internal exercises to review exposures and ensure data quality for counterparties.
• Keep up to date with industry risks/trends, including credit, regulatory, and legal issues.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• BS/BA required (with finance or economic background preferred).
• 5+ years' experience in capital markets or credit risk analysis
• Self-starter and highly motivated to learn about derivatives and other capital markets products.
• Clear communication skills to firmly and confidently express credit decisions & opinions.
• Ability to organize time and meet deadlines/deliver requests on time.
• Ability to work in a team environment: interacting with other credit analysts, relationship managers, front office and clients.
• Proficiency in Word and Excel.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge in capital markets products and related legal documentation (ISDA, CSA, GMRA )
• Formal credit training on funds within a financial institution
• MS, MBA, CFA or FRM is a plus

FINRA Registrations Required:

• Not Applicable

CFTC Swap Dealer Associated Person (if yes, NFA Swaps Proficiency Program is required):

• Not Applicable

SEC Security-Based Swap Dealer Associated Person:

• Not Applicable

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.