Commercial & Investment Bank - Credit Risk - Vice President

Job Summary:

As a Vice President in the Commercial and investment bank you will focus on execution of transactions across acquisition & leveraged finance, vanilla and structured lending and derivatives, and liquidity and cash management products for a diversified portfolio of institutional and corporate clients. 

The Commercial and Investment banking Credit Risk team works closely with business partners from Investment Banking, Corporate Banking, Commercial Banking, Debt and Equity Capital Markets, Markets and Wholesale Payments. It is the primary contributor and driver of credit analytics including risk rating determination, industry assessment (working with internal industry specialists) with a key focus on due diligence, structuring, negotiation, documentation, and approval of such transactions. Credit officers are also responsible for ongoing credit monitoring and review work for all client facilities.

Job responsibilities:

• Ongoing supervision and management of an assigned portfolio of corporate and institutional clients across a range of industries.
• Take a lead role in the due diligence, structuring and documentation for transactions.
• Detailed review of forward-looking credit analysis, along with necessary financial modelling, to provide insight into clients’ industries and the key business and financial risks they face.
• Exercise a meaningful credit approval authority.
• Interact closely with transaction stakeholders including client coverage and product bankers, credit executives and legal counsel.
• Review various credit and regulatory reporting requirements.
• Mentor and develop junior CIB Credit Risk team members.
• Track market and industry developments and their impact on clients.
• Recommend and monitor internal credit ratings.
• Support the team with ongoing ad-hoc initiatives and workstreams; and

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• At least 8 years’ experience gained in a credit risk or credit analysis role within corporate, institutional and/or investment banking.
• Strong credit risk analysis skills covering both qualitative and quantitative analysis.
• Strong understanding of products across Australian debt markets and derivatives as well as related documentation.
• Ability to take an active role in identifying key issues and concerns relating to clients, their industries and transaction structures.
• Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to demonstrate good time management and clarity in thinking when dealing with multiple work streams in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to foster relationships and confidently interact with origination teams and other internal stakeholders.
• Highly proficient in MS Excel with an ability to navigate through financial models, as well as other MS programs (PowerPoint, Word, Outlook etc); and
• Undergraduate degree or post graduate qualifications in accounting, business, finance, or a quantitative related discipline.