Senior Manager, Credit Risk, Buy-side Investment Management

• Group Investment Credit Risk Management
• Global Credit Exposures
• Leading International Group

Our client is a well-established International Insurance and Investment Management Group. With increasing business activities and a solid growth plan in place for Asia, the group is now seeking a high-calibre Credit Risk Management Professional to join the Group Credit Risk Management team based in Hong Kong.

The key responsibilities for this position are as follows:

• A member of the Credit Risk Management function for the Asia portfolio, providing oversight, governance and control, assessing counterparty risks, invested credit risk, asset portfolio risk exposure, group credit risk exposures
• Take a lead in the production of management information reports, conducting data analysis, extracting and communicating key information from the portfolio, put together credit trends on portfolio movements and exposure
• Develop credit monitoring tools and processes, data management tools and systems for reporting and monitoring of risk information
• Facilitate and implement credit risk limits, policies and standards across Asia
• Assist in credit risk reviews and analysis to set credit risk appetite, develop and maintain counterparty and invested credit limit framework
• Perform credit analysis on limit applications focusing on corporates, sovereign, financial institutions in the Asia credit markets
• Support credit research work for Asian credit markets and perform assessment related to regulatory risks and financial risks, translate credit research knowledge to the business demands from a risk perspective
• Prepare and coordinate credit related committee papers
• Keep abreast of economic and market news and conditions, work with external analysts, credit rating agencies and relevant professionals for industry updates and information

Successful applicants will have the following skills and experience:

• Degree qualified with around 8+ years of relevant experience in Credit Risk Management, Credit Risk Governance, Credit Risk Analysis, Risk Data Analysis & Management, Investment Risk, Investment Analysis
• Qualifications in FRM, CFA and / or CPA would be beneficial but not required
• Experience gained from Big 4, Insurance, Investment Management, Banking and / or Financial Market would also be considered
• Experience in risk and fund performance measures and compiling investment management data
• Strong analytic skills with ability to extract and analyse complex information and data
• Familiar with credit products, financial markets, fixed income and / or private credit
• Understanding on credit ratings, experienced in limit frameworks and risk measures
• Excellent reporting writing, presentation and communication skills in English