Key Areas of Responsibilities
- Review counterparty risk and keep counterparty risk is under the control
- Review and assess credit exposures deriving from OTC transactions
- Assist in review and negotiation of credit terms within Master agreements (i.e. ISDA, GMRA, GMSLA)
- Review and assign appropriate internal credit rating
- Familiar with Prime Brokerage business, especially on the model of rule base margining, Portfolio Stress, Model calibration and validation for linear and nonlinear products
- Review DVP/FOP risk and ensure DVP/FOP risk under well control
- Review and assess credit exposures deriving from Institution Equity business
- Familiar with Institution Equity business and perform regular monitoring for early risk identification
- Prepare credit files and write ups, review credit limit applications and make appropriate recommendations to senior management for higher approval delegation
- Prepare daily credit reports and monitor credit exposures. Resolve issues when exceptions occur and properly escalate to senior team members as necessary
- Monitor for adverse news which could potentially deteriorate counterparty / issuer credit quality
- Produce Risk Committee and Management reports
- Review and update procedures
- Support ad-hoc requests from business and other internal clients
Requirements
- 5-8 years of relevant risk management experience in Brokerage / Financial institution
- Master Degree holder in Finance, Business or related discipline
- Possess good knowledge of financial products (i.e. Equities, Futures & Options, OTC derivatives)
- Sound understanding of credit risk management, able to identify relevant exposures from different products
- Experienced with credit review and write-ups
- A good team player, quick learner, self-motivated with strong sense of responsibility and discipline;
- Proficient in Excel / Macro/SQL
- Good command of written and spoken English, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese)