Credit Risk Senior Officer - Private Equity/Hedge Funds

Institutional Credit Management (ICM) works closely with our front line businesses to serve as a critical component of our First Line of defense for wholesale and counterparty credit risk management and also with our Independent Risk partners to ensure best-in-class risk and controls, as well as client responsiveness. Key responsibilities include portfolio analysis, documentation, risk identification, management, monitoring, administration, and stress testing.

The Credit Risk Manager will be part of the global underwriting function primarily focused on Alternatives (Hedge Fund and Private Equity), spanning various products including Prime Brokerage, Futures and Clearing, OTC products. Preferable candidate should also have experience managing alternative entities like BDCs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Evaluating transactions risk across the business covering full range of products
• Role demands excellence in analysis, underwriting, monitoring, and drives global consistency across regions
• Involvement in underwriting and supporting a portfolio of complex products
• Strong knowledge of Prime Brokerage, Repo, Derivatives and structured lending
• Facilitate relationships with key clients, internal stakeholders and 2LoD Risk
  
  

Client Relationships / Business Partnership:

• Proven ability to understand nuances of local markets, local regulation, and the capabilities and practices of competitors
• Provides well-reasoned, balanced assessments of risk/return trade-offs associated with transactions and client relationships
• Proven track record of partnering with global peers in leveraging and implementation of best practices
  
  

Knowledge, skills and experience required:

• Ability to understand capital markets products and complex financing and product structure
• Risk/risk-related counterparty credit work experience in banking/financial institutions with expertise in the alternative investment counterparties
• Demonstrates strong ethics and integrity
• Dynamic, flexible, and with strong communication skills
• Can make decisions under pressure and short timeline
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills. Active listening skills.
• Excellent presentation skills – adept at presenting effectively to audiences of various sizes and various constituencies.
  
  

Qualifications:

• Financial Services experience including 8 years of credit experience in Banking, Trading, Structuring or Credit Risk Management
• Underwriting experience spanning various products (e.g. subscription call facilities, Hedge Fund, Private Equity, Fund Financing, FX, Derivatives, Prime Brokerage, and structured lending).
• Candidate should also have experience with other alternative managers like Hedge Funds.
• Degree in Finance or Accounting or higher degree in Business (MBA), or any other related subject
• An MBA, CPA, CFA preferred, and formal credit training is a plus
  
  

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Job Family Group:

Risk Management

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Job Family:

Portfolio Credit Risk Management

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Time Type:

Full time

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Primary Location:

New York New York United States

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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$163,600.00 - $245,400.00

In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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Most Relevant Skills

Analytical Thinking, Constructive Debate, Escalation Management, Industry Knowledge, Policy and Procedure, Policy and Regulation, Process Execution, Product Knowledge, Risk Controls and Monitors, Risk Identification and Assessment.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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Anticipated Posting Close Date:

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