Senior Vice President, Credit Risk

Our client operates in the Financial sector, with its headquarters rooted strongly in the United States. It has its branches spread to more than 160 countries, providing employment to more than 200k people all over the world. They fall in the Top 15 largest Banks in the United States. Its core business is to provide various Banking and Financial services to its clients. It is known to have one of the biggest balance sheet banks in the world (among others) aiding it to offer 360-degree financial services to its clients.

Responsibilities:

• Strategic professional who closely follows latest trends in own field and adapts them for application within own job and the business.
• Responsible for the financial analysis, risk assessment and credit structure recommendation for cash flow lending products.
• Complete in depth analysis of financial data and other information provided by the client and/or banker in the field
• Oversee deal approvals including timing of approvals and turnaround in collaboration with Independent Risk and business partners
• Supplement analysis with research and evaluations from a wide variety of sources to develop an assessment of client, competitor/ industry risks and trends for senior management and/or the Senior Credit Officer
• Monitor an assigned credit portfolio and complete periodic reviews; maintain a thorough understanding of the content and aggregate risks within the portfolio, trends and other key statistics
• Execute early warning procedures to promote preventative action where appropriate
• Assist in the development of appropriate procedures around approvals, underwriting, and portfolio functions in consultation with Independent Risk and senior business leaders
• Assist in the development of appropriate credit guidelines around proposed cash flow lending appetite in consultation with Independent Risk
• Assists revenue growth and contains credit losses, while managing risk within credit policy.
• Manage underwriting process for an increase credit request to an existing portfolio client.
• Pro-actively reach out to line partners, creating a shared learning environment between remote location and front office.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding the group, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Requirements:

• 10+ years credit experience required
• Proven track record of successfully managing leveraged finance portfolios in the commercial lending space
• Excellent communication and diplomacy skills required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level and occasionally with external customers
• Thorough credit and analytical skills, knowledge of credit products
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to train, recruit, and mentor teams of professionals; Bold in approach to approve sound credit and highly collaborative work style