Credit Research Analyst - Investment Bank

Designation: Senior Analyst/Associate

Location: Mumbai

Company: Leading Investment Bank in India

Job Summary:

- We are looking for extremely bright candidates with science-based academic background, ideally an engineer with an MBA to work in the field of Counterparty Portfolio Management (CPM) and CVA trading. The CPM team trades on the credit risk on trades with uncollateralized counterparties. The desk also offers structured credit hedging solutions to clients. The team is also involved in the development of bank-wide risk infrastructure focusing on efficiently and accurately quantifying counterparty risks. The incumbent will be involved in evaluating, risk managing all counterparty risk for the CB&S business.

- Successful candidates will receive formal training in financial markets and product skills, followed by a structured development program under the supervision of experienced front office staff.

Role Description:

- Monitor and assist in selling down the counterparty credit exposures that are on company books

- Provide support to the CPM trading team on all quantitative analyses, ad-hoc projects

- Keeping abreast with all the news and key market indicators related to client base in order to flag major developments early

- Fundamental credit research for calculating credit charge for trades

- Examine counterparty-level portfolio credit risk using existing front-office trading risk management systems

- Initiate and execute process optimization, automation and ad-hoc analytics projects

Technical Skills:

- The business is operationally intensive and requires an individual who is numerate, organized and with very good attention to detail.

- Strong technical and quantitative academic background from a top tier engineering/business school

- Strong educational background in Engineering and MBA

- Strong Excel skills will be required. VBA and SQL knowledge desirable

- Understanding of credit and financial statements

Behavioral Skills:

- Excellent communication skills

- Individual with a commitment & motivation for self development and growth

- Desire to work in a fast paced, challenging environment

- Keen desire to learn about how financial markets work in practice

- Superior analytical aptitude, problem solving abilities

If interested please send your application to Ms. Riya at consultant016@hcapital.in