Credit Officer, Derivatives Competence Center

Job description

We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Credit Officer for our Derivatives Competence Center in Singapore.

Tasks

The main tasks include:

• Structuring and managing credit risks for a portfolio of large and/or complex trading clients (FX and OTC equity) and exercising delegated credit authority
• Handling daily credit risk management tasks (risk identification and mitigation, setting/calculating/reviewing margin requirements, margin squeeze and limit overrun handling, intraday monitoring of large FX trading clients, etc.)
• Preparation of comprehensive credit applications for new credit transactions, changes, and annual reviews
• Collaborate with the legal department and external legal advisors to prepare non-standard credit documents
• Granting ad hoc approvals for trading requests and advising on complex and large derivative portfolios (customer-specific margin requirements, monitoring solutions, recognition and netting of structures and option trading strategies, etc.)
• Function as a center of excellence within the credit division for derivative product expertise, margining concepts, margining systems, and other trading-related topics
• Driving the development of the overall credit risk framework with respect to derivatives and lending methodologies

Requirements

The requirements include:

• Ability to understand customer needs
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior level and in global teams
• Credit Officer with product knowledge and the ability to structure, execute, and manage large and/or complex credit transactions for commercial clients
• Ability to make quick, independent credit decisions under pressure and in close cooperation with product specialists and RMs
• University degree, preferably in economics, finance, or banking
• Quantitative background knowledge, preferably CFA or FRM charter
• Ability to manage a portfolio of projects alongside day-to-day business as a Derivatives Credit Officer
• Understanding of the wealth management industry and Asian markets/clients
• Previous experience with FX trading/margin systems (Margin Man and/or Murex)
• Strong IT skills (Microsoft, SQL, Access, Python, Bloomberg, etc.)

We offer

We offer a challenging and varied role in an international environment.