Avp - Wholesale Credit Sanctioning - Levfin - Controls & Governance

Embark on a transformative journey as Assistant Vice President - Wholesale Credit Sanctioning - LevFin - Controls & Governance, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionize our digital offerings, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences. The person taking on the role will enable the success of the global Leveraged Finance Risk team and senior executives on key projects and strategic initiatives, ensuring projects are on track, monitoring of progress, and provision of regular updates to the executive team. Support to the senior executive with risk and control oversight and assess the effectiveness of internal controls. Provide data management and review, controls and governance oversight and support in ad hoc projects, regulatory reviews, global audits and strategic initiatives. Support data science and analytics opportunities that were identified during controls testing and effectively communicate the same to respective stakeholders.

To be successful in this role as an “Assistant Vice President - Wholesale Credit Sanctioning - LevFin
- Controls & Governance ", you should possess the following skillsets:

- Strong knowledge of Excel macros, pivot tables, and PowerPoint integration and presentations.
- Familiarity with data visualization and dashboard integration with Tableau.
- Experience with one or more of Python, Alteryx, SQL, VBA or Hypercube.
- Create dynamic excel workbooks and programs that eliminate the need for repetitive hands-on work.
- Able to work independently and as part of a team, including within global and virtual teams.
- Preferred to have experience of controls testing/internal audits against risk and controls frameworks and testing methodologies.
- Good control and service delivery mind-set, with a strong understanding of the importance of creating and maintaining a robust governance and control environment.
- Possess good interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, and can clearly articulate complex concepts and ideas.

Some other highly valued skills include:

- Proven experience in Risk and Control testing, data management or internal controls of a major banking/ financial services organisation.
- Able to identify critical, high priority activities and adjust priorities for self and others.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

The location of the role is Mumbai.

**Purpose of the role**

To independently assess and make credit decisions for complex financing transactions within the LevFin, SLF, and Hedge Funds sectors, ensuring alignment with the bank's credit risk appetite and regulatory requirements and contribute to the development and implementation of credit risk policies and procedures for the Specialised Sector.

**Accountabilities**
- Analysis of complex financial information and business models of LevFin, SLF, and Hedge Fund clients to assess their creditworthiness, repayment capacity, and potential risks.
- Monitoring of the performance of the LevFin, SLF, and Hedge Fund portfolio, identifying and reporting early warning signs of potential credit deterioration.
- Documentation credit decisions and rationale in a clear and concise manner, adhering to internal audit and regulatory reporting standards.
- Development and implementation of strategies to mitigate identified credit risks and optimise portfolio performance.

**Assistant Vice President Expectations**
- To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
- Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
- If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others.
- OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
- Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Lea