Credit Risk Officer

Job Title : Credit Risk Officer - Funds
Location: Mumbai

About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

Risk and Control Objective

Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you do

Working Flexibly

Hybrid Working

Structured hybrid role:
Introduction:

- Effective credit risk management (evaluation of risk/exposure management) of credit risk within the Hedge Fund, Asset Manager, and Private Equity sectors.
- Ensuring compliance with Bank’s credit risk policies & procedures and internal controls framework.

What will you be doing?
- Maintain integrity of credit risk function whilst ensuring that the team continues to fully support Front Office relationship and sales staff.
- Conduct due diligence and write credit papers for new clients, annual reviews.
- Where sector difficulties or client specific difficulties are identified, provide hands-on support to the team to ensure that appropriate action is taken to mitigate credit risk.
- Action on requests from stakeholders across the bank.
- Change in limits and counterparty credit rating following Credit approval.
- Maintain data integrity of appropriate Credit Risk systems and ensure they reflect the approved sanction.
- Approve utilization of sanctioned limits within discretion and resolve credit risk limit excesses.
- Monitor and action on margin call escalations.
- Monitor compliance with credit terms in trading/legal documents and resolve/escalate breaches

What we’re looking for:

- Relevant experience of credit analysis/research in another financial institution, preferably a major international bank.
- Knowledge of multiple regions / sectors / industries.
- Understanding of Investment Banking products
- Masters / Professional qualification such as MBA/ CA/ CFA or equivalent.
- Awareness of legislation and regulatory requirements affecting the Bank and customers

Skills that will help you in the role:

- Ability to act decisively in challenging circumstances demonstrating effective negotiating & influencing skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills to build effective stakeholder relationships

Where will you be working?
Mumbai

Be More at Barclays
Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.

Purpose, Values and Mindset
We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term.

Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.

Respect
We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone's contribution.
Integrity
We operate with honesty, transparency and fairness in all we do.
Service
We act with empathy and humility, putting the people and businesses we serve at the centre of what we do.
Excellence
We champion innovation, and use our energy, expertise and resources to make a positive difference.
Stewardship
We prize sustainability, and are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.
Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do; our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive.
Empower
Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the topic. Include diverse perspectives. Celebrate success and learn from failure.
Challenge
Question whether things can be done better. Use insights based on data to inform decisions. Be curious about how we can adapt and improve. Speak up and be open to alternative viewpoints.
Drive
Focus on outcomes. Deliver with pace. Be passionate and ambitious about what we do. Take personal responsibility. Actively build collaborative relationships to get things done.