Credit Risk Intermediate Analyst

Citi continues to enhance its business control and governance framework by building out Institutional Credit Management (ICM), a first line of defense business line, to house and consistently manage credit risk activities performed for Citi’s institutional clients.

ICM’s objective is to provide integrated end-to-end credit underwriting, identification, measurement, management, and monitoring for wholesale credit across the enterprise.

Within ICM, the Credit Underwriting function (“ICM UW” or “UW”) provides credit analysis, underwriting, and first line of defense credit approval for periodic / material transaction reviews, and any necessary subsequent credit monitoring across all institutional business including Corporate Banking, Services, and Markets relationships.

ICM Risk Analysis (“IRAU”) is an integral part of the Institutional Credit Management (“ICM”) organization.

The IRAU’s mandate is to deliver best-in-class credit risk analysis, monitoring and credit administration acting as a partner to Banking & International Risk and Corporate Banking to execute our shared commitment to ensuring the safety and soundness of wholesale lending across Client Organization.

ICM Risk Analysis Credit Risk Intermediate Analysts are responsible for a portfolio of relationships, owning the credit risk analysis for those relationships, and being responsible for the continuous monitoring of that portfolio.

That includes the production of annual reviews, quarterly reviews, and the support to ad-hoc transactions and portfolio & industry reviews and stress testing.

A Credit Risk Intermediate Analyst is expected to have a strong understanding of credit risk, of Citi´s internal policies and procedures, and of being relatively knowledgeable about the industry fundamentals that portfolio belongs to.

They should need some supervision from their respective Credit Risk Team Lead, especially on more sensitive and complex credit situations, and be able to carry thoughtful conversations with partners, with some intervention of the respective Team Lead.

Key Responsibilities:

Assess the credit and financial strength of Citi’s Large Corporate, Public Sector, and Financial Institutions Clients by performing fundamental credit analysis of counterparties using both quantitative and qualitative factors

Complete Credit Approval Memos (CAMs) and Final Obligor Risk Ratings (FORR) of Citi’s Counterparties based on independent assessment and judgement; completed based on the due diligence of the client and industry knowledge to provide appropriate extensions of credit remaining within Citi’s risk appetite

Continuous monitoring of the covered portfolio, including following industry trends, impacts to key relationships, and escalation of potential credit issues to Team Leads, senior management, and business partners

Partnership with applicable regional and industry stakeholders in in the implementation of credit assessment and monitoring standards for applicable portfolios

Support ICM Risk Analysis Voice of the Employee (VOE) initiatives

Travel (less than 10%)

Skills/Competencies​:

Risk & Credit Underwriting:Intermediate analytical skills, including an understanding of key financial components (liquidity position, leverage profile, etc.) with the ability to identify root causes and trends and anticipate horizon issuesDemonstrates considerable knowledge of financial statements and GAAP accounting or similar governance relating to country of operationDisplays robust industry research capabilities, including risk and key driversStrong understanding of Credit Policy and procedures; proactively refers to resources as neededDemonstrates ability to identify potential risk issues that need escalation and escalates them promptly

Leadership:Displays a deep commitment and positive attitude to Citi and colleagues, is reliable, and eager to do moreEmbraces the need for change and appreciates its benefits with natural curiosityDemonstrates professionalism by being reliable, actively contributing to meetings, asking questions, and challenging ideas

Interpersonal:Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationshipsStrong organizational skills with ability and willingness to work under pressure and manages time and priorities effectivelySolid written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely to audiences of varying levels of seniority

Technical:Proficient Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) skills

Progressive experience with the internal Policies, Standards, Procedures, Templates and with financial modeling

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Qualifications:

Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience

Financial Services experience including 2-5 years of credit experience in banking or credit risk management

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Job Family Group:

Risk Management

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Job Family:

Credit Risk

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Analytical Thinking, Constructive Debate, Escalation Management, Financial Analysis, Policy and Procedure, Policy and Regulation, Product Knowledge, Risk Controls and Monitors, Risk Identification and Assessment.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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