Global Markets, Analyst, Salt Lake City

Risk, Credit Risk - Global Markets, Analyst

About the Role

The Risk Division is a team of specialists managing the firm's credit, market, liquidity, operational, and insurance risk. This includes assessing counterparty creditworthiness, monitoring market risks, and providing analytical and regulatory compliance support. The division is suitable for collaborative individuals with strong ethics and attention to detail.

Department Overview

Credit Risk (CR) manages the firm's credit exposure to trading and lending counterparties. Leveraging expertise in financial, credit, and risk analysis, CR ensures counterparty credit exposure is managed within the firm's risk appetite. CR operates globally with over 270 professionals across 12 offices, working closely with various areas of the firm.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess the financial strength of hedge funds by performing fundamental counterparty analysis.
• Interpret quantitative and qualitative factors from fund's risk reports, portfolio analysis, and client calls.
• Evaluate derivatives and financing transactions across Global Banking & Markets clients.
• Review and approve risk in a fast-paced environment, ensuring appropriate mitigants are in place to minimize losses in the event of counterparty default.
• Assess transaction risk through reviews of quantitative models, portfolio analysis, stress testing, and other methods.
• Perform counterparty reviews, including recommending appropriate internal risk rating and setting credit limits.
• Review and negotiate various trading documents across business lines (Prime Brokerage, Futures, ISDA, MRA, etc.).

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Knowledge of capital markets, including derivatives and/or repo.
• Knowledge of financial markets and portfolio risk management.
• Appropriate financial/analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Excellent academic record.
• 0-3 years of experience in a finance, markets, or risk role.
• Demonstrable track record of achievement and independent decision-making.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Competencies

• Functional Expertise and Technical Skills: Knowledge of financial markets and portfolio risk management. Appropriate financial/analytical skills.
• Client and Business Focus: Builds trusting, long-term relationships with clients, helps clients identify/define needs, and manages client/business expectations.
• Teamwork: Strong team player, works well under pressure, and collaborates with others across teams and business units.
• Communication Skills: Communicates clearly and concisely, shares information/new ideas with peer group and team, and escalates as appropriate.
• Judgment and Problem Solving: Thinks ahead, anticipates questions, plans for contingencies, finds alternative solutions, and identifies clear objectives. Sees the big picture and effectively analyzes complex issues.
• Creativity and Influence: Looks for new ways to improve current processes and develop creative solutions with practical value.
• Continuous Development: Values constant self-improvement and learning.