What are the responsibilities and job description for the Credit Risk Analyst position at DV Trading?
About Us :
Founded more than 15 years ago and headquartered in Chicago, the DV Group of financial services firms has grown to more than 350 people operating throughout North America and in Europe. Since spinning out of a large brokerage firm in 2016, DV Trading has rapidly scaled as an independent proprietary trading firm utilizing its own capital, trading strategies, and risk management methodologies to provide liquidity to worldwide financial markets and hedging opportunities to commodity producers and users. Now, DV group affiliates include two broker dealers, a cryptocurrency market making firm, and a bourgeoning investment adviser.
Responsibilities :
- Manage Counterparty and Credit Risk by engaging business partners to perform diligence and credit risk analysis of clients, counterparties, and credit investments (such as OTC energy / oil / gas, corporate bonds or loans)
- Maintain and improve the Credit Risk framework, while advising senior leadership on our evolving trading business and strategic oversight to develop leading risk metrics
- Appropriately measure and manage emerging risks and products
- Recommend internal credit risk ratings based on a firmwide credit model and prepare written assessments to substantiate the periodic credit review for rating upgrades / downgrades
- Perform credit portfolio reviews and evaluate potential exposures
- Participate on the Credit Risk Committee with the CFO and CRO by preparing materials that clearly communicate Counterparty and Credit Risk Analytics to senior management by building your own data, metrics, trends, and recommendations
- Use credit model framework to analyze and improve new counterparties to trade with; maintain credit models
Requirements :
DV is not accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms. Only search firms with valid, written agreements with DV should submit resumes in response to DV's posted positions. All resumes submitted by search firms to DV via e-mail, the Internet, personal delivery, facsimile, or any other method without a valid written agreement shall be deemed the sole property of DV, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by DV. DV is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
