Lead Credit Risk Officer - Vice President

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and growing team in a fast paced and challenging area? 

As a Lead Credit Risk Officer - Vice President in the Risk Management and Compliance team, you will be at the center of keeping JPMorganChase strong and resilient. You will help us grow our business in a responsible way by anticipating new and emerging risks and using your expert judgement to solve real-world challenges that impact our company, customers, and communities. In our team, we value thinking outside the box, challenging the status quo, and striving to be best-in-class.

Job responsibilities

• Be able to supervise and manage an assigned portfolio of corporate and institutional clients across a range of industries
• Lead the due diligence, structuring and documentation for transactions
• Review of forward-looking credit analysis, along with necessary financial modelling, to provide insight into clients’ industries and the key business and financial risks they face
• Exercise a meaningful credit approval authority
• Interact closely with transaction stakeholders including client coverage and product bankers, credit executives and legal counsel
• Review various credit and regulatory reporting requirements
• Mentor and develop junior Credit Risk team members 
• Track market and industry developments and their impact on clients
• Recommend and monitor internal credit ratings
• Support the team with ongoing ad-hoc initiatives and work streams

Required qualifications, skills and capabilities

• Undergraduate degree or post graduate qualifications in accounting, business, finance, or a quantitative related discipline
• At least six years’ experience gained in a credit risk or credit analysis role within corporate, institutional and/or investment banking
• Strong credit risk analysis skills covering both qualitative and quantitative analysis
• Strong understanding of products across Australian debt markets and derivatives as well as related documentation
• Ability to take an active role in identifying key issues and concerns relating to clients, their industries and transaction structures
• Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to demonstrate good time management and clarity in thinking when dealing with multiple work streams in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to foster relationships and confidently interact with origination teams and other internal stakeholders
• Highly proficient in MS Excel with an ability to navigate through financial models, as well as other MS programs (PowerPoint, Word, Outlook etc.)