Credit Risk Specialist (General Manager)

Roles & Responsibilities

Job title : Credit Risk Specialist (General Manager)

Status : Full Time – Perm

Location : Singapore, Downtown

Working Arrangement : In-Office (No Hybrid)

Our client, a well-established global commodities trading firm, is looking to expand their business within the Asia Pacific region. The company is looking for a Credit Risk Manager to join them

Job Responsibilities

Business

You will evaluate business proposals received from global business and country teams, understand the proposed business model and limits rationale, perform necessary due-diligence, evaluate credit reports from independent agencies (BVD, Moody’s, etc.),

Ø You will carry out independent financial analysis and recommend the appropriate limits and mitigation measures to be put into his / her superior(s).

Ø You will need to prepare risk advisories regularly, and this will be circulated across the organisation to explain to the trading team on various risk issues.

Ø You will review the annual budgeting exercise where the Central Risk Team reviews and approves limits for the company’s various profit centres.

Ø You will need to understand the latest economic, political and market events to appropriately calibrate review decisions in response to externalities. Timely analysis and circulation of weekly / monthly credit & counterparty risk dashboards for specific products assigned is essential.

Ø You will work closely with other departments such as Legal, IT, Finance and Compliance for effective execution of the role. You need to present the Enterprise Risk Scorecard, Risk Dashboards, Risk Appetite Framework, etc. To engage closely with Country Teams which have profit centres that require regular review due to high concentration of risk.

Requirements

• Good people management skills and should be able to lead a team
• At Least 7 -10+ years relevant experience in risk and / or finance control-related fields
• Possess strong analytical skills and proven knowledge in commodities products and markets
• Great team player with good written and verbal communication skills
• Should be able to communicate and interface with all levels of the organization and external agencies / contacts, including statutory bodies
• Demonstrate ability to manage multiple activities concurrently

Please contact Sophia Lin via email, you can send your cv directly in word format with job reference no. 000014934 to sophia@theedgepartnership.com

Please note that due to the high number of applications only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from us in the next 5 business days we regret to inform you that your application for this position was unsuccessful.

Tell employers what skills you have

Commodity

Management Skills

Analytical Skills

Risk Management

Trade Finance

Financial Analysis

Trade finance product

International Trade Finance

Credit Risk

People Management