Credit Risk Manager
Credit Risk Manager
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Job Description
At American Express our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation shared values and Leadership Behaviors and an unwavering commitment to back our customers communities and colleagues. As part of Team Amex youll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills develop as a leader and grow your career.
Here your voice and ideas matter your work makes an impact and together you will help us define the future of American Express.
Commercial Rating and Underwriting (CRU) sits within the Credit & Fraud Risk division and forms a key component of the institutional credit risk management function within American Express. The CRU team plays the critical role of assessing and managing the risk of institutional exposures across all business units within American Express and in all regions globally. Credit exposures are primarily generated through corporate card programs via merchant service relationships where non-delivery risk exists and among the securities portfolio held for firm-wide liquidity.
How will you make an impact in this role
- Portfolio Managers in CRU are responsible for assessing and monitoring credit risk across a portfolio of large exposures in their assigned region industry and business line. The ultimate objective is to help minimize the risk of loss and support internal stakeholders in driving profitable growth of our corporate business
- For large exposures credit assessment is via deep fundamental analysis and incorporates a thorough review of business its financial statements calculation and interpretation of key credit metrics and ratios industry and country risk as well as consideration of signals from internal and external rating model outputs
- Portfolio Managers additionally underwrite larger credit programs across our commercial services business requiring an understanding of the need for and appropriateness of credit extension profitability of a relationship and program structures
- CRU Portfolio Managers interact with various constituents across the firm including front office sales business unit risk partners and credit administration to perform their critical role
- Portfolio Managers are also responsible for providing secondary review of decisions relating to smaller exposures in their area of expertise as well as providing guidance and mentoring to CRU Analysts
Portfolio Managers are also required to stay up to date with general corporate development and market sentiment and be able to speak and write confidently on the outlook for the industries and markets in their area of responsibility
Minimum Qualifications
- Fluency in French language is a considerable advantage
- At least 3-5 years experience conducting fundamental credit analysis at a leading financial institution or rating agency
- Demonstrable expertise in being able to assess the qualitative strengths of a business as well as performing in-depth analysis of financial statements
- Experience in commercial credit assessment and/or underwriting with the ability to underwrite and make decisions/ recommendations on short term credit lines determining appropriate credit capacity structuring of facilities and risk mitigation techniques
- Sound portfolio management skills
- Knowledge of analyzing the outputs from credit models and identifying any rationale for any deviation found
- Knowledge of public agency ratings and supporting analysis
- Ability to understand current macroeconomic trends and making respective sound recommendations to improve the PD estimation based on the business cycle
- Ability to communicate succinct rationales for credit decisions both written and orally including to audiences with a non-financial background
Preferred Qualifications
Desirable: CFA or another professional qualification in finance accounting or economics - Desirable: Experience analyzing a range of industries in Europe including Financial Institutions
We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones physical financial and mental health as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:
- Competitive base salaries
- Bonus incentives
- Support for financial-well-being and retirement
- Comprehensive medical dental vision life insurance and disability benefits (depending on location)
- Flexible working model with hybrid onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
- Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
- Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
- Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
- Career development and training opportunities
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check subject to applicable laws and regulations.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
