VP Credit Analysis Unit

Functional Description

HSBC Corporate and Institutional Banking is a markets-led financing-focused business that provides investment and financial solutions. Through our international network we connect emerging and mature markets covering key growth areas. We partner with our corporate government and institutional clients to help them achieve consistent long-term performance. Our products and services include advisory financing prime services research and analysis securities services trading and sales and transaction banking.

• People Responsibility:N
• Report To: Functional Report Head of Global Corporates and International Mid-Market

Role Purpose

VP Credit Analysis Unit works closely with RMs to support their credit-related pre-sanction credit tasks (aligned with CAUs functional taxonomy). The role holder prepares credit proposals (including credit renewals new money requests new client onboards request credit amendment request credit memo) and help on other credit related matters and projects. Credit analysts ensure proposals quality adhere to agreed CAU SLAs and maintain collaborative working relationship with the Business WMR and other connected parties. The role holder also provides RMs with credit risk support for application of credit policies and processes. VP CAU maintains a flexible working model ensuring new business transactions are prioritized to exploit revenue generating activities.

• Job Content

• • Deliver the highest quality credit analysis and credit-associated tasks for team portfolios in a timely manner under direct or indirect oversight from line manager and respective RM.
  • Develop sound banking & industry knowledge and apply high standard credit principles to ensure robust market/industry risk analysis for each proposal.
  • Share case experiences best practice credit knowledge and skills with the team as well as building up right culture and awareness on risk monitoring and control in our frontline.
  • Maintain a flexible working model ensuring new business transactions are prioritized to exploit revenue generating activities.
  • Handle more complex risk matters (e.g. analyses processes products markets etc.) and mentor junior analysts resulting in more favorable analyses and quicker turn around times for credit applications.
  • Work proactively and maintain collaborative relationship within CAU and with relevant stakeholders including Banking business teams and WMR in order to further enhance both credit quality and work efficiency particularly for complex facilities challenging credits and urgent deals.
  • Support and be the coordinator for credit related projects and ad-hoc assignments to assist RM teams to make decisions and add value for Bankings business initiative.
  • Comply with HSBC internal control standards stay alert and implement all Group Policies and external regulations.
  • Post-lending monitoring: Help RM to conduct sufficient credit analysis and be alert to deteriorations of external conditions to safeguard the loan portfolio.
  • Support the team/RMs in identifying and meeting customers needs in order to grow relationship-led revenues across the HSBC Group.

• Skills Requirements

• • Educated to the university or above level.
  • Minimum 5-10 years of banking experience required with a minimum of 3 years within a credit risk discipline strongly preferred.
  • Excellent communication analytic and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong organizational time management and prioritization skills to meet deadlines.
  • Mature and professional manner in shaping credit decisions.
  • Excellent team player with good communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Be change oriented and able to cope with pressure and tight deadlines.
  • Good knowledge of banking products and regulatory policies preffered.
  • Able to understand and consolidate diverse and complex business information and identify / mitigate risk issues.
  • Ability to prioritize competing demands.
  • Corporate lending experience preffered with good credit and financial analytical skills.
  • Fluent written and spoken English.
  • Proficient in the use of MS Office tools e.g. Excel.

• License/Qualification Requirement

• • Nil

Applicants passing resume screening will be notified for interview and next steps. There will be no further notification or message for applicants either not qualifying for or not being selected for the position applied.