Structured Credit Risk – Financial Institutions in London

BBVA is a global company with more than 160 years of history that operates in more than 25 countries where we serve more than 80 million customers. We are more than 121,000 professionals working in multidisciplinary teams with profiles as diverse as financiers, legal experts, data scientists, developers, engineers and designers.

The CIB Global Risk - Institutional Clients within BBVA is the team in charge of analyzing financial institutions including banks, insurance companies, non-banking FI and funds, assigning internal ratings and setting the risk appetite for each group at a global level.

About the role:

The role will be responsible for the independent credit risk assessment and admission of complex structured credit transactions originated by the business, including insured and reinsured structures, portfolio financing, guaranteed notes, back-leverage facilities, bridge financing, SPV-based transactions and other bespoke structured solutions. The candidate will analyze transaction structures end-to-end, assessing counterparty risk (financial institutions, insurers and reinsurers), underlying asset risk, structural protections, legal enforceability and capital treatment, ensuring alignment with BBVA's risk appetite and regulatory frameworks.

The position requires close interaction with Global Markets, Structuring, Legal and Finance teams, as well as the ability to challenge business proposals, define risk mitigants, and contribute to the development and maintenance of dedicated risk frameworks for scalable structured credit activity.

Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• The role offers strong exposure to senior stakeholders and requires presenting and defending transactions at risk committees, constructively challenging business proposals, and shaping risk mitigants in partnership with Global Markets, Structuring, Legal and Finance teams.
• Beyond transaction execution, the position plays a key role in ongoing portfolio oversight, stress testing, sector reviews and the continuous enhancement of scalable structured credit risk frameworks.

We are seeking a candidate with proven experience analysing banking and/or insurance credit risk in complex financial transactions (buy-side, sell-side, advisory, consulting or audit), strong analytical and communication skills, and the ability to articulate and influence at senior levels within an international environment.

Required knowledge, skills and experience required:

• Experience in a senior financial risk role within a relevant financial services firm or consultancy, with experience of the insurance/banking sector.
• Broad and holistic understanding of general insurance company operations.
• Understanding of financial risk management techniques and practices.
• Knowledge of complex structured credit transactions would be highly desirable (including insured and reinsured structures, portfolio financing, guaranteed notes, back-leverage facilities, bridge financing, SPV-based transactions and other bespoke structured solutions).
• Ability to interact with different audiences (internal and external) at a range of levels.
• Evidence of leading high performing teams in a risk role.
• Ability to understand capital markets products and complex financing and product structures from a risk perspective.
• Demonstrate highest ethics and integrity standards.
• Dynamic, flexible, and strong communication skills.
• Ability to make decisions under pressure and short timelines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as active listening skills.
• Excellent presentation skills – adept at presenting effectively to audiences of various sizes and various constituencies.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years in Risk Management covering Financial institutions.
• Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience.
• Master's degree preferred.
• Working Knowledge of Spanish is a plus.

Skills: Customer Targeting, Empathy, Ethics, Innovation, Proactive Thinking.