Credit Risk Analyst

Overview

Connecting clients to markets – and talent to opportunity

With 4,300 employees and over 400,000 retail and institutional clients from more than 80 offices spread across five continents, we’re a Fortune-100, Nasdaq-listed provider, connecting clients to the global markets – focusing on innovation, human connection, and providing world-class products and services to all types of investors.

Whether you want to forge a career connecting our retail clients to potential trading opportunities, or ingrain yourself in the world of institutional investing, The StoneX Group is made up of four segments that offer endless potential for progression and growth.

Business segment overview

Corporate: Engage in a deep variety of business-critical activities that keep our company running efficiently. From strategic marketing and financial management to human resources and operational oversight, you’ll have the opportunity to optimize processes and implement game-changing policies.

Position purpose

Responsible for analysis and limit establishment, monitoring the credit risk of the business and escalating significant credit risk issues to Management. Facilitate in the execution of risk management processes to assist in the achievement of the business objectives, whilst ensuring effective credit risk mitigation.

Responsibilities

• Assesses the credit risks and financial strengths of new and existing counterparties.
• Monitor and manage both counterparty credit and country credit risk limits to ensure compliance with established credit limits, policies, and procedures.
• Ensure and evidence that daily tasks are completed on a timely basis and within the scope of the defined risk management framework.
• Negotiate the exchange of corporate guarantees, netting agreements, letters of credit and other credit support documentation used to mitigate counterparty risk.
• Involved in the credit risk aspects of account documentation, including terms of business/trading and client agreements.
• Work towards streamlining and making more efficient credit risk procedures and processes.
• This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and can be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities that management deems necessary.

Qualifications

To land this job you will need:

• Strong credit analyst skills with an ability to quickly assess a great variety of different corporates and financial institutions from across the globe, with minimum 4+ years of experience in credit risk.
• An understanding of precious metals’ trading structures, commodities futures and options, LME forwards, OTC precious metals products, including market infrastructure and a basic understanding of operational matters.
• Experience with credit risk management tools and techniques.
• Systems: Microsoft Outlook, Excel (proficient), Word, Bloomberg, Reuters & Internal and external credit risk scoring models and evaluation tools.

What makes you stand out:

• Strong numeracy and background in credit and/or financial statement analysis, preferably within the trading/capital markets or with a financial institution.
• Perform at a fast-paced and dynamic environment, with the ability to handle numerous tasks simultaneously, and prioritise.
• In depth ability to read a balance sheet and P&L statement.
• Strong organisational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Able to work as part of a team and individually.
• Self-motivated.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.

Working environment:

• Fixed term contract 1 year
• Hybrid (3 days in office per week)

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