Wholesale Credit Underwriter - Officer

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Citi continues to enhance its business control and governance framework by building out Institutional Credit Management (ICM), a first line of defense business line, to house and consistently manage credit risk activities performed for Citi’s institutional clients. ICM’s objective is to provide integrated end-to-end credit underwriting, identification, measurement, management, and monitoring for wholesale credit across the enterprise. Within ICM, the Credit Underwriting function (“ICM UW” or “UW”) provides credit analysis, underwriting, and first line of defense credit approval for periodic / material transaction reviews, and any necessary subsequent credit monitoring across all institutional business including Corporate Banking, Services, and Markets relationships.

ICM UW is an integral part of the ICM organization.  The ICM UW's mandate is to deliver best-in-class credit risk analysis, monitoring and credit administration acting as a partner to Banking & International Risk and Corporate Banking to execute our shared commitment to ensuring the safety and soundness of wholesale lending across Client Organization.

ICM Credit Risk Analysts are responsible for a portfolio of Relationships, owning the Credit Risk Analysis for those relationships, and being responsible for the continuous monitoring of that portfolio. That includes the production of annual reviews, quarterly reviews, and the support to ad-hoc transactions and portfolio & industry reviews and stress testing.

This role has responsibility for the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications portfolio and the role reports directly to the UW Manager.

In this role, you’re expected to:

• Assess the credit and financial strength of Citi’s counterparts by performing fundamental credit analysis of counterparties using both quantitative and qualitative factors

• Complete Credit Approval Memos (CAMs) and Final Obligor Risk Ratings (FORR) of Citi’s Counterparties based on independent assessment and judgement; completed based on the due diligence of the client and industry knowledge to provide appropriate extensions of credit remaining within Citi’s risk appetite

• Continuous monitoring of the covered portfolio, including following industry trends, impacts to key relationships, and escalation of potential credit issues to IRAU Team Leads, senior management, and business partners

• Partnership with applicable regional and industry stakeholders in the implementation of credit assessment and monitoring standards for applicable portfolios

As a successful candidate, you’d ideally have the following skills and exposure:

• 1-3 years prior experience with a focus on credit analysis

• Well-developed analytical skills, including an understanding of key financial components (liquidity position, leverage profile with the ability to form independent opinions on credit and recognize emerging risks

• Sound understanding of policies and procedures with the ability to execute change seamlessly

• Strong organizational skills with ability and willingness to work under pressure and manages time and priorities effectively

• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely to audiences of varying levels of seniority

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

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Job Family Group:

Risk Management

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Job Family:

Credit Risk

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Analytical Thinking, Constructive Debate, Escalation Management, Financial Analysis, Policy and Procedure, Policy and Regulation, Product Knowledge, Risk Controls and Monitors, Risk Identification and Assessment.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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