Risk, Credit Risk, Private Equity Funds, Associate, Dallas

Credit Risk (CR) is responsible for managing the firm's credit exposure to its trading and lending counterparties. Leveraging its extensive expertise in financial, credit and risk analysis, CR ensures that credit exposure to our counterparties is managed within the firm's risk appetite. Staffed with more than 270 professionals, CR operates through 12 different offices around the world and credit professionals work closely with many areas of the firm. Given this structure, CR professionals gain diverse financial experience and a broad perspective on how the entire firm functions. The interaction with numerous departments and the range of projects that ensue allow for a challenging, varied and multi-dimensional work environment.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluating credit risk aspects of fund financial performance and ratings profile, focusing on the credit and financial strength of the firm's Private Equity fund counterparts performing fundamental credit analysis of counterparties using both quantitative and qualitative factors.
• Providing insights and analysis to senior credit risk management on specific loans, broader portfolio information and product risk assessment.
• Assess transactions across Derivatives & Funding businesses. Leverage quantitative models and stress tests to opine on initial margin
• Drive risk conversations with respective trading and sales teams (OTC derivatives, prime brokerage, repo, etc)

Basic Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of experience in a finance, markets, or risk role
• Significant knowledge of capital markets, including secured loan products, with experience of fund lending preferred.
• Demonstrable track record of independent decision making.
• Strong attention to detail. Excellent analytical and communication skills.

Competencies:

• Functional Expertise and Technical Skills - Knowledge of financial markets and portfolio risk management. Appropriate financial/analytical skills.
• Client and Business Focus - Builds trusting, long-term relationships with clients, helps the client to identify/define needs, and manages client/business expectations.
• Teamwork - Strong team player, works well under pressure, and collaborates with others across teams and business units.
• Communication Skills - Communicates in a clear and concise manner, shares information/new ideas with peer group and team, and escalates as appropriate.
• Judgment and Problem Solving - Thinks ahead, anticipates questions, plans for contingencies, finds alternative solutions, and identifies clear objectives. Sees the big picture and effectively analyzes complex issues.
• Creativity and Influence - Looks for new ways to improve current processes and develop creative solutions with practical value.
• Continuous Development - Values constant self-improvement and learning