Hedge Funds Credit Officer - London, United Kingdom - BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

HEDGE FUNDS CREDIT OFFICER (

JOB NUMBER:
25538)

BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It has a presence in 73 countries, with more than 196,000 employees, including around 149,000 in Europe.

The Group has key positions in its three main activities:
Domestic Markets, International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors.

BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking is a globally recognised leader offering capital markets, securities services, financing, treasury and advisory solutions.

RISK Institutional & Securities Services (RISK I2S) is part of RISK CIB and has responsibility of the credit risk profile of the Institutional clients, CIB lntragroup entities and Market Infrastructures and related credit approval process, including all BP2S business lines and activities.

Main responsibilities of RISK I2S:

In line with the Group target risk profile, RISK I2S recommends to Senior and General Management the target risk profile of lnstitutionals and Securities Services activities

It consists in:

The definition of a consolidated and consistent view of the Bank's credit exposures to institutional clients and Market Infrastructures
The support and proximity of the Coverage and business lines in the implementation of their business strategies and initiatives and related impact on the risk profile
The management of actual risk profile vs target one
The anticipation of developments in credit risks by identifying potential threats to our portfolio, assessing the impacts of adverse scenarios and supporting Stress testing exercises
The close monitoring of the credit quality of the portfolio, incl. Watch List and doubtful files in coordination with the businesses
The contribution to RDPC, FMRC, CPC, CCIRC, etc... on Institutional clients and Securities Services perimeter

Manage the credit approval process and policies

Exercise a credit delegation in accordance with delegation scheme and credit process rules and cochair Credit Committees together with the Coverage or Business Lines representatives
Responsible for Credit Committee Minutes' contents and sign off as RISK delegation holder
Authorized to approve policy exceptions as defined in procedures such as collateral, legal credit terms...
Participate in or request Due Diligences
Act as a RISK expert representative on specific portfolio reviews and provide immediate support and guidance for complex requests
Provide RISK I2S's comments/recommendations for TAC/NACs
Guarantee a consistent credit approach across the group by contributing to the definition of credit and rating policies, and backtesting exercises.
Guarantee the operational implementation of the Group policies within the perimeter

Act as RISK representative vis a vis the Coverage and Business lines

To deliver its missions, RISK I2S is organized around five main competencies: Credit, RISK BP2S, Regulatory and Framework, Asset Solutions and CRC teams.

RISK I2S Credit is responsible for managing the credit decision process and monitoring the counterparty and credit risk on the Bank's institutional clients.

RISK I2S Credit's responsibilities include risk management oversight and control over the relevant activities and associated risks conducted from and through BNP Paribas.

RISK I2S Credit is composed of 2 teams: Credit Officers (CO) & Senior Credit Officers (SCO), who are competent authorities for credit risk approval for institutional clients alongside FIC and/or the Business lines

Purpose:

Managing the credit decision process and monitoring the counterparty and credit risk on the Hedge Funds and levered funds clients.

Risk management and oversight control over the relevant activities and associated risks.

Scope:

EMEA

The Responsibilities

Credit process

Exercise credit delegation in accordance with the delegation scheme and credit process rules and cochair Credit Committees together with the Coverage or Business Lines representatives
Responsible for Credit Committee Minutes' contents and sign off as RISK delegation holder
Authorized to approve policy exceptions as defined in procedures such as collateral, legal credit terms
Participate in or request Due Diligences
Act as a RISK expert representative on specific portfolio review and provide immediate support and guidance for complex requests
Provide RISK I2S comments/recommendations for TACs/NACs
Participate to the recruitment of staff

Interact with the Coverage of Financial Institutions and Business Lines