Analyst, Credit Risk Management Department (Up to 12-month contract)

SMBC is a major international bank with a leading position in the Loan Capital Markets / Syndications, Global Markets and Treasury, Corporate Banking, Project Finance, Financial Institutions and Sponsored / Leverage Finance markets. Reporting to the Head of Credit Risk Management Department, this position will manage credit monitoring tasks for Front Office customers assigned to your portfolio, including but not limited to loan documentation review, financial covenant control. Undertaking preparation of reports to Head Office and Regulator, and compiling data for Risk Management Committee.

Reporting to the Head of Credit Risk Management, this position will be responsible for but not limited to the following:

• Manage credit monitoring tasks for Front Office customers assigned to your portfolio, including but not limited to loan documentation review, financial covenant control, etc.
• Actively monitoring and managing a portfolio of clients in support of Front Office Relationship Managers, to undertake review of legal documents relating to credit to ensure compliance with internally approved terms and conditions.
• Review of Customer Registration data prepared by Relationship Managers, to ensure risk control and quality data management.
• Preparing, various internal and external reports for Credit Risk Management, Head Office, Front Office and Treasury departments, Risk Management Committee to support business needs.
• Supporting APRA reporting and related data quality with other members of the Credit Risk Management team.

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• 1-2 years’ experience in Credit Risk Management as a Credit Analyst or related position, ideally with a Bank or Financial Institution.
• Ability to understand and interpret financial statements and strong understanding of financial products.
• Sound experience of collating financial information for credit risk reporting.
• High level of numeracy and accuracy, strong financial analysis skills and good attention to detail.
• Good communicator, both verbally and in writing at a business level.
• Good understanding of APLMA loan documentation – Desirable but not Essential.