(Senior) Business Support Officer - Credit Policies and Standards

The EIB, the European Union's bank is seeking to recruit for its Operations Directorate (OPS), Operations Support Department (OSD), Business Support and Analytics Division (3-BUS SUPP&AN), Prudential Policies and Standards Unit (PPS) at its headquarters in Luxembourg, a (Senior) Business Support Officer - Credit Policies and Standards*.

This is a full-time position at grade 5/6 for which the EIB offers a permanent contract.

*internal benchmark: (Senior) Officer

Panel interviews are anticipated for end of April 2023.

Purpose

As a (Senior) Business Support Officer - Credit Policies and Standards, you will take on a leading role in designing, developing and implementing methodologies, as well as policy frameworks and/or internal user guidelines throughout the OPS and EIB Global (GLO) Directorates. By carrying out these tasks, you will be focusing on credit risk assessment and prudential Best Banking Practices (BBP) projects, so to ensure that business origination aspects are properly reflected in these initiatives, and that OPS and GLO adhere to the Bank's BBP and implement unified financial analysis standards.

Operating Network

Reporting to the Head of Unit, you will enjoy the opportunity to work closely with colleagues within the Division as well as across the Operations Support & Climate Department (OSD). Based on a strong internal network, you will be responsible for ensuring an effective consultation with both OPS and GLO Departments, as well as collaborating closely with Risk Management (RM), General Secretariat (SG), Portfolio Management and Monitoring (PMM), and other EIB Directorates as well as with the EIF.

Accountabilities

In this position, you will:

• Contribute to a close cooperation with RM, so to ensure the development of methodologies, policy frameworks and internal guidelines in relation to credit risk assessment, prudential frameworks and prudential BBP.
• Provide specialised functional expertise and recommendations on improvements of methodologies, policy frameworks and internal guidelines aiming to align the Bank with best practices.
• Represent OPS and GLO in Working Groups aimed at developing and maintaining credit risk models and methodologies. You will also be responsible for evaluating the impact of these models and their adjustments for business origination. Collaborating closely with PMM as a part of the Bank's first line of defence, you will formulate constructive proposals in the context of Working Groups, and in support of Senior Management's participation in Model Risk Committee, Audit Committee, Management Committee and Board of Directors meetings.
• Represent OPS and GLO in BBP Working Groups; you will formulate proposals to ensure that all aspects related to business origination are adequately reflected in the definition and implementation of the BBPs, whilst also maintaining a constructive dialogue with RM, SG, PMM and other services involved in these topics.
• Advise Senior Management in relation to the design and implementation of BBPs.
• Ensure and maintain a regular and transparent flow of information within OSD, with the OPS and GLO transactional Departments in regard to credit assessment models and methodologies and prudential BBP projects. You will also ensure that their input is taken into account, organize regular feed-back on the progress of bank-wide initiatives, set up trainings/information sessions whenever appropriate, and facilitate the transposition of the new practices into OPS procedures manual.
• In close cooperation with PMM, supervise the deployment and maintenance of unified financial analysis standards throughout OPS and GLO. You will also be responsible for organizing training sessions for the transactional Departments on financial analysis and standards.
• In close cooperation with the Climate Office, ensure the development and deployment of the Bank's Climate Risk assessment tools and methodologies.
• Brief OPS and GLO Senior Management on credit risk related topics and their implications for business origination; you will also contribute to the further enhancements of risk policies and frameworks, such as Risk Appetite Framework.
• Provide input for the periodic and ad-hoc reviews of EU and non-EU Credit Risk Guidelines in collaboration with RM, and for the Master Finance Contract in cooperation with the Legal Directorate (JU).
• Provide guidance to more junior colleagues in the above activities.

Qualifications

• University degree, preferably in Finance, Economics, Accounting and/or Law.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience including exposure to the lending process.
• Exposure to financial spreading, rating models and credit assessment methodologies.
• Experience in Climate and Environmental risk assessment of counterparties would be an advantage.
• Experience in analysing and/or implementing prudential regulatory requirements.
• Good understanding of the EIB Group institutional objectives.
• Very good knowledge of EIB standard computer tools - including MS Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent drafting and presentation skills in English, as well as the ability to communicate and summarise information in a clear and concise way.
• Excellent knowledge of English and/or French (*) with a good command of the other.

Competencies

Find out more about EIB core competencies https://www.eib.org/en/about/careers/careers-competencies/index.htm here

(*) Unless stated explicitly as a required qualification, a good command of French is not a pre-requisite for hire. As both English and French are however official working languages of the EIB, proficiency in both languages is a pre-requisite for your future career development. Any language clause in your contract must be fulfilled in order for you to be eligible for a promotion (either via the annual appraisal cycle or via an internal selection process). Proficiency is understood to mean the attainment of level 5 of the Inter Institutional language courses, corresponding to B1.2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL). The Bank offers appropriate training support.

We are an equal opportunities employer, who believes that diversity is good for our people and our business. We encourage all suitably qualified and eligible candidates to apply regardless of their gender identity/expression, age, racial, ethnic and cultural background, religion and beliefs, sexual orientation/identity, disability or neurodiversity.

Applicants with specific needs are encouraged to request reasonable accommodations at any stage during the recruitment process. Please contact the EIB Recruitment team Jobs@eib.org who will ensure that your request is handled.

By applying for this position, you acknowledge the importance of maintaining the security and integrity of the Information of the EIB Group. In case of selection for the position you agree to comply with all measures (policies, controls, document classification and management) implemented by the EIB Group to prevent unauthorised disclosure of any information or any damage to the EIB Group reputation.

Deadline for applications: 13th March 2023