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Credit Analyst, Central Rating & Underwriting

Employer
American Express
Location
Singapore, Singapore
Salary
80 - 100K + Bonus
Closing date
Jun 3, 2019

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Job Function
Credit Analysis
Industry Sector
Finance - General
Employment Type
Full Time
Education
Bachelors
Analyst in CRU are responsible for rating and underwriting credit exposures in their assigned region, industry, and business line. Fundamental analysis incorporates a thorough review of business, financial, industry and country risk coupled with support from internal and external rating model outputs. Assessment includes understanding of the need for credit extension, profitability of the relationship and program structures. CRU analyst interact with various constituents across the firm including front office sales, business unit risk partners, and credit administration to perform their critical role.

Desired Skills
  • Expertise as a credit and underwriting decision maker, dealing with commercial exposures ranging from Small-To-Medium Enterprises (SME) or middle-market to large, multinational institutions
  • Experience in determining appropriate credit capacity, structuring of facilities, and risk mitigation techniques
  • Thorough understanding of fundamental financial analysis including the ability to review corporate financial statements to determine the ability of the obligor to honor its credit obligations
  • Comfort with GAAP/IFRS accounting standards, corporate valuation, and forecasting
  • Familiarity with quantitative credit models (such as Moody's RiskCalc)
  • Knowledge of analyzing the outputs from credit models, and identifying any rationale for any deviation found
  • Knowledge of public agency ratings, and supporting analysis
  • Ability to understand current macroeconomic trends, and making respective sound recommendations to improve the Probability of Default (PD) estimation based on the business cycle
  • Experience preparing company-specific and industry-wide credit memorandums
  • Excellent judgment in making sound rating and underwriting decisions to maximize profitability and mitigate risk
  • 2-4 years' experience rating and / or underwriting at a leading financial institution, credit insurance or rating agency
  • Bachelor's degree from a top tier university and a degree in finance, accounting, economics, or statistics
  • Graduate degree with a finance or business emphasis, or Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, is a plus

American Express has been awarded Aon Hewitt Best Employer Singapore six times. Join us and you'll soon see why.

As an employee, you can expect challenging work, with purpose. Be more than just your job. Be the voice of inspiration and transform the way the world does business for a living. By joining American Express, you are choosing to become a part of the dynamic team that is recognized as Singapore's "Best Employer 2018".

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.

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