Job Summary

•    This position is responsible for leading the Pillars Credit analyst team based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to support the Credit Analyst team in the U.S. with credit initiation of new clients as well as periodic credit risk assessment of existing clients in the CTA portfolio in the U.S. This would include management of team deliverables w.r.t. timely drafting of credit analysis through Business Credit Applications (BCAs) and Group Mandates as directed by the Credit analyst team in the U.S. Led by the Head of Corporate Credit analysts. The Team lead will ensure the Pillars CA propose all deliverables to the U.S. CAs who then lead the approval process with GAM and Risk. BCA analysis should be independent and in line with bank approved credit policies and processes and include the following:
•    Discuss overall exposure on the Client/Group, rationale for limits (including lending, trade, corporate finance and FX products), assess overall economic loss and determine business and risk approving authorities.
•    Assess the dynamics and nature of the Client’s/Group's business and industry, including key risk aspects.
•    Conduct peer analysis and assess the Client’s/Group's competitive positioning within its industry.
•    Assess management strength, experience and track record and corporate governance.
•    Articulate the Client’s/Group's strategy and an assessment of its clarity and associated execution risks.
•    Assess funding strategy, financial policy, treasury activity (hedging, cash management) and liquidity.
•    Prepare financial spreads and Internal scorecard to assign internal rating grade to the Client.
•    Assess balance sheet strength, alongside cash flow and profitability vulnerability, via trend and ratio analysis.
•    Assess other pertinent risk aspects and mitigating factors, including country risk, parental and/or governmental linkage/support, holding company risk, collateral evaluation, covenant structure and cushion analysis, relative ranking of indebtedness, structural and / or contractual subordination aspects etc.
•    Conduct leveraged lending assessment in line with U.S. regulatory requirement and support with  base and stress case projections to assess repayment capacity over 7 years as well as Enterprise Valuation Analysis (EVA) for high-risk clients. 
•    Support completion of mandatory checklists including Climate Risk Assessment, Environment & Social Risk Assessment and Reputational Risk assessment.

Key Responsibilities

•    Completion of annual credit reviews of assigned accounts and re-assess key risks and re-evaluate internal credit grade. Ensure zero annual credit review overdues and minimize review extensions.
•    Identify client limits with low / nil utilization and escalate to the respective Relationship Manager for input / additional discussions with product partners and / or clients. 
•    Prepare interim BCAs to increase / decrease limits, propose amendments/waivers, refresh financial analysis, update Credit Grade (when required), etc. 
•    Support coverage team in structuring deals and present credit proposals in senior business and risk approval committees.
•    Monitor Covenants & Risk Triggers (C&RTs). Raise any breaches under (C&RTs) to Relationship Manager, and Credit. 
•    Monitor and assess rating agencies actions including downgrades or outlook changes.
•    Perform credit stress testing on assigned names, when required.
•    Ensure compliance with all internal and regulatory credit / other portfolio related policies in conjunction with GAMs. Support senior Credit Analysts and GAMs in preparing and responding to internal / external audits and regulatory exams. 
•    Ensure that all relevant client information, including financials, compliance reports, credit agreement, amendments, credit approvals, dispensations, endorsements, etc., is clearly named and saved in the shared drive in an organized manner.
•    Manage the credit change process globally across teams when credit policy changes are enacted, analyse gaps and propose solutions that optimize execution.
•    Participate in peer reviews across business segments and ad hoc projects to analyse policy implementation and quality gaps.
•    Proactively monitor key client or industry wide events or developments. Conduct periodic or ad hoc portfolio reviews of assigned client or industry subject to adverse news or vulnerable to economic, market or regulatory events. 

•    Complete Fraud Risk Assessment for all clients including assessment of red flags in the fraud risk report and trade counterparty assessment.
•    For FX limits, complete limit review and substantiation exercise in line with Financial Markets Appropriateness and Credit Term Sheet updates based on RM/Risk feedback.

Qualifications

•    Strong analytical ability, focused on the assessment and calibration of credit risk.
•    Strong verbal and written communication skills, with proven ability to work across cultures and within a dynamic environment.
•    Able to hold credible dialogue at all levels of the organisation, as well as with clients.
•    Well organized, able to multi-task and balance competing demands.

•    Graduates / Graduate calibre.
•    Sound knowledge of accounting and financial principles gained by experience or qualification.
•    MBA or CFA qualifications advantageous, but not required.

Skills and Experience

•    Financial Statement Analysis with 1-3 years of experience
•    C&I Credit risk
•    Financial Forecasting and modelling
•    Industry Knowledge
•    Relationship Management
•    Products & Processes

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.