Risk Portfolio Analyst

Société Générale Assurances; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services company in Montreal is seeking a Risk Portfolio Analyst to engage in credit risk and counterparty risk initiatives. Responsibilities include analyzing portfolios, reporting key metrics to management, and contributing to governance frameworks. Candidates should possess strong analytical skills, project management experience, and proficiency in SQL and Python. This role offers competitive benefits and a hybrid work model.

Benefits

20 Vacation days + 4 personal days

Health spending accounts

Virtual healthcare assistance

Employee Assistance Program

Continuous development opportunities

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a quantitative field such as Finance or Statistics.
• Strong analytical and quantitative orientation essential for risk assessment.
• Proficiency in SQL and Python is required.

Responsibilities

• Analyze credit risk and counterparty risk for various portfolios.
• Produce key reports for senior management and regulators.
• Lead projects related to credit risk governance.

Skills

Credit portfolio analysis

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Project management

SQL and Python proficiency

Education

Master Degree in Finance, Statistics or similar quantitative discipline

Tools

PowerBi

Excel

SQL

Job description

Overview

Risk Portfolio Analyst

Risks Permanent contract Montreal, Quebec, Canada Hybrid Reference 25000J7T Start date 2026 / 01 / 05 Publication date 2025 / 09 / 15

Responsibilities

The RISQ Division's mission is to contribute to the development of the SG Group's activity by facilitating the objectives of the Business Lines while maintaining independent oversight through risk evaluation and monitoring. The RISQ division in the US supports all the activities in the Americas Region (US, Canada and Latin America), which is almost exclusively SGCIB-oriented.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• The risk professional sought for this position will work actively on key credit risk and counterparty credit risk initiatives within the region. This role within the Portfolio Management and Governance team will provide the successful applicant a direct involvement in the analysis of a portfolio of corporates and financial institutions clients. The position involves tasks to identify drivers of risk, transversal projects related to risk management and innovation initiatives, as well as managing relevant governance committees. The role will work closely with colleagues in other Credit Risk departments such as Credit Assessment Group and Asset Restructuring & Recovery Management team.
• The candidate should have a strong understanding of credit risk methodologies and framework, assist the team in organizing and coordinating inputs from various subject matter experts and contribute to enhance risk oversight.
• The role will require strong analytical skills and knowledge of credit and counterparty credit risk metrics, of credit portfolio analysis, of the controls and processes around market risk. The candidate should develop a strong and hands-on knowledge of key risk metrics and reporting and have synthesis ability to communicate key findings within the risk department, to the senior management, as well as outside the risk division including LOD1 and external regulators.
• The main accountabilities include but are not limited to :
• Loan Portfolio Analysis and Reporting to Senior Management and Regulators
• Implement a Credit Risk portfolio monitoring framework leveraging notably on counterparty and credit risk metrics including but not limited to stress tests, PD / LGD, RWA.
• Monitor the quality of the loan portfolio by performing portfolio analysis for credit committees and / or ad-hoc analysis requests.
• Produce and / or contribute to key reports for Senior Management and the Regulators.
• Efficiently communicate to key stakeholders on the evolution of the risk profile of the portfolio; identify drivers of credit risk as well as emerging risks.
• Assess the cost of risk of the loan portfolio.
• Develop data-oriented analysis, reports, improving credit risk management effectiveness.
• Perform and implement necessary controls to enhance the quality of portfolio analysis, including but not limited to the quarterly Legal Lending Limit control, the monthly Concordance Table Control, the Rating Validation control, etc.
• In charge to conduct key credit risk analysis annual campaigns including but not limited to (i) reviewing and recalibrating credit risk appetite, (ii) reviewing sets of key risk indicators, (iii) identifying and assessing credit risk factors and their risk materiality.
• Monitor Credit Risk triggers activation and evolution of the sensitive credits population; perform the annually Credit Trigger Back Testing exercise.
• Coordination of key Credit Risk committees and interactions with 3LOD and 4LOD
• Main coordinator for SGUS Credit Risk with Regulatory reviews, exams, and requests (4LOD)
• Main coordinator for SGUS Credit Risk with Internal and External Audit reviews and requests (3LOD)
• As secretary of the SGUS Credit Risk Committee, responsibilities include (i) deck preparation, (ii) coordination between contributors, (iii) committee animation, (iv) presentation of some risk section and / or focus topics.
• Actively contribute to the SGUS Enterprise Risk Committee (ERC) by synthesizing the Credit Risk portfolio for the past quarter into key risk messages for Senior Stakeholders of the ERC.
• Credit Risk governance and digitalization :
• Participate actively to the implementation of key AMER Risk Governance initiated by Enterprise Risk including (i) Issue Management framework by identifying issues impacting credit risk monitoring and conducting remediation projects with identified stakeholders, (ii) Event Management framework by monitoring credit risk events and challenging breaches / exceptions to policies and procedures reported by the First Line of Defense.
• Promote cooperation across Support Functions and Business Lines, between Credit Risk and other divisions of RISQ and between Credit Risk and LOD1, and foster alignment with Credit Risk at the Head Office.
• Ensure accuracy and up to date Credit Risk policies and procedures.
• Work with the Data Management Office on assessing the data quality of credit risk data and contribute to the process of addressing data quality issues.
• Enhance Credit Risk processes through automation and gain efficiencies with the use of latest available technologies and collaborative tools including Python and PowerBi.
• Project management and contributions :
• Lead, conduct or participate in defined projects or transversal initiatives locally and globally, as a Subject Matter Expert for Credit Risk, or as a Project Manager
• Contribute to the enhancement of Credit Risk applications, systems and databases
• Implement change management within Credit Risk driven by strategic and / or organizational projects for a better integration of the department within local and global Risk framework.

Profile required

Competencies

• Good knowledge and understanding of credit portfolio analysis and credit and counterparty credit risk metrics
• Strong quantitative orientation and analytical skills
• Strong ability to synthesize complex metrics and subjects (derive patterns, trends, insights...) to extract and communicate the core information
• Highly motivated and fast learning individual
• Excellent verbal communication skills with the flexibility to communicate and build relationships with internal and external clients; strong writing communication skills; overall strong interaction ability with key stakeholders including external regulators
• Involvement in Project Management coordinating tight deadlines with several stakeholders is a plus
• Knowledge of credit risk analysis and methodologies is a plus
• Curiosity, detail-oriented, autonomous, self-motivated, pro-active
• Integrity and responsibility
• High sense of teamwork, inspire and work well with others
• Problem solving skills to get things done
• Ability to work in a challenging fast paced environment

Technical Skills :

• Knowledge of risk regulatory requirements and concepts
• Strong Knowledge of Excel, Word, Power Point, and other MS office applications
• Proficient in SQL script and Python coding languages, as well as strong knowledge in PowerBi data visualization tool

Qualifications :

• Credit Risk management and portfolio assessment
• Project Management
• Experience with Governance and Framework definition a plus
• Data Scientist with coding skills a plus

Educational Requirements :

• Master Degree in Finance, Statistics or in similar quantitative discipline

LANGUAGE :

Ability to communicate in English, both orally and in writing, is a requirement as the person in this position will need to collaborate regularly with colleagues and partners in the United States.

Due to US Federal Securities law applying to this position, candidates who will apply for this position will be required to submit to an enhanced background screening, including the collection of their fingerprints by a third-party vendor selected by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA").

Why join us

OUR BENEFITS :

WHAT WE DO DIFFERENTLY AT SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE

Competitive compensation & benefits offering, including but not limited to :

• Minimum of 20 Vacation days + 4 personal days
• Supportive maternity, paternity, parental and adoption leave policy
• Health spending (up to $2,000 / year) and personal spending ($1,000 / year) accounts with 75+ eligible reimbursement categories (health, training, electronics etc.)
• Fully sponsored virtual healthcare assistance and Employee Assistance Program for you and your immediate family
• Various Employee Resource Groups (ERG) to engage with such as Pride and Allies, American Women Network, Black Leadership Network, One Planet, etc.
• Culture of continuous development by encouraging our employees to participate in various training programs (online training and coaching platforms such as Coursera, GoFluent, Pluralsight, First Finance, and others)

Other notes: This description represents the current opening and may be subject to change. Candidates should note that some text may reflect generic company information for all roles.