Lead

Acuity Analytics; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Acuity Analytics, Bangalore (Work from office), is seeking a senior resource for the core Lending Services team. You will support the credit appraisal process, analyze corporate financial statements and monitor covenants, while mentoring analysts and coordinating with global clients to ensure SLA compliance.

The role expects extensive experience in Commercial lending, strong English communication, and the ability to drive process improvements in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment.

Qualifications

• 18+ years of experience in Commercial lending (corporate/wholesale lending) operations including origination, underwriting and portfolio monitoring activities.
• Excellent written and spoken English communication skills.
• The ability to work independently and meet deadlines under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining high quality in the workflows by performing quality checks, mentoring and upskilling juniors.
• Analysis of financial statements of corporates for credit appraisal process and monitoring covenants and Early Warning Signals.
• Carrying out credit appraisals, risk ratings and credit notes for credit approvals.
• Leading and managing a team of analysts, planning workflows and liaising with global clients to meet deadlines.
• Contributing to process improvements and automation of tasks.

Job description

Acuity Analytics (the trading name of Acuity Knowledge Partners) is a global, tech-first organisation helping financial institutions and corporates make better decisions through research, data, analytics and AI-enabled solutions. We combine deep financial services expertise with strong engineering, digital and AI capabilities to solve complex, real-world problems.

With a team of 7,200+ analysts, data specialists and technologists across 28 locations, we work with more than 800 organisations worldwide to drive efficiency, unlock insight and deliver measurable impact. Our success is built on the strength of our people—by investing in talent, encouraging collaboration and creating room to grow, we enable our teams to do their best work for clients.

Acuity became an independent business in 2019 following its acquisition from Moody’s Corporation by Equistone Partners Europe. In 2023, funds advised by global private equity firm Permira acquired a majority stake, with Equistone remaining a minority investor—supporting our continued growth and innovation.

Location- Bangalore (Work from office)

Job purpose

We are looking for a passionate, energetic resource to join the core Lending Services team. You will be part of team working as an extension to our US based client ensuring we fulfill the applicable SLA’s.

Key responsibilities

• Maintaining high quality in the below workflows by performing quality checks, providing training, mentoring and upskilling juniors:
• Spreading of the financial statements of corporates in the client proprietary platform.
• Analysis of financial statements of public and private companies for the credit appraisal process
• Conducting background research independently to understand the appropriate KPIs that are relevant to each borrower
• Monitoring covenants on a regular basis, performing validations and highlighting any Early Warning Signals
• Carrying out written credit appraisals, risk ratings, and credit notes for credit approvals
• Motivating and managing a team of analysts, planning workflows and liaising with global clients in ensuring that deadlines are met at the required standard
• Contributing to process improvement, providing value adds to the deliverables and automation of tasks
• Providing domain expertise in credit notes and credit appraisals
• Communicating clearly and confidently with internal and external stakeholders–both written and verbal
• Providing strategic thought leadership through the authoring of blogs and whitepapers on trending topic
• 18+ years of experience in Commercial lending (corporate/wholesale lending) operations including origination, underwriting and portfolio monitoring activities
• Familiarity and expertise in a specific sector will be an added advantage
• Experience in complete delivery set-up, smooth roll-out of services and the implementation of best practices, feedback mechanisms, hiring and training the team
• Good knowledge of the products involved in entire value chain of commercial lending including underwriting, covenant monitoring, and portfolio monitoring.
• Hands on experience in carrying out tasks like credit appraisals, finalizing risk ratings, credit notes for credit approvals and ongoing monitoring.
• Excellent understanding of the financial statements of the corporates
• A highly analytical mind and a high level of attention to detail
• Excellent written and spoken English communication skills
• The ability to work independently and meet deadlines under pressure.