Credit Analyst - Mid Market

ahlibank; Muscat; On-site; OMR 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

ahlibank is seeking a Credit Analyst in Muscat, Oman. In this role, you will evaluate borrowers' financial health and assess their capacity to repay loans. Responsibilities include conducting financial statement analysis, preparing credit approvals, and providing recommendations based on comprehensive assessments.

The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting and at least five years of experience in the banking sector. Strong analytical skills and knowledge of credit risk are essential for supporting successful lending processes.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in banking or financial sectors.
• Strong understanding of financial statements and credit risks.

Responsibilities

• Conduct preliminary and thorough analysis of financial statements.
• Prepare approvals related to credit requests.
• Present findings and recommendations to management.
• Develop models to support credit application analysis.
• Maintain knowledge of lending protocols and compliance issues.

Skills

Financial analysis

Credit assessment

Spreadsheet modeling

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting

Job description

Job Overview

Evaluate a borrower’s past financials and credit history to determine their financial soundness and their ability to repay credit advanced to them by a lender. Gathers important financial information and evaluates it using financial ratios and compares the ratios with industry benchmarks to decide if the applicant’s cash flow is sufficient to repay the obligation. Responsible for submitting renewals, as well as finalizing new deals at the specified time frame.

Responsibilities

• Conduct preliminary analysis on the financial statements, projections & business models at the deal initiation stage, as well as a thorough analysis of financial statements, facility, security structure.
• Prepare ITS & ITS approvals.
• Once the deal is finalized, conduct assessment of credit requests, including new requests, changed requests, refinancing and annual due diligence, and provide recommendations tied to analysis and assessment of credit risk, while understanding the difference between securities.
• Present analysis findings and recommendations to managers, especially regarding their ability to repay. It is important that the credit analyst understand the cash‑flow of the client.
• Develop and prepare spreadsheet models to support analysis of new and existing credit applications.
• Keep up to date with the bank’s lending protocols.
• Follow up on overdue, excess over limits, missing and expired documents, call report, insurance expiry trackers.
• Reconcile credit files and identify discrepancies and variance.
• Support business unit, especially relationship managers in managing client’s portfolios.
• Help to enhance the quality of credit applications and turnaround time.
• Maintain knowledge of key issues up to date (for example legal, market risk and compliance issues as well as financial reviews).
• Support the team with various MIS requirements as & when required.
• In the event of the absence of ARM, RM, support the divisional Head in the execution of their duties.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Finance, Accounting or any related fields.
• 5 years of experience in the banking sector, or any related financial sector.