Head of Local Corporate Counterparty Risks, Singapore

Credit Agricole Corporate And Investment Bank; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Singapore is seeking a skilled professional to manage counterparty risk for corporate clients. You will oversee credit applications, conduct annual reviews, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards. The ideal candidate will have experience in risk management and team leadership, along with a pertinent educational background. This role offers an opportunity to influence the strategic direction of risk management practices.

Qualifications

• Experience in counterparty risk management and credit requests.
• Strong analytical skills for financial and ESG criteria assessment.
• Proven track record in managing teams and projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage counterparty risk for corporate clients.
• Analyze credit applications and determine ratings.
• Organize Local Credit Risk Committees.
• Monitor portfolio performance and conduct annual reviews.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

Skills

Credit analysis

Risk management

Communication

Regulatory compliance

Team management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics or related field

Job description

• In charge of the counterparty risk management of CA-CIB Singapore corporate clients (Watch, Annual reviews etc.
• Instructs (Credit analysis, Rating assessment, RPC opinion, Coordination, …) of GTC and CIN Singapore credit requests. Supports whenever required (Avis de place, Credit analysis, …) the processing of credit requests for other business lines where RPC-SCS has no dedicated presence locally.
• Organizes the Local Credit Risk Committee (Permanent member and Secretary)
• Contributes to Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Brunei CSPs.
• Ensures RPC credit risk governances and procedures are duly rolled out and followed.
• Acts as a local RPC-SCS representative, providing regular updates to the Regional & HO SCS teams and assisting / liaising with them on queries related to SCS matters (e.g. coordination of replies to surveys, queries, etc. from local management, internal and external auditors, regulators.
• Manages the Local SCS team and acts as Covering Officer for LCRO for counterparty risks matters.

Role Responsibilities

Credit requests instruction

• Advises front officers and business lines during the preparation of credit applications.
• Analyzes FO credit applications (activities, financials, compliance with ESG criteria and CSPs conditions…), determines credit ratings (Anadefi) and issues a risk opinion; all 3 to be formalized in a written RPC credit paper.
• Organizes Local Credit Risk Committees (Permanent member and Secretary)
• For credit applications exceeding the local delegation, supports the regional SCS team in their analysis of the credit files.
• Instructs ad hoc FO one-off requests according to his local delegations and in close relation with the LCRO (ISDA terms, DND names, extensions).

Portfolio Monitoring and Annual Reviews

• Maintains a close watch on major news affecting our clients or portfolios (Daily news reviews, …)
• Organizes regular updates with FO and maintains good communication flows.
• Provides inputs in preparation to the Early Warning and Substandard Assets committees.
• Ensures Annual Reviews deadlines are duly respected.
• Preparation / coordination / participation to Portfolio Reviews and ad-hoc discussions on risks and CSPs matters.

Governance & Compliance

• Ensures RPC credit risk governances and procedures are duly rolled out and followed.
• Keep a good understanding of the regulatory environment and its implications for our activities and portfolios.
• Contributes to the consolidation of MAS regulatory reports.
• Liaison with external auditors for counterparty risks matters.

Projects & NAP

• Active contribution to RPC local/regional/HO projects (methodology, systems etc.)
• Provides credit risks inputs to RPC NAP opinions (client targets, suitability, etc.)

Management

• Manages the local SCS team: assign efficiently tasks, organizes regular updates to share knowledge / information, grows juniors, optimizes the resources, drives appraisals and objectives setting for her team…
• Drives transformation initiatives with the objective to improve efficiency and quality.
• Covering officer in the absence of the LCRO for counterparty risks matters.