Market & Credit Risk Specialist

Phillip Capital Inc.; Singapore; Sur place; SGD 180 000 - 320 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

PhillipCapital Group is seeking an experienced Night Desk Credit Risk Specialist to monitor credit risk in real-time across European and US sessions. The role involves controlling limits, managing concentrations and mitigating volatile overnight events, with an opportunity to expand risk responsibilities over time.

The position requires a senior background in credit risk with strong knowledge of equities, derivatives, CFDs and margin trading, and a track record of handling overnight operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Risk Management, Finance, Economics, Law, Mathematics, or a related quantitative discipline from a reputable institution.

Responsabilités

• Conduct real-time credit risk management and market surveillance during overnight European and US sessions.
• Take timely mitigation actions on market-driven conditions or volatility events that pose material risk to PhillipCapital Group.
• Monitor exposures to counterparties and securities, and manage concentration risk.
• Take timely action on high-risk accounts approaching or breaching limits.
• Drive transformation of credit risk management toward real-time data analysis and forward-looking risk intelligence.
• Advise on adoption of AI, automation and emerging technology in risk management.

Connaissances

Real-time risk

Market surveillance

AI & automation

Data analytics

Communication

Change management

Coding & dashboards

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in Risk Management/Finance

Outils

Bloomberg

Reuters

Refinitiv

Description du poste

We are seeking an experienced Night Desk Credit Risk Specialist to join our Credit Risk Management team. This critical role involves real-time credit risk monitoring and control during overnight trading hours, covering European and US market sessions. This is also a developmental role whereby, in the medium to long term, you will be given an opportunity to expand your exposure, skills and leadership potential through the expansion of risk management responsibilities from credit risk to enterprise-wide risk.

Responsibilities

• Conduct overall credit risk management and market surveillance, including monitoring of market movements, marked-to-market positions, credit limits and shortfall positions in real-time during European and US market trading sessions. Approve or reject credit limit increases within delegated authority.
• Take timely mitigation action on and escalat market-driven conditions or volatility events that pose adverse, material financial and reputational impact to PhillipCapital Group. Mitigation action can include emergency trade suspension, haircut adjustment, forced liquidation and buy back.
• Monitor exposures to counterparties and securities, and manage concentration risk.
• Take timely action on high-risk accounts, including accounts approaching or breaching credit limits, margin thresholds, or concentration limits.
• Collectively drive the transformation of credit risk management in respect of functional consolidation, real-time data analysis and reporting, early warning signals and forward-looking risk intelligence capabilities, and customer centricity (multi-product, single view).
• Collectively drive the adoption of AI, automation and emerging technology solutions for credit risk management, through the identification of transformation opportunities across workflows, and the design and implementation of use cases.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Risk Management, Finance, Economics, Law, Mathematics, or a related quantitative discipline from a reputable institution.
• Minimum 10 years of credit risk management experience in stockbroking, securities trading, prime brokerage or investment banking, with strong working knowledge of equities, listed derivatives, CFDs and margin trading (including collateral management and margin methodologies).
• Prior experience in overnight/shift-based credit risk operations and familiarity with US, European and Asian exchanges. Knowledge of clearing and settlement conventions across US, European, and Asian markets.
• Proficiency in real-time risk monitoring systems and market data platforms (Bloomberg, Reuters, Refinitiv and/or equivalent).
• Composure and sound judgement under pressure – ability to make sound credit decisions during volatile overnight market events.
• Strong communication – clear and concise in escalation calls and client communications.
• Understanding of AI, automation and emerging technologies, preferably with hands-on experience in change management and deployment of AI-enabled solutions.
• Comfortable working with coding, data, dashboards, and deriving actionable insights.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.