Hedge Fund Credit Risk Analyst

Nomura Holdings; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Nomura is hiring a Hedge Fund Credit Risk Analyst in New York to join Risk Management. The role focuses on credit analysis, due diligence, and risk assessment for traded products within a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities include reviewing trading activity, establishing credit exposure, and negotiating core documentation while maintaining up-to-date client credit research. A 1–2 year background in funds space is preferred.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years relevant experience, with understanding of market fundamentals within funds space across trading strategies.
• Experience in both developed market and emerging market transactions / structures preferred
• Knowledge of a range of traded products desirable, including major derivative instruments and Prime Brokerage products/services and their respective risk characteristics
• Prior Credit/Market risk experience strongly preferred; Candidates should have accounting and corporate finance course work
• Understanding of master trading documentation, including ISDA, GMRA, Futures and Options (F&O) and Prime Brokerage Agreements
• Advising and/or assisting teams in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment with the ability to prioritize and complete tasks according to project needs
• Advising or assisting multi-disciplinary teams across complex engagements with multiple workstreams and stakeholders
• Leveraging effective business writing and verbal skills, including leveraging negotiation and consensus-building to achieve results
• Demonstrating business and project management acumen, executive presence and professionalism
• Analytical mindset and problem-solving ability with a quantitative aptitude
• Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint and Word

Responsibilities

• Perform client due diligence and financial analysis and summarize in written credit approval memos and reviews
• Review and approve trading activity, margin requirements and structural enhancements to transactions
• Establish credit exposure appetite across traded products utilizing firm risk models
• Negotiate legal documentation for traded products
• Assess creditworthiness of clients and assign appropriate internal credit ratings
• Maintain updated credit research on a portfolio of clients
• Participate in firm wide projects

Skills

Credit analysis

Financial modeling

Excel

Written communication

Job description

Job Title:Hedge Fund Credit Risk Analyst

Department:Risk Management

Location:New York

Corporate Title:Analyst

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $85,000 - $105,000 per year* (see below footnote for additional compensation and benefits information).

Company overview

Nomura is a financial services group with an integrated global network. By connecting markets East & West, we service the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through our four business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking) and Banking.

Driven by the insights of some 28,000 people worldwide, we put our clients at the center of everything we do, delivering unparalleled access to, from and within Asia. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com

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Department Overview:

Nomura's Risk departmentplays a crucial role in identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks across our business. We strive to protect the firm's assets, reputation, and financial stability by implementing robust risk management practices. Join our team and contribute to our proactive approach in managing risks, allowing us to make informed decisions and thrive in an ever-changing market environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform client due diligence and financial analysis and summarize in written credit approval memos and reviews
• Review and approve trading activity, margin requirements and structural enhancements to transactions
• Establish credit exposure appetite across traded products utilizing firm risk models
• Negotiate legal documentation for traded products
• Assess creditworthiness of clients an assign appropriate internal credit ratings
• Maintain updated credit research on a portfolio of clients
• Participate in firm wide projects

Required Qualifications:

• 1-2 years relevant experience, withunderstanding of market fundamentals within funds space across trading strategies.
• Experience in both developed market and emerging market transactions / structures preferred
• Knowledge of a range of traded products desirable, including major derivative instruments and Prime Brokerage products/services and their respective risk characteristics
• Prior Credit/Market risk experience strongly preferred; Candidates should have accounting and corporate finance course work
• Understanding of master trading documentation, including ISDA, GMRA, Futures and Options (F&O) and Prime Brokerage Agreements
• Advising and/or assisting teams in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment with the ability to prioritize and complete tasks according to project needs
• Advising or assisting multi-disciplinary teams across complex engagements with multiple workstreams and stakeholders
• Leveraging effective business writing and verbal skills, including leveraging negotiation and consensus-building to achieve results
• Demonstrating business and project management acumen, executive presence and professionalism
• Analytical mindset and problem-solving ability with a quantitative aptitude
• Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint and Word

Nomura Leadership Behaviours

• Explore Insights & Vision: Identify the underlying causes of problems faced by you or your team and define a clear vision and direction for the future.
• Making Strategic Decisions: Evaluate all the options for resolving the problems and effectively prioritize actions or recommendations.
• Inspire Entrepreneurship in People: Inspire team members through effective communication of ideas and motivate them to actively enhance productivity.
• Elevate Organizational Capability: Engage proactively in professional development and enhance team productivity through the promotion of knowledge sharing.
• Inclusion: Foster a culture of inclusion and psychological safety in the workplace and cultivate a "Risk Culture" (Challenge, Escalate and Respect).

* base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, corporate and functional title and duties, job-related knowledge and advanced degrees, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired in the U.S., employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors”.

Nomura is an Equal Opportunity Employer