Job Description

Excited to grow your career?BBVA is a global company with more than 160 years of history that operates in more than 25 countries where we serve more than 80 million customers. We are more than 121,000 professionals working in multidisciplinary teams with profiles as diverse as financiers, legal experts, data scientists, developers, engineers and designers.About the job:About the area:The Wholesale Credit Risk group is responsible for analyzing the bank's trading counterparties, assign internal ratings and set risk limits. It is also responsible for ensuring that the credit profile of counterparties is regularly updated and adjusting the credit appetite accordingly.About the role:The candidate will be part of the global Credit Risk Management underwriting function, spanning various products including Fund Financing, FX, Derivatives, and structured lending. The successful candidate should have relevant experience covering a portfolio of alternative managers like Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Mutual funds and Institutional Family Offices.Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to:Evaluating transactions risk across the business covering full range of complex products.Role demands excellence in analysis, good understanding of underwriting responsibility, monitoring, and drives global consistency across the portfolio and geographies.Participate in the negotiation of credit structures and documentation, including ISDAs, Derivatives Clearing, and Repo Master Agreements.Good knowledge of Derivatives and structured lending that will be supplemented by on-going training support.Facilitate relationships with key clients in CIB and Risk Client Relationships / Business Partnership.Proven ability to understand nuances of local markets, local regulation, and the capabilities and practices of competitors.Provide well-thought and balanced assessments of risk/return trade-offs associated with transactions and client relationships.Have good team skills as the role will require partnering with peers in leveraging and implementation of best practices.What are we looking for?Previous experience and knowledge:Over 5 years previous experience in Risk Management covering Hedge Funds, Financial institutions, Mutual funds, Private Equity and Institutional Family Offices.Ability to understand capital markets products and complex financing and product structures.Significant risk/risk-related counterparty credit work experience in banking/financial institutions with some knowledge in the alternative investment counterparties.Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience.Master's degree preferred.Familiar with Microsoft Office applications and in particular with a strong mastering of Excel advanced features. Ability to program using Structured Query Language (SQL) is an advantage.Languages:Fluency in English is essentialWorking Knowledge of Spanish is a plusSoft-skills:Demonstrate highest ethics and integrity standards.Dynamic, flexible, and strong communication skills.Ability to make thoughtful recommendations and work under the supervision of senior members of the credit risk group in order to face short timelines.Excellent verbal & written communication skills. Active listening skills.Excellent presentation skills adept at presenting effectively to audiences of various sizes and various constituencies.Skills:Balance sheet of a financial institution, Economics, Finance Strategy, Investment Strategies, Macroeconomics, Rating Models

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