Bring your expertise to JPMorgan Chase. As part of Risk Management and Compliance, you are at the center of keeping JPMorgan Chase strong and resilient. You help the firm grow its business in a responsible way by anticipating new and emerging risks, and using your expert judgement to solve real-world challenges that impact our company, customers and communities.
Our culture in Risk Management and Compliance is all about thinking outside the box, challenging the status quo and striving to be best-in-class.
As a Credit Risk Analyst within our Business Teams, you will employ your exceptional analytical abilities and credit industry expertise to make and back credit decisions for a client portfolio. You will work in tandem with credit risk and business teams to fulfill client credit requests, while maintaining the risk-return requirements of the Firm. You will consistently oversee your portfolio to correctly assign risk ratings to clients and facilities, ensuring a strong compliance culture is upheld at all times.
Job responsibilities
- Conduct credit analysis and helps a deal team seek approval for lending and trading related transactions, including operating exposures, individually or as part of a deal team
- Create written credit approval documents, which include the spreading and presentation of historical financial statement information and the related financial analysis, as well as projections of future cash flows for large corporate borrowers
- Develop a well-informed and forward-looking view of the business, financial and competitive risks associated with a company and sector
- Manage and monitor a portfolio of client credit exposures, across industry classes, on an ongoing basis
- Take ownership of client credit needs and projects and independently develops a credit opinion
- Review and assign risk ratings and maintains updated credit research on their portfolio of clients
- Participate in credit due diligence process for clients, including for capital markets transactions
Required qualifications, capabilities and skil ls
- Bachelors degree with academic training in the principals of accounting, corporate finance capital markets products, and macro economics
- Strong analytical/financial modeling ability and excellent accounting and corporate finance expertise
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with an interest in client interaction
- An exceptional work ethic and highly motivated with a natural passion to learn and an inquisitive personality
- Ability to work well under pressure on teams in a demanding environment
- Capable of understanding, describing, and debating complex concepts
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills
- Some credit/underwriting credentials and experience is a plus
- Experience in Consumer, Retail or Healthcare is a plus