Associate Principal, Credit Analyst, Corporates - Johannesburg, South Africa - Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered

Verified Company

Johannesburg, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

beBee Recruiter

Description

Job:
Corporate & Commercial Banking

Primary Location:
Africa & Middle East-South Africa-Johannesburg

Schedule:
Full-time

Employee Status:
Permanent

Posting Date: 22/Nov/2023, 6:43:11 AM

Unposting Date: 06/Dec/2023, 5:59:00 PM

JOB SUMMARY:

Credit analysis within the Corporates portfolio. Includes analysis of all aspects of risks related to taking any form of credit exposure to a client. Role includes risk analysis for new transactions, ongoing monitoring of counterparty risk as well as monitoring of portfolio risk.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategy:

Awareness and understanding of the Group's business strategy and model appropriate to the role.

Business:

Awareness and understanding of the wider business, economic and market environment in which the Group operates as well as the products offered by the group.

Processes:

Credit
Analysis
-
Timely drafting of credit analysis as directed by the relevant Team Leader.

Such analysis should be Insightful, Relevant and Succinct (see Job Purpose) and include the following, inter alia:

Discussion of the dynamics and nature of the Client's industry, including key risk aspects.
Assessment of the Client's competitive positioning within its industry.
Discussion of management strength, experience and track record and corporate governance more broadly; Articulation of the Client's strategy and an assessment of its clarity and associated execution risks.
Assessment of funding strategy, financial policy, treasury activity (hedging, cash management) and liquidity.
Development of a current / forward year base forecast performance expectation.
Assessment of balance sheet strength, alongside cashflow and profitability vulnerability, via ratio analysis and/or stress testing.
Discussion of other pertinent risk aspects, including country risk, fraud risk; parental and/or governmental linkage/support, relative ranking of indebtedness.
Evaluation of risks associated with particular proposed transactions, where required.
Completion of Group Mandate/BCA Part 1, Part 2, financial analysis/spreads, scorecards.
Ensure use of appropriate calculator in alignment with Credit Policy for relevant approvals (e.g. Raptor, Group Aggregation Calculator).
Complete ESRA (Environment and Social Risk Assessment) Checklist
For Cat 2 lines, complete GWWR Attribute checklist and Cat 2 appropriateness
For Cat 2 lines, Credit Term Sheet updates based on RM/Risk/MDU feedback
Supporting business on structuring deals
Documentation support on credit aspects and working with CRC/LDU on BCA reworks
Testing and Monitoring Covenants & Risk Triggers
EAR & ASTAR reporting/updates to credit
Seek preapproval endorsements (where applicable)
Preparing country specific regulatory checklists (where applicable)
Credit stress testing
CCRMC & FIRC Certification
Preparation of other analysis as directed by the relevant Team Leader, such as Industry specific reviews, portfolio reviews, assessments of new prospects etc.

Risk Management:

To provide insightful, relevant, succinct and timely (see below) credit analysis of a portfolio of SCB's clients (current or prospective).

This includes responsibility for proposing counterparty credit grades via the relevant scorecard, and ongoing monitoring for credit-material events.

While the portfolio will be industry / geography specific in focus, the role extends to analysing other clients as may from time to time be required.

Insightful:

Attuned to the needs of two audiences - Client Coverage and Risk - the analysis should provide a forward-looking, focused opinion on the likely development of both business and financial risk elements in their industry / geographic context together with a calibrated articulation of key risks and potential mitigants thereto.

Relevant:

As well as a holistic counterparty assessment, analysis should comment on structural elements relevant to SCB's existing or proposed exposure such as guarantee and security arrangements.

Succinct:

While always providing sufficient granularity to substantiate its conclusions and observations, the analysis should present opinion in as structured and succinct a manner as is practical.

Timely:

While focused on the prescribed annual review cycle, analysis will also be required where material new exposure is being considered by Client Coverage.

In addition, more summary analysis should be produced and disseminated quickly, where relevant.

Additionally, for any BCA (Business Credit Application) submission it will involve the following:
Critical review of Environment and Social Risk Assessments, Consistency and coherence review of the Approved Account Plan, Raptor (or equivalent), Client & Group Facility Summary & Structure (including Terms and Conditions)
Active partnership with Client Coverage in completion of Risk Profile, Compliance Details, as well as proposed Covenants and Risk Trigge