Credit Risk Analyst

Stifel•New York, NY

22h

About The Position

Stifel is more than 130 years old and still thinking like a start-up. We are a global wealth management and investment banking firm serious about innovation and fresh ideas. Built on a simple premise of safeguarding our clients’ money as if it were our own, coined by our namesake, Herman Stifel, our success is intimately tied to our commitment to helping families, companies, and municipalities find their own success. While our headquarters is in St. Louis, we have offices in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, and more than 400 other locations. Stifel is home to approximately 9,000 individuals who are currently building their careers as financial advisors, research analysts, project managers, marketing specialists, developers, bankers, operations associates, among hundreds more. Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success. At Stifel we offer an entrepreneurial environment, comprehensive benefits package to include health, dental and vision care, 401k, wellness initiatives, life insurance, and paid time off. Stifel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Requirements

Detail-oriented, strong analytical skills, ability to use sound logic and reasoning to identify solutions and reach conclusions.
Strong interpersonal skills facilitating collaboration within CRM and the broader Enterprise Risk management team and across the organization (front office business, IT, operations, and management).
Identify complex problems and critically review related information to develop and evaluate options and recommend solutions.
Ability to interact positively and communicate with individuals at all levels of the organization and various business units, with strong attention to detail.
Sound written and verbal communication skills.
Able to work independently with minimal supervision, focus on accuracy, and complete assigned responsibilities within agreed time frames.
Minimum Required: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Information Technology, or other quantitative discipline.
Minimum Required: 2-4 years of work experience in banking or finance, preferably working in a capital markets environment or with capital markets products.
Strong in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Nice To Haves

Basic knowledge of SQL or similar language is a plus.

Responsibilities

Support the accurate and timely reporting and analysis of credit risk across multiple front office systems to meet enterprise risk management, senior management, and regulatory requirements.
Identify, measure, analyze, and aggregate various counterparty credit risk measures, including margin exposure and financial metrics, as defined in Stifel's counterparty exposure framework.
Utilize Credit Application to map transactions from various internal front office systems and files to aggregate exposures by credit group, counterparty, products, and sectors across multiple capital market products.
Perform data validation checks, enrich existing counterparty reporting, propose new counterparty credit exposure reports, and recommend improvements to existing processes.
Enhance and maintain documentation of exposure framework, along with ongoing validation procedures to meet Stifel requirements.
Participate in industry reviews to assign internal risk ratings.