Hedge Fund Credit Risk Analyst
About The Position
The Hedge Fund Credit Risk Analyst is part of Nomura’s Risk Management department in New York. The role supports the firm’s work identifying, assessing, and mitigating risk by performing client due diligence and financial analysis, evaluating trading activity and credit exposure, and maintaining credit research on a portfolio of clients. The analyst also negotiates legal documentation for traded products and participates in firm-wide projects. The role calls for 1–2 years of relevant experience and an understanding of market fundamentals across fund trading strategies. Candidates should bring strong analytical, quantitative, communication, and project-management skills, as well as familiarity with traded products, credit risk, and master trading documentation. Nomura’s leadership behaviors emphasize insight and vision, strategic decision-making, entrepreneurship, organizational capability, and inclusion.
Requirements
- 1–2 years of relevant experience, with an understanding of market fundamentals within the funds space across trading strategies.
- Knowledge of a range of traded products, including major derivative instruments and Prime Brokerage products and services, and their risk characteristics.
- Prior credit or market risk experience is strongly preferred.
- Coursework in accounting and corporate finance.
- Understanding of master trading documentation, including ISDA, GMRA, Futures and Options (F&O), and Prime Brokerage Agreements.
- Ability to advise or assist teams in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment and prioritize and complete tasks according to project needs.
- Ability to advise or assist multidisciplinary teams across complex engagements with multiple workstreams and stakeholders.
- Effective business writing and verbal communication skills, including negotiation and consensus-building.
- Business and project-management acumen, executive presence, and professionalism.
- Analytical mindset, problem-solving ability, and quantitative aptitude.
- Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with developed-market and emerging-market transactions or structures is preferred.
- Knowledge of traded products, including major derivative instruments and Prime Brokerage products and services, is desirable.
- Prior credit or market risk experience is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Perform client due diligence and financial analysis, and summarize findings 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 using firm risk models.
- Negotiate legal documentation for traded products.
- Assess clients’ creditworthiness and assign appropriate internal credit ratings.
- Maintain updated credit research on a portfolio of clients.
- Participate in firm-wide projects.
Benefits
- Potential sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards, depending on the position offered.
- Medical, financial, and other benefits, depending on the position offered.
- 401(k) eligibility.
- Paid time off benefits, including vacation, sick time, and parental leave.
- Nomura states that its benefits rank #1 among its competitors according to Aon’s Benefit Index®.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
