Senior Risk Manager

The successful candidate will drive the risk management activity with regards to the EIF Securitisation and Guarantee business lines (guarantees of tranches of securitisation transactions, Jeremie, CIP, others) in order to give full and due consideration to the balance of risks and rewards inherent to the EIF's business in this domain.

Responsibilities

• Establish a set of best practices, guidelines, procedures and risk management tools suitable for the specific needs and resources of EIF business;
• Work with full autonomy and draft reliable, fully developed opinions covering all aspects of transactions in own domain, seeking the Unit Head's advice on particularly complex or new operations;
• Assess the risks associated with individual guarantee transactions (based on the transaction structure, underlying quality of assets, analysis of the underlying portfolio securities and current market situation) and formulate independent opinions;
• Perform credit reviews and produce advice and recommendations on watch-list transactions requiring special attention;
• Contribute to the implementation of new products and mandates;
• Closely follow evolution of the market environment and provide recommendations when a need to modify approach arises.
• Represent EIF externally when required (meetings with counterparties, the EU Commission, external auditors, rating agencies, etc)
  
  Qualifications
   
• University degree, preferably in Business Finance, Economics, Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics or a related subject. A postgraduate degree (PhD, MBA) and/or additional professional qualifications (CFA) would be considered an asset;
• At least 5 years' professional experience in the finance sector, preferably in structured finance, credit/risk management department of an investment bank or a rating agency;
• Experience in restructuring structured finance transactions would be considered an asset;
• Experience in structuring/rating of complex ABS transactions;
• Experience in the SMEs field in the context of structured finance transactions in various jurisdictions across Europe;
• Knowledge of standard clauses used in loan agreements in the lending activity to financial institutions and knowledge of basic techniques of financial analysis would be an advantage;
• Good knowledge of risk assessment and risk management techniques;
• Good quantitative skills, knowledge and understanding of quantitative models;
• Understanding of risk drivers/centres in the context of investments in assigned domain;
• Good understanding of structuring/pricing and legal aspects of EIF operations in assigned domain;
• Excellent knowledge of English, both oral and written. Knowledge of other EU languages would be an advantage
  
  Competencies
   
• Strong analytical capacity and creativity;
• Resistance to stress;
• Ability to work productively within the team and across the organisation and take a proactive problem solving approach;
• Excellent interpersonal skills for dealing with internal and external contacts;
• Capacity to develop the role and to adapt to the rapidly evolving needs of the EIF;
• Sound judgement;

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