Credit Risk Manager - Hedge Funds (Vice President)

Company Overview

Jefferies is a leading global, full-service investment banking and capital markets firm that provides advisory, sales and trading, research, and wealth and asset management services. With more than 40 offices around the world, we offer insights and expertise to investors, companies, and governments. At Jefferies, we are committed to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.

Role

We are seeking a Vice President, Credit Risk Manager within Global Counterparty Credit Risk management. This resource will be responsible for supporting the team’s counterparty primary credit coverage of hedge funds, family offices, and asset managers with secondary responsibilities supporting coverage of Banks and Broker Dealers. The role will be instrumental in assisting with ongoing management and growth of the Equities (PB/OTC Derivatives), Fixed Income (Repo/Reverse Repo) and OTC FX businesses. The position requires close interaction with Equity and Fixed Income businesses, Legal, Collateral Management, and other internal groups.

Primary Responsibilities

• Perform customer due diligence and financial analysis
• Complete internal credit ratings models and counterparty credit reviews
• Set and communicate credit exposure appetite across trading products utilizing internal exposure methodologies
• Assist/oversee legal negotiations for traded products
• Review and approve trading activity, including recommending margin requirements
• Perform ongoing client financial, credit, and industry surveillance
• Develop working relationships and coordinate efforts closely with internal front office partners and colleagues across Risk and other corporate functions
• Maintain credit pipeline of potential new counterparties

Required Background/ Skills

• **Hedge fund experience is essential for successful candidate**
• 5-10 years of work experience in financial services required; Hedge Fund and Asset Manager Industry experience required
• BA or equivalent, MBA preferred
• Formal credit training preferred
• Proficiency in financial statement analysis
• Financial and/or banking industry experience required
• Experience with legal agreements including PBAs, ISDA, MCAs, MRAs and MSLAs
• Strong interest in client interaction and possess solid communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to perform well under pressure in a demanding environment
• Strong Excel and modeling skills; MS Office Suite and Bloomberg proficiency

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