Credit Analysis (Associate / Sr. Associate / Delivery lead)

Acuity Knowledge Partners, a leading provider of high-value research, analytics and business intelligence to the financial services sector, is having openings to support the Lending Services divisions of our clients. Headquartered in London, Acuity Knowledge Partners has nearly two decades of transformation experience in servicing over 500+ clients with a specialist workforce of over 5,500+ analysts and delivery experts across its global delivery network.

About the job

Acuity is currently looking for dedicated and motivated individuals who have strong leadership, organizational and teamwork skills for its Lending Services team based in Bangalore

Candidates with 0 to 60 days' notice period are preferred for this role. Please share your resume on [HIDDEN TEXT]

Key Skills & Responsibilities

• Good knowledge of credit or equity risk fundamentals, solving for what creates risk for an obligor
• Experience in writing reports crisply and analyzing Corporates or SMEs
• Experience in risk rating assessment of large and middle-market borrowers across geographies (desirable)
• Experience in analyzing free and paid research and preparation of event summaries
• Good knowledge of loan portfolio monitoring including spreading, covenant monitoring, interim and annual reviews
• Ability to perform complex tasks with minimal support from supervisor
• Ability to inculcate the habit of self-learning and sharing best practices
• Should be good in Excel functions (mandatory), not VBA
• The candidate should possess understanding of various data sources like Bloomberg, Factiva, among others
• Preparing timely event summaries with critical analysis of impact on obligors
• Preparing detailed credit reports (interim and annual reviews) on obligors within committed timelines
• Update required trackers with latest status / updates
• Identify ways for improvement in efficiency gains and process improvement
• Responsible for adherence to client SLAs and Policies
• Perform ad-hoc tasks with detailed understanding on client requirement within stipulated timelines
• Responsible for on-time identification and escalation of risks and mitigants

Preferred Candidate

Skills Required

Excel functions, risk rating assessment, loan portfolio monitoring