Counterparty Credit Risk | VP
Our client, a leading Chinese securities firm with a growing international platform, is seeking a Counterparty Credit Risk to join its Risk Management team in Hong Kong.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced risk professional to play a key role in managing counterparty exposure across a broad range of capital markets and financing activities. The successful candidate will work closely with Front Office, Risk, Legal, Compliance, and Operations teams to support business growth while maintaining a robust risk framework.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor and assess counterparty credit exposures arising from securities financing, derivatives, prime services, and capital markets activities.
- Perform credit analysis and ongoing risk reviews for financial institutions, broker-dealers, funds, corporates, and other trading counterparties.
- Review and recommend counterparty trading limits, credit facilities, and risk appetite parameters.
- Identify emerging risks and provide independent challenge to business stakeholders on credit-related matters.
- Conduct stress testing, exposure analysis, and portfolio reviews to ensure risks remain within approved thresholds.
- Monitor limit utilization, concentration risk, and wrong-way risk across the counterparty portfolio.
- Support new business initiatives, product approvals, and client onboarding from a credit risk perspective.
- Work closely with Front Office and senior management to provide timely risk assessments and recommendations.
- Contribute to the enhancement of risk policies, methodologies, governance frameworks, and regulatory compliance initiatives.
- Prepare management reports and presentations for internal risk committees and senior stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Risk Management, or a related discipline.
- Approximately 6-10 years of relevant experience in Counterparty Credit Risk, Credit Risk, Market Risk, or related risk management functions.
- Strong understanding of capital markets products, including derivatives, securities financing transactions, repos, prime brokerage, margin lending, and structured products.
- Experience assessing exposure methodologies such as PFE, EE, EPE, and stress testing is advantageous.
- Solid knowledge of credit analysis, exposure management, collateral management, and risk mitigation techniques.
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to interpret complex risk metrics.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Fluent English is required; Chinese language skills would be highly advantageous.
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