Credit Risk EMEA Real Estate - Vice President

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Job description

Vice President role in the Real Estate & Structured Finance Team's within Wholesale Credit Risk EMEA. The role will cover a wide range of clients in the Real Estate, Real Estate backed and Asset backed markets in EMEA.

Job Summary and Responsibilities
A Vice President in the Real Estate & Structured Finance Team's primary responsibilities are:

• Structuring, negotiating and documenting new transactions including secured and unsecured syndicated loans, bilateral loans, Real Estate backed (or Real Estate linked) and Asset Backed loans/warehouses, and complex derivatives
• Facilitating flow business by establishing documentation and maintaining limits for trade finance and derivatives (eg interest rate swaps, FX, Repos, commodities).
• Leading due diligence, credit analysis and modelling of transactions, in order to assess the credit worthiness of counterparties and make recommendations as to appropriate structure, risk appetite and risk grading.
• Project managing the execution, closing, and funding of transactions
• Ongoing credit risk portfolio management including ongoing monitoring of performance, analysis of amendment and waiver requests
• Ongoing credit relationship management of portfolio companies
• Oversees analyst and associate work on key metrics to ensure all issues have been solved or escalated in a timely manner. Provide guidance and feedback on their work, especially around how to improve efficiency
• Coach and train more junior members of the team to think holistically about risk

Qualifications & Experience
The following specific skills and experience are required to perform the role:

• Demonstrate strong credit skills and judgment, with an intensive 'hands on' approach to analysing the details of credit and structure
• Have good knowledge of transaction structures, documentation and banking products sufficient to assist with (or sometimes lead) the execution of new deals and amendments.
• Experience in structuring and executing loan financing in the real estate sector as well as new securitizations is an advantage.
• Strong interpersonal skills. Be able to establish credibility and trust with clients, product specialists and credit executives, and to partner with them effectively
• Strong analytical and numerical skills
• Strong communication skill: ability to convey thoughts clearly and succinctly and to communicate pertinent complex information in a clear and organized manner.
• Ability to think laterally around risk, particularly outside of credit risk
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently while also being able to work effectively in a team environment. Desire and willingness to take ownership of various credit risk responsibilities.
• Understanding of front office processes and ability to balance necessities of credit risk management with commercial requirements. Ability to build rapport and influence change.
• Experience managing resources and managing deal processes.
• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience carrying out a similar position/function in a comparable environment
• Degree qualified