Credit Risk Management Senior Manager - Hong Kong

Credit Risk Management Services (CRMS) serves as a critical component of our First Line of defense for wholesale and counterparty credit risk management that is part of Institutional Credit Management (ICM). Key responsibilities of ICM include credit analysis and underwriting, transaction capture and documentation, risk identification, measurement, monitoring and management, administration, and stress testing.

CRMS works through the challenges of the Wholesale Credit Risk Lending processes with the aim of transforming the credit risk process flows including but not limited to credit facility management, legal documentation, collaterals and risk reporting. Importantly, CRMS will coordinate with credit management groups across Corporate Banking and Commercial Banking businesses to ensure full alignment on business and regulatory goals, as well as consistency and best practices where appropriate. Our mandate is to create a world class, end-to-end wholesale credit management platform. The Country Lead or Group Manager is expected to bring in fresh thoughts and newer perspectives to drive the transformation agenda.

The Credit Maintenance Lead Analyst is senior level position responsible for maintaining data on credit exposures, obligors, and facilities in relevant credit systems in coordination with the Operations – Services team. The overall objective of this role is to lead quality efforts, analyze and report credit exposure, escalate deficiencies, and recommend delinquent strategies in alignment with overall credit policies.

Responsibilities:

• Legal Documentation controls: review for completeness and ensuring retention in accordance with laws and internal risk policies.
• Research legal documents to identify specific clauses and transfer data into a loan referential database.
• Collateral Process Management: recording, monitoring and reporting of collateral provided by the obligor against the credit sanctioned.
• Maintain status of pending deferrals and deficiencies ensuring follow up
• Act as advisor or coach to new or junior level personnel as well as provide in-depth analysis with interpretive thinking to define problems and develop innovative solutions. Produce and provide training and support to CRMS staff and business constituents.
• Influence strategic functional decisions through advice, counsel or provided services
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.
• Drive business process transformation and deliver tangible results in terms of efficiencies and strong controls.  
• Effective stakeholder engagement across multiple business verticals in both Corporate Banking and Commercial Banking.  
• Design and implement technology including testing and rollout.
• Partner with each of the Originating and Coverage business lines, Independent Risk, Operations, Legal, etc. to ensure strategic vision is enabled.
• Ensure that quality of data, controls and processes performed meet internal policies and regulatory requirements/ expectations, via staff management.
• Constantly improve processes, controls and efficiencies within the group and front to back across the credit lifecycle.
• Lead projects to enhance performance and efficiency.
• Leadership role and serve as a point of escalation relevant to remediation, systems testing or migrations.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:

• 8-10 years of relevant experience
• Knowledge of BFSI (Banking & Financial Services Industry) sector
• Working knowledge of risk management concepts
• Individual must demonstrate strong leadership skills and experience in managing teams that work closely with stakeholders across regions
• Individual must have excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills
• Individual must work well under tight deadlines, manage priorities, and complete assigned tasks with minimal management follow up
• Candidate has quantitative skills with a high proficiency with Excel and other Microsoft based programs
• Tableau or visualization tool familiarity
• Keen attention to detail
• Developed analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Client relationship and solution skills

Education:

• Bachelor's/University degree, Master's degree preferred
• Professional qualification in Finance, Accounting,  Business related field or an MBA will be an added advantage

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