UBS Group AG

Credit Risk Analyst - Managed Funds

Posted on: 29 Jan 2021

Nashville, TN

Job Description

Your role

Are you naturally curious and ambitious? Do you have sharp analytic skills? We’re looking for someone like that who can:

• evaluate counterparty credit risk based on analysis of both quantitative and qualitative factors, including fundamental credit analysis, in order to recommend internal ratings, LGD and credit limits
• assess counterparty exposure and evaluate transactional risks associated with various trading activities across Fixed Income, Equities and Foreign Exchange
• prepare written counterparty periodic reviews/credit proposals for submission and presentation to Credit Officers, providing recommendations on appropriate trading limits and guidelines and drawing conclusions related to credit assessment and risk tolerance
• interact with counterparties to conduct due diligence and obtain relevant information to complete credit requests and clarify issues that may arise
• participate in negotiations of trading documentation

Your team

You’ll be working in the Credit Risk Control – Managed Funds team in Nashville, TN. This role is responsible for the credit assessment, monitoring, control and transaction decision approval of UBS's counterparties, which primarily encompass mutual funds, pension funds, exchange traded funds, and closed-end funds. You will serve as a Credit Analyst focused on counterparty credit risk, working closely with one or more Credit Officers covering these institution types in Nashville and/or NYC.

Your expertise

• University degree or international equivalent, preferably in accounting or finance
• ideally 0-4 years relevant work experience
• strong analytical, quantitative and problem solving skills
• knowledge of financial markets, fund management, securities, and banking industries and financial accounting concepts
• excellent communicator, both written and spoken
• familiar with derivatives and capital markets products

*LI-UBS

UBS Group AG

New York, New York

UBS Group AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides financial advice and solutions to private, institutional and corporate client worldwide. It operates through four divisions: Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management, and Investment Bank. The Global Wealth Management division offers investment advisory and solutions to private clients, and high and ultra high net worth clients. This segment provides corporate and banking, lending, wealth planning, investing, lending, asset protection, and philanthropy services, as well as family office services.

The Personal & Corporate Banking division provides financial products and services to private, corporate, and institutional clients. The Asset Management division offers investment products and services comprising equities, fixed income products, hedge funds, real estate and private markets, indexed and alternative beta strategies, and asset allocation and currency investment strategies; customized multi-asset, advisory, and fiduciary services; multi-manager hedge fund solutions and advisory services; and fund corporate governance and white-labeling services.

The Investment Bank division provides advisory, debt and equity capital market, and financing solutions; and market lending services for global wealth management, personal and corporate banking, and asset management businesses serving the corporate, institutional, and wealth management clients. This division also offers cash, derivatives, and financing; foreign exchange, precious metals, rates, and credit; and securities research services. The company was formerly known as UBS AG and changed its name to UBS Group AG in December 2014. UBS Group AG was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.