Responsibilities:

• Promote a risk management culture that provides good analysis, sound judgment, flexibility and a correct “risk/reward” balance
• Lead the credit review with high quality of analysis of credit applications for international, local corporate & SME clients and make sensible recommendations with practical, risk mitigating and acceptable conditions / facility structuring to approval authorities to facilitate adherence to defined risk levels and approve under the delegated credit authority.
• Undertake qualitative and effectiveness one-to-one discussions with the Business and reach to an acceptable solution (independently of CCO) which addresses the risk concerns as well as of Business.
• Checking that spreading and financial analysis is correctly carried out in the MRA and carry out appropriate re-classifications wherever necessary and ensure that MRA grading of account is appropriately done and reflects the underlying risk.
• Based on analysis of credit requests and review of proposed facilities structure, validate customer ratings / grade, RAROC, expected loss and LGD calculation and estimate risk change to facilitate management decision making.
• Align existing credit processes quickly and responsively to meet dynamic strategic/organisational objectives within acceptable risk objectives.
• With respect to performing grade portfolio, continually assess business, financial and economic risks, identify deteriorating risk profiles together with Chief Credit Officer and ensuring that corporate credit portfolio quality is a maintained or improved, with minimal slippages into NPL category and therefore minimizing loan provisions; approve upgrades/downgrades in customer credit ratings in the process.
• Contribute in defining risk appetite (qualitative and quantitative) within the CBQ’s framework for the bank to meet the strategic objectives.
• Work closely with portfolio management to evaluate portfolio based on various parameters including but not limited to concentration risks, ECL and within the defined boundaries, steering course accordingly; Participate in industry peer analysis and suggest alternative new methods /models for industry risk evaluation.
• Co-lead with other senior Risk/Credit staff in the development, performance monitoring and evaluation of all appropriate corporate credit policy.
• Implement credit policies, profitability models, scoring models and enhancements of credit support systems.
• Participate in other credit risk related projects, including those to Basel II Advanced IRB approach.
• Exercise a substantial personal lending approval authority and where outside that authority, formulate recommendations to higher authorities.
• Act as a Secretary to the Bank’s Management Credit Committee
• Keep track of the borrowers’ compliance with credit terms and in conjunction with Business, CMCU, FPMU / RERU and Operation to identify early signs of irregularity that may affect credit decisions (account activity type and transaction volume, credit utilization, etc.) while promptly highlighting any major deviations to superior for corrective action.

Skills

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in business-related major or equivalent AND
• A globally recognised post-graduate degree or equivalent professional qualifications from a globally recognised institute in area of finance, economics and accounting (e.g. CFA, CA, CIMA, MBA) + Credit or Risk qualification from Banking bodies or FRM or PRM is preferable.

Minimum Experience:

• Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in corporate banking and corporate credit functions including at least 5 years in positions of progressively increasing managerial responsibilities.
• Minimum 5 years of local / GCC experience would be a big advantage indicating deep understanding of Gulf based corporate business clients, economic sectors, macro-economic factors and related country risks.
• Extensive experience in assessing contract finance, real estate finance, corporate banking (big, mid corproate) as well as Factoring / Trade Finance proposals;

Knowledge, & Other skills:

• Knowledge
• Accounting (Expert)
• International Financial Reporting Standards (working knowledge)
• Financial management (Expert)
• Economics & geopolitics (Intermediate)
• QCB Regulations (Expert)
• Bank policies and SOPs (Expert)
• Credit facilities structure, trade finance products & Treasury Products (Expert)
• Basel Regulations (Intermediate)

• Skills
•  Planning and organizing skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Communication skills
• Influencing and Negotiation skills
• Numerical and Analytical skills
• Leadership skills
• Critical thinking and Decisiveness