Credit and Counterparty Risk Specialist
EXANTE, Cyprus

EXANTE is an international investment company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, and with a fast-growing presence in Europe and Asia Pacific.

The company provides direct market access and professional services to institutional investors, asset/wealth managers, brokerages and investment funds: https://exante.eu/

We employ over 400 talents across the globe blending trading and technology skill sets. A dynamic fast-growing FinTech company, EXANTE creates a comprehensive environment for professional growth and development.

Now we're looking to recruit a Credit and Counterparty Risk Specialist on a full time, permanent basis to join the existing international team.

Location: Cyprus/Latvia/Russia

Main responsibilities

• Analyze counterparty financial information and issue internal credit rating, statements, define counterparty limits.
• Monitor relevant counterparty events, monitor use of counterparty limits.
• Monitor credit markets and other credit relevant processes.
• Participate in bonds corporate actions.
• Develop counterpart limit systems, early warning indicators
• Develop bonds repo haircut process
• Potentially develop scoring systems
• Assist corporate action department on coupons, expirations, maturities
• Maintain bonds master data,
• Suspicious Transactions Monitoring

Requirements

• Degree in Finance, Economics or Accounting
• At least 3 years experience in credit, underwriting, finance, credit research or related fields
• Experience or demonstrated understanding in financial statement analysis
• Excel and Bloomberg experience is a must
• CFA or identical certification would be a plus
• Knowledge of statistical analysis (SAS, Matlab, Python)
• Knowledge of Python or other scripting language SQL would be an asset
• Previous experience in writing of software specifications is an asset
• English is a must, Russian or other languages will be an asset
• Self-starter; comfort dealing with ambiguity
• Strong sense of accountability for helping our team achieve its collective goals and best-serve our customers
• Must be a team-oriented individual with a willingness to contribute new ideas, collaborate, and learn from and mentor others

Job Rewards and Benefits