FIG Credit Risk Manager - VP - Emerging Markets

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EMEA Financial Institutions Credit Risk Management (“FIG Credit”) is a credit risk team within the 2

LoD Risk department. It is responsible for the credit risk management of banks, NBFI’s incl. insurance companies, funds and sovereigns within the EMEA region. The team is entity agnostic and dual hatted to cover both MUFG Securities (“MUS”) and MUFG Bank (MUBK) for counter party credit risk across lending and trading activities.

Broad responsibilities of this EMEA‑Emerging Markets focused role are outlined as follows:

• Assessment and management of credit risks and related risks.
• Credit risk recommendation and/or approvals within delegated credit authority.
• Monitoring (incl. Annual Review), reporting and early remedial action.
• Portfolio analysis and management.
• Providing support for various projects including enhancement of risk systems and measures.

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• Undertake shared portfolio responsibility for the EMEA Emerging Markets portfolio which spans across Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia for both MUS and MUBK.
• Conduct annual credit reviews including ratings assessments.
• Review credit proposals for financial institutions, sovereigns and supra‑nationals covering all relevant products (inclusive but not limited to repo, derivatives, lending, structured lending and trade finance).
• Set risk appetite for FIG clients and evaluate transactions for approval in accordance with applicable policies, procedures and delegated authorities.
• Ensure that risk appetite is clearly understood by 1
  
  LoD stakeholders through active dialogue with trading; sales and relationship manager counterparts.
• Monitor and exercise control over own portfolio of clients and take proactive actions when necessary.
• Exercise appropriate oversight of the assigned client, irrespective of which legal entity those risks are booked.
• Collaborate across the wider CRM FIG team as well as EMEA Risk Management function and relevant global functions in MUBK and MUS.
• On an ad‑hoc basis, support the enhancement of monitoring efficiency, system developments and risk measure as part of multi‑department projects.

• Assessment and recommendation of appropriate rating of FIG clients in a timely manner.
• Maintenance of EMEA portfolio across MUBK and MUS within areas of responsibility.
• Minimization of credit costs.
• Contribution to development and implementation of credit strategy for FIG sector including assessing and setting risk appetite, underwriting criteria and limits.
• Management…