Risk, Credit Risk; Global Markets), Analyst, Salt Lake

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Divisional Overview:

The Risk Division is a team of specialists charged with managing the firm's credit, market, liquidity, operational and insurance risk. Whether assessing the creditworthiness of the firm's counter parties, monitoring market risks associated with trading activities, or offering analytical and regulatory compliance support, our work contributes directly to the firm's success. The division is ideal for collaborative individuals who have strong ethics and attention to detail.

Department Overview:

Credit Risk (CR) is responsible for managing the firm's credit exposure to its trading and lending counter parties. Leveraging its extensive expertise in financial, credit and risk analysis, CR ensures that credit exposure to our counter parties is managed within the firm's risk appetite. Staffed with more than 270 professionals, CR operates through 12 different offices around the world and credit professionals work closely with many areas of the firm.

Given this structure, CR professionals gain diverse financial experience and a broad perspective on how the entire firm functions. The interaction with numerous departments and the range of projects that ensue allow for a challenging, varied and multi‑dimensional work environment.

Responsibilities:

• Assess the financial strength of hedge funds by performing fundamental counter party analysis. Interpret quantitative and qualitative factors drawn from fund's risk reports, portfolio analysis, and client calls
• Evaluate derivatives and financing transactions across Global Banking & Markets clients. Review and approve risk in a fast‑paced environment while ensuring appropriate mitigants in place to minimize losses in event of counter party default. Assess risk of transactions through reviews of quantitative models, portfolio analysis, stress testing, and other methods
• Perform counter party reviews, including recommending appropriate internal risk rating for each counter party and setting credit limits

Basic Qualifications:

• Excellent academic record
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  -3 years of experience in a finance, markets, or risk role
• Significant knowledge of capital markets, including derivatives and/or repo
• Demonstrable track record of achievement and independent decision making
• Excellent attention to detail. Strong analytical and communication skills
• Functional Expertise and Technical Skills - Knowledge of financial markets and portfolio risk management. Appropriate financial/analytical skills
• Client and Business Focus - Builds trusting, long‑term relationships with clients, helps the client to identify/define needs, and manages client/business expectations
• Teamwork - Strong team player, works well under pressure, and collaborates with others across teams and business units
• Communication Skills - Communicates in a clear and concise manner, shares information/new ideas with peer group and team, and escalates as appropriate
• Judgment and Problem Solving - Thinks ahead, anticipates questions, plans for contingencies, finds alternative solutions, and identifies clear objectives. Sees the big picture and effectively analyzes complex issues
• Creativity and Influence - Looks for new ways to improve current processes and develop creative solutions with practical value
• Continuous Development - Values constant self‑improvement and learning

• Job Identification 147050
• Job Category Analyst
• Posting Date 12/09/2025, 09:07 PM
• Locations Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits…