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Overview

To contribute to sound capital markets strategy by assisting with the management of Navy Federal's credit and counterparty risk. Conduct research, evaluation and analysis, and contribute to sound credit decisions for the organization. Monitor, evaluate and ensure the creditworthiness of our financial business partners, debt issuers, guarantors and obligors. Manage the credit analysis process to include complex quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis. Ensure compliance with applicable regulations and policies.

Responsibilities

• Analyze reports and financial statements and assess the wholesale credit risk and viability of potential counterparties and banking partners
• Perform due diligence research and analysis on existing counterparties and portfolio debt to include credit monitoring, ratings verification, earnings tracking and assessments
• Conduct independent detailed research and analysis on counterparties, issuers/obligors and across investments to develop short and long term perspectives, fundamental credit opinions, and establish credit outlook
• Conduct comparative fundamental analysis using current industry, geographic or market data (e.g., liquidity, profitability, and credit history)
• Compute financial ratios and credit metrics and evaluates changes in the financial, economic, regulatory, legislative and competitive environment to determine impact on /issuers/obligors
• Recommend changes to credit ratings and provides justification for analytical results and changes, develop and maintain historical and projected financial models
• Perform structured finance credit risk analysis to include assessment of underlying loans and deal structures
• Collaborate with Capital Markets team to develop tactical and strategic guidance on the portfolio's risk position while remaining within limits and capital constraints to include providing approval/denial for purchase of credit products
• Manage collateral of all Navy Federal counterparties to include reconciling differences/disputes and managing margin calls
• Maintain relationships with financial data houses/vendors to assess credit risk, develop models, and ensure accurate and efficient flow of reports
• Produce credit risk and market risk reports to maintain a comprehensive understanding of risk positions, market conditions and monitor the relevant markets and portfolio activity
• Serves as strategic advisor to senior management
• Stay abreast of and ensure compliance with applicable federal, state and industry laws, regulations and guidelines
• Maintain training documentation, historical files, internal procedures and assists with updating policies
• Conduct research and analysis; make recommendations
• Contribute to a culture of collaboration by actively working across business lines, communicating knowledge and business processes to other business units
• Prepare ad hoc and required industry and regulatory reports including audit inquires in compliance with internal and external regulations
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of financial and credit markets, fundamental credit analysis, evaluating creditworthiness, and accounting principles
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: credit/counterparty risk, financial/capital markets or risk management
• Familiarity with factors driving performance of the industry
• Experience demonstrating thought-leadership, initiative-taking, decision-making and creativity solving business problems
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Advanced skill analyzing statistics and reports to determine business performance and trends (JDS000000034)
• Advanced research, analytical, and problem solving skills
• Advanced skill working with diverse internal and external contacts
• Effective skill presenting to stakeholders & management
• Advanced database and presentation software skills
• Advanced word processing and spreadsheet software skills
• Effective skill building relationships through rapport, trust, diplomacy and tact
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills
• Effective skill presenting findings, conclusions, alternatives and information clearly and concisely
• Advanced skill exercising initiative and using good judgment to make sound decisions
• Effective skill with business writing to include credit analysis reports
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field, or the equivalent combination of experience, education and training

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working in a capital markets environment preferably with fixed income instruments
• Working knowledge of Bloomberg, Excel VBA, SAS programming and SQL
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation
• Bloomberg API or Intex modeling skills
• Master's degree in Finance, Accounting or other related field

Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 4:30PM

Location: 820 Follin Ln. Vienna, Virginia 22180

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