CPM LCM Credit Analyst

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Loan Capital Markets (LCM) APAC - CPM Credit Analyst (Associate or VP level)

The LCM team, to which this role belongs, is in charge of both the LCM and FFG businesses in APAC, and is hence responsible for IG loans, leveraged loans and fund financing. The LCM team originates, structures, arranges and executes as underwriter and/or lender a wide range of financing solutions across the credit spectrum and capital structure, across a wide array of situations and across sectors and industries, ranging from vanilla loans to complex/structured transactions, in particular event-driven transaction / acquisitions, across Asia-Pacific, with clients and prospects of BNPP across the Asia Pacific region, with APAC and MNC corporates, financial sponsors (private equity, private credit, infrastructure funds, etc), promoters and financial institutions.

Key loan structures and situations include corporate syndicated, club or bilateral loans (bridge loans or term loans) for IG / corporate borrowers, whether as part of acquisitions/specific events or for on-going financing and refinancing needs, loans financing LBOs and other investments by private equity investors, and financings for financial sponsors at the fund level such as capital call facilities, NAV facilities and Holdco financings with our without recourse to the funds.

The LCM team collaborates closely with other teams, in particular Corporate, MNC and Financial Sponsors Coverage, Loan Syndicate, ECM, DCM and M&A, GCM EMEA/US, Global markets, Wealth Management, Transaction Banking and other regional or global product lines, and fosters cross-collaboration, integrated solutions and cross-sell with other BNP teams in APAC and other regions.

The candidate will belong to the Credit and Portfolio Management team within LCM APAC, and will primarily support the head of CPM team to ensure an active, reliable, and quality portfolio management for the whole Debt Markets portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in risk monitoring of all loans in the portfolio in strict compliance with all credit policies and other policies of the bank, and applicable process frameworks
• Lead annual/quarterly reviews and waivers requests
• Monitor credit performance and compliance with covenant and transaction documents post-closing, adherence to contractual or internal timelines
• Maintain and report overall portfolio metrics and evolution over time
• Assist in the recommendation of potential exit/exposure reduction in certain loans for credit, returns or strategic reasons or on refinancing/new loan opportunities relating to the portfolio.
• Credit analysis including financial modeling, risk analysis, financial analysis, legal/structure analysis, etc.
• Contribute to maintain up to date and accurate data bases, systems, portfolio, pipeline, meeting and other reports as well as financial/income forecasts, budget preparation, etc.
• Be the first line of defense on Risk/Credit/Compliance

Competencies (Technical / Behavioral)

• Open to work on very diverse structures and products
• Able to work under high pressure
• Attention to detail
• Strong presentation, synthesis and communication skills
• Strong work ethic, team spirit and interpersonal skills
• Ability to build relationships and convince internal and external stakeholders
• Organization skills, ability to prioritize and meet deadlines and senior team members/customer needs
• Proficient in financial modeling
• Knowledge of accounting with demonstrated financial analysis and risk analysis skills
• Analytical approach to problem solving
• Basic understanding of loan documentation

Specific Qualifications Required

• 5 to 8 years of direct experience in a leading financial institution (ideally in structured finance, leveraged finance, etc.)
• University educated with strong academic background
• Mandarin, Japanese, or other Asian language desirable

About BNP PARIBAS

As the leading European Union bank, and one of the world’s largest financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence in the region since 1860, BNP Paribas offers a wide range of financial services for corporate, institutional and private investors spanning corporate and institutional banking, wealth management, asset management and insurance.

We passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued and encourage applicants of all backgrounds, including diversity of origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion applicants who may be living with a disability. We have a number of internal employee networks in place to empower our staff to act and challenge the status quo.

• BNP Paribas PRIDE is highly active in favour of the LGBTQIA+ community
• BNP Paribas MixCity which fosters better representation of women at all levels of the organization
• Ability, the mutual aid network for employees with a disability or a disabling or chronic illness
• BNP Paribas CulturAll which celebrates diverse backgrounds

BNP is committed to financing a carbon-neutral economy by 2050. The Group is a founding member of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and has set up its own Low Carbon Transition Group to support its clients through their energy transitions.

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