Credit Officer - Financial Institutions

Embark on a transformative journey as a FI Credit Risk Officer at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionize our digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled customer experiences.

Effective credit risk management of the assigned portfolio of clients like financial institutions including Banks, Sovereigns, Funds, CCPs.Ensuring compliance with Bank’s credit risk policies & procedures and internal controls framework.The role-holder will be supporting credit risk sanctioning and will need to achieve effective working relationships with other credit officers, including senior discretion holders; business and product teams and other relevant functional areas including all senior internal stakeholders.

To be a successful FI Credit Risk Officer you should have experience with:

• Preparation of annual credit review packs and Industry reviews
• Supporting credit officers in day-to-day risk management activities.
• Managing day-to-day credit limit requests to manage transactions and where appropriate propose limit recommendations to more senior discretion holders.
• Day to day management and monitoring of risk limits, reporting of any positions outside approved parameters and understanding how risk profile alters in stress test scenarios.
• Maintaining accurate and up to date information in the Banks’ Risk systems.

Some other highly valued skills may include.

• Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise.

You may be assessed on essential skills relevant to succeed in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. 

The job location is Mumbai.

Purpose of the role

To assess and approve/decline credit applications based on established credit policies, risk appetite, and regulatory requirement and analysing financial information, evaluating creditworthiness, and recommending credit terms and conditions to ensure responsible lending practices.

Accountabilities

• Analysis of lending  applications, financial statements, credit reports, and other relevant documents to assess the borrower's creditworthiness and repayment capacity. 
• Monitoring the performance of approved lending , identifying potential risks and early warning signs of delinquency. 
• Evaluation of the risk profile of each application considering factors like industry trends, borrower financials, collateral, and market conditions. 
• Provision of independent credit decisions on lending  applications, adhering to established credit policies, risk parameters, and regulatory requirements. 
• Development and implementation of appropriate course of action for troubled lending , including workout plans, restructuring, or collections. 

Analyst Expectations

• To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
• Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
• Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise
• They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
• Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.