CIB – Wholesale Credit Risk EMEA – Natural Resources – Paris – Associate

CIB – Wholesale Credit Risk EMEA – Natural Resources – Paris – Associate

Paris, France

Job Information

• Job Identification
• Job Category Associates
• Business Unit Corporate Sector
• Posting Date 01/29/2025, 12:58 PM
• Locations Paris, France
• Job Schedule Full time
• Job Shift Day

Job Description

Overview

Associate role in the Natural Resources Corporate Team within Wholesale Credit Risk EMEA covering clients for the Commercial & Investment Bank. The role will cover a wide range of Leveraged (both Private Equity-owned and Corporate) and Investment Grade clients in the Natural Resources sectors.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

• Working as a team to negotiate and develop recommendations for new transaction approvals across a variety of products including secured and unsecured loans (general corporate purposes or event driven), derivatives, trade and treasury products.
• Leading due diligence and credit analysis to assess the credit worthiness of counterparties and make recommendations as to appropriate structure, risk appetite and grading.
• Ongoing credit risk portfolio management including monitoring of credit ratings, sector trends and client performance.
• Balancing a commercial and solution-driven mindset with a sound risks & controls attitude to the Firm’s balance sheet.
• Proven ability to develop close working relationships at senior levels with a variety of stakeholders within the Commercial & Investment Bank, including Coverage/Corporate Bank (mid and large caps) product specialists (DCM, LF, Trade, TSS), Markets (Derivative Sales), Capital Markets and M&A.
• Understands J.P. Morgan’s Risk management policies and related interactions with various stakeholders, including Regulators and Auditors.

Qualifications & Experience

• Sound credit skills and judgment, with a proactive and flexible approach to coordinating and leading credit processes as well as identifying key risks and appropriate mitigants.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills. Be able to establish credibility and trust with internal business and risk stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of transaction structures, documentation and banking products sufficient to lead the execution of new deals and portfolio workstreams.
• Experience in Sponsor deal financings or expertise in relevant Industrial sectors is beneficial but not essential.
• Ability to be a self-starter while being able to work effectively in a team environment.