wholesale risk analyst ii

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BBVA is a global company with more than 160 years of history that operates in more than 25 countries where we serve more than 80 million customers. We are more than 121,000 professionals working in multidisciplinary teams with profiles as diverse as financiers, legal experts, data scientists, developers, engineers and designers.

About the job:

Job Purpose & Objectives

Objectives:

• Conduct analysis on credit applications, prepare credit proposals and monitor the risk for Corporate & Investment Banking – Financial Institutions Risk (covering banks, securities firms, insurance companies, and sovereign entities).

• Provide comments and recommendations on the market as well as banking and financial sector industry development to the management.

• Monitor credit quality of existing clients as well as evaluate credit quality of prospective FI clients.

• Implement risk policies, procedures, manuals and guidelines of Global Risk Management for Financial Institutions in Asia.

• Ensure the FI counterparty risk management in Asia is complied with the relevant regulatory requirements.

Job purpose:

• Maintain regular contacts and communications with the banking regulators, external rating agencies, and other major market players to keep abreast of the market developments. 

• Respond to enquiries and maintain a collaborative relationship with Business and other Support Units with regards to counterparty risk of Financial Institutions in Asia.

• Maintain close communications and collaboration with the Global Risk Management teams in Asia and in Head Office.

• Assist to develop and implement the counterparty risk management framework in Asia.

• Recommend the counterparty risk policies, procedures and best practices for implementation in Asia.

• Ensure the risk policies, framework and proposals are updated on timely basis.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and review credit proposals on a regular basis.

• Prepare risk control or monitoring reports on a regular basis.

• Respond to ad-hoc credit proposals from business units.

• Ensure credit limits and ratings are in order.

• Monitor compliance with the risk procedures and guidelines for financial institutions in Asia.

• Track market, industry, regulatory developments and report on material adverse development of Financial Institutions in Asia.

• Coordinate with various business units to ensure business proposal are attend to on a timely basis.

• Communicate regularly with the front offices to ensure the understanding of the latest risk policies and strategies of the Bank

Job Specifications

Qualification & Experience

• Bachelor Degree holder in Accounting, Finance, or holder of CPA or ACCA or equivalent preferred.

• Minimum 2 to 5 years of working experience in banking or financial services industries.

• Preferred knowledge of treasury and capital market, trade finance and transaction banking products.

• Preferred knowledge of legal documentation relating to lending and treasury activities.

• Preferred knowledge of relevant regulatory, statutory and international banking and accounting requirements.

• Preferred knowledge of qualitative and quantitative analysis of counterparty risks and credit evaluation.

Language & Other Skills

Language

• Fluency in written and spoken Korean and English.  Knowledge other major Asian language, and / or Spanish would be advantages

Other Skills (e.g. Interpersonal, Communication etc)

• Strong analytical skills

• Attention to details

• Proactive and strong interpersonal and communication skills

• Ability to interact with senior management, multiple stakeholders and external contacts

• Able to work in a multi-functional and cross-cultural environment

• Proficient in writing and delivery of presentations and documentation

• Demonstrate high reliability, quality and timeliness of deliverables

BBVA Hong Kong will conduct a background check on you in accordance with the Mandatory Reference Checking (MRC) Scheme regulated by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA).  Should any discrepancy identified or deemed unsatisfactory to us, we reserve the rights to terminate your employment in such case.  (FAQs for In-Scope Individual: (24_July_2025)-)

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