Senior Credit Analyst

About the Job

To conduct credit assessment and monitoring for issuers/ borrowers in the Corporate Bonds and Loans ("CBL") portfolio to identify new investment opportunities and to keep abreast of material developments as well as the progress of their underlying sustainability journey to ensure early detection of credit deterioration which could impact GELM's investment performance.

• Performs credit analysis of issuers/ borrowers (including sector and country assessments, where necessary) to identify appropriate CBL investment opportunities.
• Prepares credit proposals and recommends such investment to the respective approving authorities.
  • Reviews and monitors existing CBL exposures on a timely basis.
• Trains and guides junior credit analysts, including reviewing their work.
• Undertakes enhancement and maintenance work on the Internal Credit Scoring Model, ESG Scoring Model, and other relevant databases/ processes.
• Prepares regular reports for Senior Management, Risk Management, Finance, and other relevant parties.
  • Undertakes specific/ ad-hoc tasks and/ or projects related to credit matters.
• Ensures compliance with internal and external policies as well as regulatory requirements.
• Conducts ESG-focused assessments on issuers/ borrowers and carries out engagements to evaluate the credibility of their sustainability targets and progress, identify material ESG risks, and incorporate these insights into credit analysis and investment recommendations.

We are looking for people with

• Qualification and/ or professional requirements
• Minimum tertiary qualification in Business, Economics, Finance, Banking or Accounting. Chartered Financial Analyst or Post Graduate qualification has an added advantage.
• Working experience, skillsets and/ or knowledge
• Minimum 8 years of experience in credit analysis and/ or fixed income investments. Comprehensive knowledge of financial statements and financial modelling skills (e.g. cash flow projections).
• Good knowledge of debt capital market and fixed income instruments (e.g. private debt securities, bonds, and structured products). Ver 1.0 Key competencies
• Good analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving skills.
• Meticulous and resourceful.
  • Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Good financial awareness matured and organised thinking, and good commercial acumen.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Proficient in negotiation and interpersonal skills.
• Able to perform under pressure and be goal oriented.
• Good leadership skills.
• Committed team player with good working relationships.

How you succeed

• Champion and embody our Core Values in everyday tasks and interactions.
• Demonstrate high level of integrity and accountability.
• Take initiative to drive improvements and embrace change.
• Take accountability of business and regulatory compliance risks, implementing measures to mitigate them effectively.
• Keep abreast with industry trends, regulatory compliance, and emerging threats and technologies to understand and highlight potential concerns/ risks to safeguard our company proactively.

Who we are Founded in 1908, Great Eastern is a well-established market leader and trusted brand in Singapore and Malaysia. With over S$100 billion in assets and more than 16 million policyholders, including 12.5 million from government schemes, it provides insurance solutions to customers through three successful distribution channels – a tied agency force, bancassurance, and financial advisory firm Great Eastern Financial Advisers. The Group also operates in Indonesia and Brunei. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Limited and Great Eastern General Insurance Limited have been assigned the financial strength and counterparty credit ratings of "AA-" by S&P Global Ratings since 2010, one of the highest among Asian life insurance companies. Great Eastern's asset management subsidiary, Lion Global Investors Limited, is one of the leading asset management companies in Southeast Asia. Great Eastern is a subsidiary of OCBC, the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932. It is the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the world's most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody's and AA- by both Fitch and S&P. Recognised for its financial strength and stability, OCBC is consistently ranked among the World's Top 50 Safest Banks by Global Finance and has been named Best Managed Bank in Singapore by The Asian Banker.

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