If you are interested in this candidate, please contact Simon Blau via email sblau@cerfinancial.co.uk or call on 0207 626 6065.
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TECHNICAL:
- Oracle – Multi Axis Tool, VBA (Intermediate), SQL (Notions), Microsoft Office, Bloomberg (Intermediate).
CAREER HISTORY:
January 2023 – Present
Banking – Mid Tier
Hedge Fund Credit Risk Analyst
Vice President, since February 2025
Associate
Responsible for the credit coverage of a portfolio of 26 large hedge funds managers active across all the different business lines (OTC/ Listed Futures & Options/ Equity PB/ Repos).
- Perform annual or new client credit underwriting by due diligence meetings, review of constitutional documents, audited financials, risk reports, historical NAV and performance as well as credit exposure.
- Monitor counterparty performances and credit exposures -IMR, PE, VaR, mono/multi-factor stress test, PB limits – and proactively respond to negative trends.
- Assess margin adequacy based on house IAs vs SIMM margining.
Client onboarding:
- Liaise with stakeholders to negotiate credit terms for legal trading documents – ISDA/CSA, GMRA, PBA - including termination triggers, collateral agreements, IA and delivery requirements.
- For clients active in equity PB , determine with in-business risk the margining level based on sample portfolios and credit quality.
Trade coverage:
- Determine IA levels for OTC trading based on market risk data and specific risk appetite per counterparty.
- Determine HC levels for repos trading based on market risk data and specific risk appetite per counterparty.
Responsible for the implementing of a new Hedge Funds Credit Risk tool for EMEA:
- Gather business need and expectations.
- Review iterations of the tool to identify and prioritize modifications.
- Train local users.
October 2021-Janaury 2023
Bank – Top Tier
Hedge Fund and Private Equity Credit Risk Analyst,
Associate
Responsible for the credit coverage of a portfolio of 20 hedge funds and private equity managers.
Implementing Cross Border Portfolio review.
- Defining credit risk appetite by product type and implementing new policies worldwide.
- Develop new capabilities to review in depth and accurately the credit and market risk of the portfolio of funds.
- Reviewing business asks and proposing adequate action plan to senior management.
November 2020 – September 2021
Investment Banking – Mid Tier
Hedge Fund Credit Risk Analyst
Analyst
August 2018 – January 2020
18 months VIE mission
Responsible for the credit coverage of a portfolio of 15 hedge funds managers.
Scaling up portfolio monitoring capabilities.
- Main point of contacts between Oracle IT support and counterparty risk teams, enhancing automatization of reporting and integration of new metrics in line with regulatory asks.
- Main local point of contact for the design of a new overshoots management workflow tool, increasing efficiency between the first and second line of defense.
August – December 2017
Operational Security Manager Prime Services
5-month-internship
- Analysis and collection of operational risk losses and reporting to senior management worldwide.
- Support brokers of Prime Services UK in regulatory and operational risk requirements.
January – July 2017
Global Operational Risk Monitoring
6-month-intetnship
- UK & EMEA RCSA campaign monitoring and reporting.
- Assist UK and EMEA operational security managers with the group policies and requirements.
EDUCATION:
2015 – 2018: Business School
MSC in Management, Programme Grande Ecole
September - December 2016: University
2012 – June 2015: University
Bachelor in management and English
August – December 2014: University College
LANGUAGES:
- French (native language), English (fluent).
VOLUNTEERING:
- Association des Amis du Chateau de Montreuil Bonnin - Promotion of a French historic monument.
References Available Upon Request
If you are interested in this candidate, please contact Simon Blau via email sblau@cerfinancial.co.uk or call on 0207 626 6065.
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