Junior Credit Analyst - £45,000

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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EDUCATION:

September 2023 – July 2024: School of Economics and Political Science

MSc in Finance

  • Compulsory courses: Asset Markets, Corporate Finance
  • Relevant electives: International Finance, Fixed Income and Credit Markets
  • Dissertation: Acquisition of Swiss International Air Lines through Deutsche Lufthansa

September 2019 – September 2022: University

BA in Business and Economics

  • Major: Business Administration, Minor: Bioinformatics
  • Classification: Summa Cum Laude (top 0.7%, Swiss GPA 5.7/6.0)
  • Dissertation: Discoverers of Hit Products: Generalists or Specialists?

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

  • Microsoft Office (proficient), Python (intermediate), R (intermediate)

CAREER HISTORY:

September 2024 – January 2025

Banking

Credit Management Intern

  • Co-led working group to formalize early warning indicators by analysing credit rating reports and financial statements to assess default risk and impact on internal ROIC metrics
  • Assessed data to quantify counterparty credit risk and risk appetite developments within the bank’s portfolio
  • Reviewed and documented risk analysis on existing relationships to aid strategic deployment of risk capital

August 2022 – January 2023

Financial services

Corporate Banking Intern

  • Conducted data analyses on performance figures on a regional and market area level to identify key drivers of profit and pinpoint potential areas of improvement
  • Drafted credit memos, industry research analysis and other materials to provide lending transaction support
  • Curated a corporate banking course for Head of Corporate Banking SME Zurich at the University of Zurich’s Advanced Management Programme
  • Analysed earnings reports, market updates and internal credit data, creating weekly reports sent to the SME Region Zurich department with newest market updates and internal data analysis summaries

EXTRACURRICULAR EXPERIENCE:

July 2022 – June 2023

Charity

Volunteer – PR representative

  • Reached out to regional media channels for advertising exceeding the previous year’s ad placements by 20%
  • Introduced new promotion platforms such as online radio interviews and local e-magazines
  • Initiated the launch of “digital days” for elderly people to improve mobile and computer skills

September 2021 – June 2022

Business Club University

Event Manager

  • Organised events for students to meet with future employers in informal and formal settings
  • Promoted the springtime event with Bain & Company which broke student participation record by approx. 15%
  • Contacted and gained two new companies (EY and Credit Suisse) for sponsorships or events
  • Set up the first formal case study event with Credit Suisse’s COO and Head of M&A Switzerland

LANGAUGES:

  • English (native), German (native), Chinese (fluent), French (intermediate), Korean (basic)

INTERESTS:

  • Dance (hip-hop and jazz), Snowboarding, Kdramas, Puzzles

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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