Credit Advisory

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HSBC Private Bank seeks to be the leading international private bank for business owners and their families. It provides clients with wealth, business and family succession solutions in the largest and fastest growing markets around the world. At HSBC Private Bank, we put our clients at the centre of everything we do.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team.

Credit Advisor is a client facing role whose main responsibility is marketing credit to RMs and clients by:

• Identifying, structuring, negotiating and underwriting new credit opportunities and/or
• Managing existing portfolios, developing appropriate recommendations for credit approval, ensuring compliance with documented covenants and financial reporting requirements and/or
• Reviewing credit limits and monitoring collateral while balancing portfolio's risk-return

In this role you will:

Impact on the Business

• Handle enquiries, provide guidance to business (RMs) in identifying, structuring and marketing suitable credit solutions to meet client's needs and/or
• Underwrite and execute both loan and derivative structures, perform high quality analysis, due diligence and credit presentations and/or
• Maintains a thorough understanding of the content and aggregate risks within an assigned portfolio, trends and other KRIs and/or
• Recommend credit structure and assess risk

Customers / Stakeholders

• Provide good customer service at all times to both internal and external clients
• Proactively identify and develop new business opportunities for new and existing clients
• Adherence to all regulatory and HSBC Group controls in line with published guidelines

Teamwork

• Maintain and build strong relationships across all teams in PB
• Demonstrate expected core behaviours and values including teamwork, focus, drive and determination

Operational Effectiveness & Control

• Recommend and review documentation
• Monitoring the adherence to published guidelines including the implementation of any changes in GPB Credit risk appetite
• Stays abreast of legal and regulatory changes and industry trends
• Balance objective of risk management and client
• Change debt structure/risk ratings in response to changes in risk
• Actively work to maintain and improve portfolio quality and prevent loss

To be successful in the role, you should meet the following requirements:

• Previous professional experience of 3-5 years in credit/Lombard lending.
• Experience in credit analytics, portfolio and risk management.
• University degree is preferred.
• Have proven sales skills, understands what drives new business, and how to interact with clients and prospective clients to develop high quality lending opportunities .
• Strong interpersonal skills .
• High quality collaboration skills in a team-oriented environment.
• Ability to meet deadlines and manage relationship manager and client expectations.
• Possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Exceptional presentation skills.
• Due to immigration restrictions in Switzerland we will only be able to consider applications from Swiss or EU citizens or from candidates holding a valid Swiss work permit.

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We want everyone to be able to fulfil their potential which is why we provide a range of flexible working arrangements and family friendly policies.

HSBC is a signatory company of the Advance Charter. This Charter is a commitment towards gender equality in business and hence a workplace environment that supports a fair and balanced approach to hiring, remunerating, promoting and retaining female talent.

Within HSBC in Switzerland all internal candidates from Group and external applicants are required (subject to local laws), to pass satisfactorily a series of additional checks both as part of the application process and, if successfully recruited into the role. The Group reserves its position with regard to any steps which it may take in relation to any material adverse findings which arise either when the checks are first carried out as part of this recruitment exercise, and/or if relevant, on an ongoing basis.

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