Senior Manager - Credit Risk
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About the Role
A well-established regional bank is seeking a Senior Manager - Credit Risk to join its Risk Management team in Dubai. The role involves managing credit risk across a diverse wholesale portfolio, including credit assessments, portfolio oversight, and credit governance across the GCC and MENAT region.
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Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive credit assessments across a range of wholesale exposures, including large corporates, financial institutions, government related entities, multinational clients, and institutional counterparties
- Evaluate borrower financial strength, risk profiles, and credit structures, preparing recommendations and risk assessments for senior approval committees
- Monitor portfolio quality through review of early warning indicators, watchlist exposures, covenant compliance, concentration risks, and asset quality trends
- Develop and enhance credit risk frameworks, policies, procedures, and governance standards in line with regulatory expectations and the organisation’s risk appetite
- Support risk reporting and strategic initiatives, including portfolio analysis, regulatory requirements, process improvements, and credit risk automation projects
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline
- Professional qualifications such as CFA or CA are advantageous
- 10–12 years’ experience within credit risk, wholesale credit, or credit underwriting functions within a banking environment
- Minimum of 7 years’ experience across GCC or MENAT markets
- Strong experience assessing complex credit exposures, including large corporates and institutional counterparties
- Proven capability in financial statement analysis, credit structuring, and risk assessment
- Good understanding of credit risk frameworks, IFRS 9 / ECL methodologies, portfolio management, internal rating models, and regulatory expectations
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage senior stakeholders, credit committees, and cross functional teams effectively
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About the Client
- Our client is a well established regional bank seeking a Senior Manager Credit Risk to join its Risk Management team in Dubai.
- This role will be responsible for managing credit risk across a diverse wholesale portfolio, supporting robust underwriting, portfolio oversight, and credit governance across the GCC and wider MENAT region.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive credit assessments across a range of wholesale exposures, including large corporates, financial institutions, government related entities, multinational clients, and institutional counterparties, supporting new facilities, renewals, amendments, and credit reviews.
- Evaluate borrower financial strength, risk profiles, and credit structures, preparing recommendations and risk assessments for senior approval committees.
- Monitor portfolio quality through review of early warning indicators, watchlist exposures, covenant compliance, concentration risks, and asset quality trends, ensuring timely identification and escalation of emerging risks.
- Develop and enhance credit risk frameworks, policies, procedures, and governance standards in line with regulatory expectations and the organisation’s risk appetite.
- Support risk reporting and strategic initiatives, including portfolio analysis, regulatory requirements, process improvements, and credit risk automation projects.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline; professional qualifications such as CFA or CA are advantageous.
- 10–12 years’ experience within credit risk, wholesale credit, or credit underwriting functions within a banking environment, with a minimum of 7 years’ experience across GCC or MENAT markets.
- Strong experience assessing complex credit exposures, including large corporates and institutional counterparties, with proven capability in financial statement analysis, credit structuring, and risk assessment.
- Good understanding of credit risk frameworks, IFRS 9 / ECL methodologies, portfolio management, internal rating models, and regulatory expectations.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage senior stakeholders, credit committees, and cross functional teams effectively.
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