CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT SENIOR ANALYST

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Title and Summary Credit Risk Management Senior Analyst Overview We are currently looking for a Senior Analyst, Americas, Customer Risk Management (CRM), based in São Paulo, Brazil and reporting to the Americas Regional CRM VP.
The primary responsibility of the Analyst is to actively participate and perform most actions related to counterparty/credit customer risk identification, monitoring and management in accordance with the applicable Mastercard policies and procedures, specifically the CRM Procedures of the Credit Risk Policy.
The role also involves partnering with our Central Team CRM team to assist with any CRM data validation or CRM system testing related to Customer Exposure Monitoring (CEM) improvements.
Mastercard has approximately $75B in credit exposure to financial institutions and other counterparties worldwide, placing the CRM role as a key part of its evolving and quickly growing business model.
The magnitude and strategic nature of this exposure necessitates periodic engagement with Account Managers, Mastercard's Franchise team, and product organizations as well as our customers (issuers, acquirers, etc.).
This role provides great opportunities to learn and grow your career within Mastercard.
Role The primary responsibility is to ensure counterparty customer risk for assigned markets is appropriately identified, assessed, managed and mitigated in accordance with Mastercard's policies & procedures and risk appetite framework.
This includes, but is not limited to.
· Act as the first point of contact for all customer-specific CRM-related matters · Implement risk policies and procedures to minimize potential credit losses and follow the established controls while supporting business initiatives · Manage credit risk for the assigned regional portfolio, both on an individual and on a portfolio basis · Provide data analysis and strategy execution of customer risk management, leveraging the understanding of risks and regulations in the different countries · Support the development and improvement of risk processes, including of alternative risk mitigation solutions · Coordinate applications processes of new customers (from CRM perspective) to ensure timely onboarding · Help prepare external and internal CRM-related reporting (SEC filing, audit committee, ad- hoc reporting) · Participate in cross-functional initiatives to deliver on risk goals, policies and procedures requiring credit risk data analytics inputs · Participate in various process improvement initiatives and sharing of best practices The role will require detailed knowledge and experience of traditional credit analysis/underwriting as well as an understanding of Mastercard's business model, systems and tools and usage of various data sources relevant for the customer risk management function.
All About You · Graduate degree in business, economic, econometric or equivalent, postgraduate degree preferred · Experience in credit risk assessment and financial statements analysis; experience in / knowledge of the banking sector in the assigned region are a strong plus · Outstanding written and verbal fluency in English in addition to Portuguese.
Working knowledge of Spanish is a plus · Negotiating and influencing skills; crisis-management skills and ability to make difficult recommendations based on imperfect information · Accuracy, self-drive, accountability and sense of urgency · Advanced Excel, Word and PowerPoint user · Positive attitude, strong work ethic and good sense of humor.
Corporate Security Responsibility All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must.
Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices; Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed; Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.