Credit Analyst / Leveraged Finance in New York, NY

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Title Credit Analyst / Leveraged Finance
Job Reference # 83379BR
Location United States - New York
City New York
Function Category Risk Control
Business Divisions Corporate Center
Job Type Full Time
Description UBS Services LLC seeks Associate Directors, Credit Analysts / Leveraged Finance in New York, NY to provide technical and analytical support to Credit Officers responsible for North American non-investment grade corporate credit counterparties. Assist Credit Officers by performing credit analysis, risk monitoring, exposure control and reporting functions. Perform financial statement analysis and financial modeling for assigned corporate borrowers. Assess credit, financial, business, industry and regulatory risks. Perform business segment analyses and peer group comparisons. Evaluate earnings quality and sustainability, debt capacity, asset-liability mix, appropriateness of capital structure and financial management. Construct and update financial models as needed, conduct financial sensitivity analyses, compare actual results to budgeted performance. Apply fundamental credit analysis and various analytical tools (ART, KMV, Creditdelta) to develop risk rating recommendations. Conduct industry analyses, examining size, structure, geographic concentration, growth rates, entry barriers and regulatory issues. Evaluate business cycle effects on industries and companies. Assemble comparative data to assess historical performance, forecast future trends and evaluate relative risk ratings. Profile key performance measures for leading companies. Prepare written industry studies and participate in global and regional industry reviews.
Requirements Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or a related quantitative field and three (3) years of experience performing credit analysis for a global financial services firm. Experience must include performing quarterly and annual reviews of corporate counterparties; managing risk exposure; monitoring portfolio credit quality; utilizing financial modeling techniques such as discounted cash flow (DCF), loss given default (LGD) and free cash flow (FCF) projections; utilizing tools such as Excel and Bloomberg.
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