Finance, Credit Risk Management and Advisory (CRMA), Analyst - Tokyo

Job description

Job Summary & Responsibilities

The Credit Risk Management & Advisory Department (“CRMA”) is a central part of Goldman Sachs' risk management framework, with primary responsibility for assessing, monitoring and managing credit risk at the Firm. CRMA is staffed globally with offices including New York, London, Salt Lake City, Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo. Understanding the credit quality of corporations, financial institutions and governments worldwide is an essential aspect of the firm’s ability to be an effective financial intermediary. CRMA professionals with expertise in financial, credit and risk analysis work closely with many areas of the firm as well as clients in either an advisory or transactional capacity, offering a unique opportunity to gain a broad perspective on the activities of the Firm.

CRMA partners with other divisions in the firm and externally with clients to support the firm’s wide array of banking and trading businesses. CRMA professionals are part of the value proposition of the firm and balance our key functional responsibility of control with that of being commercial. CRMA has strong traditions of risk management, client service excellence and career development opportunities for our people.

As an Analyst in CRMA based in Tokyo, the responsibilities may include the following:
Protect the firm's capital by using in-depth knowledge of the firm’s clients, markets and trading products to determine risk tolerance.
Assess the financial strength of the firm's trading counterparties and monitor industry trends.
Meet with companies to conduct due diligence as part of ongoing oversight or transactional requests.
Analyze the risks inherent in the products the firm’s trades
Monitor and report on the firm's trading exposure across products, sectors and regions.
Coordinate with Sales & Trading, Legal, Operations and Compliance to protect against default and minimize potential losses.

Working as an analyst, you will have the opportunity to work on several teams covering different industries and/or products. Industry teams include, but are not limited to, financial institutions, hedge funds, industrials, municipals, natural resources, real estate and sovereigns. Product teams include, but are not limited to, commodities, credit derivatives, equity derivatives, foreign exchange, funding and swaps.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree
Strong work ethic
Strong analytical and communication skills, both oral and written
Flexibility, creative thinking and the ability to learn quickly
Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple assignments concurrently
Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint and Word  

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