Commercial & Investment Bank - Credit Risk - Associate

Job Description
Are you interested in contributing to keeping JPMorganChase strong and resilient? Our Commercial & Investment Bank (CIB) Credit Risk Korea team works closely with business partners from Global Corporate Banking, Syndicated & Leveraged Finance, Strategic Derivatives, Illiquid Credit Finance, Trading, other Credit teams, and the Korea Chief Risk Officer. We focus on due diligence, structuring, negotiation, documentation and determination of risk rating for such transactions along with portfolio management responsibilities post-closing including ongoing credit monitoring and review work.
As an Associate in our CIB Credit Risk team, you will serve as the Credit Risk Officer for CIB clients in Korea. You will cover both Mid-Cap and Large-Cap clients and transactions with them as the Credit Risk Officer, working with the Head of CIB Credit Risk team in Korea.
Job responsibilities

• Manage exposures proactively on a portfolio of CIB clients including both Large-Cap and Mid-Cap clients
• Participate in client due diligence actively and independently challenge credit on-boarding initiated by frontline Bankers
• Work closely in great partnership with coverage banking officers, syndication, and other partners to risk grade borrowers, analyze and approve credit requests, structure credit facilities, and negotiate credit agreements and other loan documentation
• Be responsible for on-going monitoring and risk management of an assigned portfolio of credit clients
• Interact with key stakeholders actively including client coverage and product bankers

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum of 3 years of work experience in credit risk management for CIB Banking clients
• In-depth experience working with Large-Cap and Mid-Cap Corporate clients in Korea
• Strong knowledge in underwriting practices, industry standards and regulatory requirements relevant to commercial banking and adequate experience of conducting client due diligence independently
• Good product knowledge of a wide range of lending, derivative and treasury services products and documentation associated with these products
• Self-starter, able to work independently, a team player with demonstrable communication, structuring and corporate finance skills
• Fluent in Korean and English with strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Experience working with Mid-Cap clients will be a plus

About Us
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
About the Team
As part of Risk Management and Compliance, you are at the center of keeping JPMorgan Chase strong and resilient. You help the firm grow its business in a responsible way by anticipating new and emerging risks, and using your expert judgement to solve real-world challenges that impact our company, customers and communities. Our culture in Risk Management and Compliance is all about thinking outside the box, challenging the status quo and striving to be best-in-class. We also take great pride in on our commitment to operating with integrity and discipline in all that we do. If you are a team player, are solutions-oriented and have an appetite for learning, you'll be a great fit for our team.