Financial Sponsors Risk Management

at  BBVA

EXCITED TO GROW YOUR CAREER?

BBVA is a global company with more than 160 years of history that operates in more than 25 countries where we serve more than 80 million customers. We are more than 121,000 professionals working in multidisciplinary teams with profiles as diverse as financiers, legal experts, data scientists, developers, engineers and designers.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

• Experience in a financial risk role within a relevant financial services firm or consultancy, specially in the Fund sector.
• Experience in bilateral and syndicated Fund Finance transactions (Capital calls, NAV financing…): policy, legal, regulatory and other matters affecting or potentially affecting the fund finance market and related capital markets.
• Broad and holistic understanding of general Asset Manager operations.
• Financial modeling and knowledge of financial statements.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Working Knowledge of Spanish is a plus

SOFT SKILLS:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as active listening skills.
• Excellent presentation skills – adept at presenting effectively to audiences of various sizes and various constituencies.
• Ability to interact with different audiences (internal and external) at a range of levels.
• Dynamic, flexible, and strong communication skills
• Demonstrate highest ethics and integrity standards
• Ability to make decisions under pressure and short timeline with support from senior colleagues

SKILLS:

Alternative Investments, Asset Management Vehicles, Asset Risk Management, Economics, Financial Analysis, Project Finance Credit Analysis, Third party funds admission methodolog

Qualifications :

• 5+ years in Risk Management covering Financial institutions, Mutual funds, Private Equity and Institutional Family Offices.
• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience.
• Master’s degree is a preference

• Draft and take ownership of the Financial Program process (PF), prepare the internal risk rating models and perform the annual (or more frequent if necessary) reviews of the names in his/her portfolio.
• Present and defend the credit risks proposals at the appropriate risks committees.
• The role demands excellent analytical skills, a good understanding of fund finance risks , and consistency of analytical approach across the portfolio and geographies.
• The role demands proven past experience as an analyst covering the Alternative Funds sector in the area of fund finance, whether on the buy-side, sell side,as a consultant, auditor or other relevant role.
• The ability to assess complex financial transactions and understand and explain the credit risk aspects of these.
• Understand and review borrowing bases and capital call structures.
• Facilitate relationships with key clients in CIB and Risk Client Relationships / Business Partnership.
• Participation in due diligence meetings.
• The ongoing monitoring of the portfolio of Subscription facilities through analysis of relevant information including Borrowing Base assessment and learn aspects of legal documentation review.

Qualifications :

• 5+ years in Risk Management covering Financial institutions, Mutual funds, Private Equity and Institutional Family Offices.
• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience.
• Master’s degree is a preference.