Credit Analyst
Role Overview
The Credit team appraises counterparty credit risk using risk assessment and market analysis to make well-supported recommendations.
This is a nine-month fixed-term role focused on marine credit risk, with limited involvement in day-to-day credit operations.
The role is based in London and has a hybrid workplace arrangement.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
The Credit team appraises counterparty credit risk using risk assessment and market analysis to make well-supported recommendations.
This is a nine-month fixed-term role focused on marine credit risk, with limited involvement in day-to-day credit operations.
The role is based in London and has a hybrid workplace arrangement.
Main responsibilities
- Review marine counterparties, analyse financial and shipping information, and research KYC, ownership and industry data.
- Underwrite new and renewed credit limits; periodically review counterparties and recommend changes to limits, terms or security.
- Recommend mitigants such as guarantees, letters of credit, prepayment and credit insurance.
- Prepare credit papers, counterparty reports and management portfolio reporting on exposures, concentrations and risk trends.
- Support marine credit insurance, comply with sanctions policy, and monitor market, vessel-value and regulatory developments.
- Engage with trading, operational, Legal and Finance teams; contribute to improved marine credit methods and provide wider team support as needed.
Knowledge, skills and experience
- Experience in credit analysis or underwriting, ideally in shipping, ship finance, marine insurance, commodities or energy.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Finance, Economics, Business, Maritime Studies or Science.
- Credit or shipping qualifications such as ICS Shipbroking, CFA, ACCA or ICM are an advantage.
- Solid shipping knowledge, including vessel types, chartering and freight markets and their impact on counterparty risk.
- Experience analysing financial statements of public and private companies, including those with limited disclosure.
- High proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel; programming-language proficiency is an advantage.
- Credit insurance, trade finance or security-structure familiarity is an advantage.
- Strong analysis, problem-solving, communication and attention to detail; ability to manage multiple reviews and deadlines and work independently and collaboratively.
- Business-level ability in a second language is an advantage.
Employment term
- The description identifies the position as a nine-month fixed-term contract/temp role.
About Peninsula
Peninsula provides marine energy services and solutions globally and describes itself as an industry benchmark for quality.
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