Credit Analyst - Structured Lending

Key responsibilities

Are you someone who enjoys financial analysis and detecting potential risks in structured loan transactions? Do you like working in an environment where empowerment, challenge and excellence are highly valued?
We are looking for someone like this to:
- Be a Credit Analyst for Structured Collateralized Lending transactions: be involved alongside the Credit Officer in the underwriting, recommendations and the decision-making processes
- Independently analyze credit risks and engage with the front office to ensure transactions are consistent with UBS's underwriting risk appetite
- Show the ability to work autonomously through the extensive Due Diligence process, identifying key business drivers, specific risk issues, actively challenging during due diligence calls, and highlighting any information gaps to the business teams
- Perform fundamental financial analysis for prospective collateralized transactions and corporate borrower's (covering financial, commercial, legal, tax, environmental & structuring)
- Demonstrate full understanding of financial modelling, working on the production of Base and Downside cases ensuring that they reflect all key drivers and the due diligence findings
- Contribute actively to a written credit memo for CRC Senior Management
- Assign risk ratings and loss given default designation, prepare reporting deliverables to track limit utilization

Join us

At UBS, we know that it's our people, with their diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds, who drive our ongoing success. We’re dedicated to our craft and passionate about putting our people first, with new challenges, a supportive team, opportunities to grow and flexible working options when possible. Our inclusive culture brings out the best in our employees, wherever they are on their career journey. And we use artificial intelligence (AI) to work smarter and more efficiently. We also recognize that great work is never done alone. That’s why collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we’re more than ourselves.
We’re committed to disability inclusion and if you need reasonable accommodation/adjustments throughout our recruitment process, you can always contact us.

The team

The IB CRC Credit Risk Control team is responsible for independently assessing transaction risks, for constructively challenging all diligence work and financial modelling produced by the front office and for monitoring and controlling all risks in the IB Structured loan portfolio. The team serves as the firm’s second line of defense and is charged with independently assessing all risks associated with the origination and portfolio monitoring of collateralized lending transactions.

Your skills and experience

You have:
- a Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant area of concentration and some level of formal credit training. No CFA required but level 1 or 2 would be viewed favorably
- strong knowledge of financial accounting concepts
- 1 years of relevant working experience in a corporate transaction environment
- credit skills
- computer proficiency required in Excel, Word; experience with Bloomberg, KMV is helpful
- strong oral and written communication skills
-you’re curious to explore how AI can improve how we build, deliver, and optimize workflows. You do this with sound judgment – validating outputs and aligning with policies, risk standards, and ethical use.
You are:
- a strong collaborator and confident communicator
- open to learning numerous applications specific to the Risk function

About us

UBS is a leading and truly global wealth manager and the leading universal bank in Switzerland. We also provide diversified asset management solutions and focused investment banking capabilities. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, UBS is present in more than 50 markets around the globe.
We know that great work is never done alone. That’s why we place collaboration at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we’re more than ourselves. Want to find out more? Visit ubs.com/careers.