Vice President, Specialist Credit Analyst

Vice President, Specialist Credit Analyst – (job location is New York, NY; employer is Nomura Holding America, Inc.) – Lead due diligence of newly originated Leveraged Finance, Infrastructure, Project Finance, and Structured Credit transactions in partnership with Investment Banking, Global Markets, Market Risk, Legal and other departments. Analyze and opine on transaction structure, including key terms, pricing, and covenants using fundamental credit analysis and various analytical tools. Present credit views and transaction recommendations to Regional Head of Credit Risk, Regional Chief Risk Officer, Global Head of Credit Risk, and Global CRO as required. Negotiate ISDA terms, working closely with legal counsel and trading desk to adequately structure hedging transactions. Establish and manage credit risk limits in accordance with the risk tolerance guidelines and policy for corporate lending and derivate counterparties. Monitor a portfolio of counterparties, including timely completion of semi-annual credit reviews, global/regional portfolio reviews, and other reporting as required. Lead ad-hoc projects and participate in global working groups to enhance policies, procedures, and other Risk Management priorities. Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Statistics and Quantitative Modeling, plus two years of experience in the offered position or as Credit Risk Reporting Analyst or Associate at a global bank or financial institution. All required experience must have included: assigning credit ratings for project and corporate finance deals across power finance and infrastructure sectors using bespoke financial models and scorecards; developing downside risk scenarios for analyzing debt quantum, pricing sensitivity, and credit metrics (DSCR, LLCR, LTV) tailored for clean energy / infrastructure sector; using Bloomberg Terminal, Capital IQ, and API integration to analyze pricing data, fundamental market data, and credit spreads; monitoring and analyzing portfolio risk metrics encompassing stress exposures, tail risk, default probabilities, risk-weighted assets to evaluate portfolio resilience; assigning recovery ratings based on collateralization, subordination and expected loss metrics; reviewing project finance credit agreements, ISDAs, CSAs, to assess terms and covenants; leveraging expertise in Japanese Financial Service Agency and Basel frameworks to enhance credit risk governance and compliance; working with Power BI, SAP Business Objects, Flex Agg (Active Pivot), Credit Benchmark; and using Python, SQL, VBA, and DAX (data analysis expression) to develop automated risk analytics. Must be willing to travel domestically up to 5% of time for project site visits. #LI-DNI. This role entails hybrid work, with time split between working in our New York City office and flexibility to telecommute from another U.S. location. Salary: $100,000-$150,000/year. E-mail résumé to: rashele.skinner@nomura.com. Ref. #01336.