Hedge Fund Credit Risk Manager, VP

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Job Description

VP role within Global Counterparty Credit Risk management will be responsible for supporting the team's counterparty primary credit coverage of hedge funds, family offices, and asset managers with secondary responsibilities supporting coverage of Banks and Broker Dealers. The role will be instrumental in assisting with ongoing management and growth of the Equities (PB/OTC Derivatives), Fixed Income (Repo/Reverse Repo) and OTC FX businesses. The position requires close interaction with Equity and Fixed Income businesses, Legal, Collateral Management, and other internal groups.

**Hedge fund experience is essential for successful candidate.**

Primary Responsibilities:

• Perform customer due diligence and financial analysis
• Complete internal credit ratings models and counterparty credit reviews
• Set and communicate credit exposure appetite across trading products utilizing internal exposure methodologies
• Assist/oversee legal negotiations for traded products
• Review and approve trading activity, including recommending margin requirements
• Perform ongoing client financial, credit, and industry surveillance;
• Develop working relationships and coordinate efforts closely with internal front office partners and colleagues across Risk and other corporate functions;
• Maintain credit pipeline of potential new counterparties.

Required Background/ Skills:

• BA or equivalent, MBA preferred.
• Formal credit training preferred.
• Proficiency in financial statement analysis.
• 5-10 years of work experience in financial services required.
• Hedge Fund and Asset Manager Industry experience required.
• Financial and/or banking industry experience required.
• Experience with legal agreements including; PBAs, ISDA, MCAs, MRAs and MSLAs.
• Strong interest in client interaction and possess solid communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to perform well under pressure in a demanding environment.
• Strong Excel and modeling skills.
• MS Office Suite and Bloomberg proficiency.

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About Us

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (''Jefferies,'' ''we,'' ''us'' or ''our'') is a U.S.-headquartered global full service, integrated investment banking and securities firm. Our largest subsidiary, Jefferies LLC, a U.S. broker-dealer, was founded in the U.S. in 1962 and our first international operating subsidiary, Jefferies International Limited, a U.K. broker-dealer, was established in the U.K. in 1986. Our strategy focuses on continuing to build out our investment banking effort, enhancing our capital markets businesses and further developing our Leucadia Asset Management alternative asset management platform. We offer deep sector expertise across a full range of products and services in investment banking, equities, fixed income, asset and wealth management in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East and Asia.

At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.

Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity employer, and takes affirmative action to ensure that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, or any other factor protected by applicable law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, as required by applicable law.

All employees must follow Jefferies' COVID-19 protocol policy, which is subject to change.