Senior Credit Research Portfolio Analyst

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world’s most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

The Senior Credit Research Portfolio Analyst is responsible for gathering, organizing, analyzing, and presenting results in order to evaluate credit risk associated with the Bank’s investment portfolio and derivatives activities. Additionally, this role acts as the primary liaison between Credit Policy and the Treasury group.

Major Duties:

• Performs complex financial and credit analysis using publicly available information, integrating conclusions with outside opinions and rating agency data. Recommends suitability of securities for Bank's investment portfolio with concurrence of Credit Policy and ALCO.
• Monitors and reports investment portfolio and derivative exposures against limits. Immediately notifies Treasury and Credit Policy of any investments that require review for sale.
• Performs pre-purchase credit analysis on all credit related products and recommends changes to credit stress analysis as needed.
• Recommends new (or changes to) investment and derivative limits and coordinates formal submission through credit committee approval process.
• Ensures that issuers and industry sectors are reviewed, analyzed, and documented on a timely basis.
• Recommends approvals to Credit Policy for counterparty exposures on Interest Rate Swap Guidelines, Deposit Guidelines, and Unsettled Security Guidelines. Updates counterparty limits and ratings.
• Generates unsettled trade exception report.
• Performs monthly OTTI screening of the portfolio, confirming findings with Credit Policy and Accounting Policy.
• Manages annual ratings process for all securities in Treasury investment portfolio to fulfill Advanced Internal Ratings-Based (AIRB) requirements.
• Prepares and presents regular reporting for Credit Policy, ALCO, and Counterparty Risk as mandated by those committees.
• Serves as Treasury's representative on Counterparty Credit and Country Risk committees.
• Provides comprehensive, in-depth consulting and leadership to team and partners at the highest technical level.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of business and financial markets and ability to evaluate credit risk in debt instruments.
• Understanding of economic conditions and their impact on the holdings in the investment portfolio.
• Ability to comprehend standard legal matters related to structured debt instruments, usually acquired through formal education and work experience. Operates independently; has in-depth knowledge of business unit/function.
• Analytical and presentation skills are required to interpret offering statements and legal documents.
• Computer skills are required to gather and present information.

Experience:

Minimum six or more years of fixed income securities or credit related financial analysis experience. Experience analyzing various fixed income securities.

Working with Us:

As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.

Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

We’d love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world’s most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today.

Reasonable accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at MyHRHelp@ntrs.com.

We hope you’re excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.

Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.

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