Wholesale Credit Risk APAC/EMEA – Real Estate – Vice President

Bring your expertise and passion to JPMorgan Chase. In this role, you will work with a diverse range of Real Estate corporate clients (leveraged, financial sponsored, and investment grade), Commercial Real Estate property and portfolio transactions, and Real Estate fund financings across APAC and EMEA. If you are eager to join the Credit Risk team and help the firm grow its business responsibly by anticipating new and emerging risks and applying your expert judgement to solve real-world challenges that impact our company, customers, and communities, then this opportunity is for you.

As a Wholesale Credit Risk APAC/EMEA - Real Estate - Vice President, you will be based in Mumbai playing a crucial role in structuring, negotiating, and developing recommendations for new transaction approvals across a variety of products, including secured and unsecured loans, derivatives, and treasury products. You will lead due diligence and credit analysis to assess the creditworthiness of counterparties, making recommendations on appropriate structures, risk appetite, and client grading. Your role will involve structuring and documentation negotiations, as well as ongoing credit risk portfolio management. You will also be committed to personal development and fostering team knowledge by coaching and training members of the Analyst and Associate community. Your ability to balance a commercial mindset with a sound risk and controls attitude will be key to managing the Firm's balance sheet effectively.

• Negotiate and develop recommendations for new transaction approvals across various products
• Lead due diligence and credit analysis to assess counterparty creditworthiness
• Make recommendations on appropriate structure, risk appetite, and grading informed by forward-looking credit analysis
• Lead structuring and documentation negotiations
• Manage ongoing credit risk portfolio, including proactively monitoring credit ratings, sector trends, and client performance
• Balance a commercial and solution-driven mindset with a sound risk and controls attitude
• Commit to personal development and foster team knowledge through coaching and training
• Develop close working relationships with senior stakeholders within the Commercial & Investment Bank
• Understand and apply J.P. Morgan's Risk management policies in interactions with stakeholders, including Regulators and Auditors

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, or a related field
• At least 6 years experience gained in a credit risk or credit analysis role within comparable corporate, institutional and/or investment banking
• Sound credit skills and judgment, with a proactive ownership to coordinating and leading credit processes
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to establish credibility and trust with internal business and risk stakeholders
• Working knowledge of transaction structures, documentation, and banking products sufficient to lead the execution of new deals and portfolio workstreams
• Ability to demonstrate good time management and clarity in thinking when dealing with multiple work streams in a fast-paced environment

• Previous experience leading loan documentation negotiations is recommended (Investment Grade, Leverage Finance, Sponsor LBO)
• Knowledge of the Real Estate industry, their evolving investment strategies, and risks inherent to them is preferred
• Relevant postgraduate qualifications (e.g., MBA, Masters of Finance, CFA) would be highly regarded