Associate, Analyst

Permanent Role
- Sydney based
- Incredible opportunity to join Westpac’s Institutional Bank

Customer Insights & Analytics (CI&A) is a collaborative global team responsible for high quality origination and delivery of best-in-class customer and industry insights, to differentiate our sales proposition and enhance our conversations with valued clients. Our portfolio risk management provides robust analysis to support and deliver sustainable credit decisions, within a wholesale banking environment.

CI&A Consumer & Industrials is a dynamic and engaging part of Westpac’s Institutional Bank, typically working with corporate clients with complex financing requirements. Analysts work closely with the Relationship Managers providing innovative solutions for our customers’ banking needs.

**How will I help?**

The primary responsibility of this analyst role is to efficiently manage a portfolio of corporate customers, ensuring the ongoing monitoring and management of your customer portfolio are met, specifically risk profiling, financial analysis and preparation of credit submissions. You will also be involved with the origination of new complex transactions and work closely with the team on private equity sponsored transactions.

You will:

- Build relationships and establish rapport with both clients and internal stakeholders, and support Relationship Managers by participation in and contribution to customer meetings.
- Develop and report industry insights, and share this knowledge with key internal stakeholders and customers.
- Analysis: risk profiling, financial analysis and preparing credit submissions
- Undertake dynamic risk management of assigned customers incorporating accurate and timely monitoring of triggers, covenants, completion of periodic reviews and continuous risk monitoring. Share information and contribute to strategy papers and other team initiatives.

**What’s in it for me?**

Your exposure to premier institutional clients will provide you with the opportunity to further develop your business acumen and professional network within institutional banking. Through your interactions with your client, you will develop an in depth understanding of their financial requirements to a point where you will be able to proactively anticipate client needs and what products, solutions, and offerings are best suited for the situation.

**What do I need?**

Success in this role will rely on your ability to quickly review, digest and contribute to credit analysis and portfolio management, working both independently and supporting the team. Your ability to suggest and carry out practical actions to deal with issues will be encouraged.

Further advantageous skills:

- Proficient oral and written communication skills, being able to interact with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Attention to detail and operational expertise.
- Client interaction / relationship management experience.
- Enthusiasm, drive to seek a challenge, adaptability and be a quick learner.
- 1 to 4 years’ experience in corporate and institutional banking, finance, accounting or a corporate background. A relevant tertiary qualification with a major in Accounting, Commerce or Finance would be beneficial.

**What’s it like to work there?**

For the past 200 years, we’ve been backing people, businesses, communities, and ideas. As Australia’s first bank, we’ve adapted and evolved, inspired by our customers and a genuine desire to create better futures.

Together, we’re creating better futures for all our people, customers, communities, and shareholders. This has been our enduring Purpose.

We make change happen in the community. It’s our shared vision of a safer, greener and more inclusive world that sees us back new ideas, innovations and individuals who are creating better futures.

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