Wholesale Credit Risk - EMEA Banks and Insurance team - Associate
London, UK
Posted on Jul 23, 2026
We have an exciting opportunity for you to advance your career in a dynamic and collaborative credit risk team. You will work with a diverse portfolio of financial institution clients, helping to shape risk decisions across a broad range of products and transactions. This role offers exposure to senior stakeholders, complex credit structures, and opportunities to develop your expertise while making a meaningful impact.
As an Associate in the EMEA Financial Institutions team covering primarily Banks, Insurances and Sovereign clients for the Central and Northern Europe region in the Commercial & Investment Bank (CIB), you will cover a diversified portfolio of Investment and Non-Investment Grade counterparties, with responsibility for conducting credit analysis, managing portfolio exposures, and reviewing and approving transactions across a wide range of credit products.
Job Responsibilities
- Prepare concise credit analysis with clear recommendations on risk appetite, grading, and structuring.
- Support due diligence, leading where required, and prepare credit analysis of counterparties.
- Conduct portfolio-level and client specific stress testing, challenging scenario assumptions, and articulating conclusions to stakeholders.
- Negotiate Markets documentation (ISDA, clearing agreements, GMRA/GMSLA etc.) and loan documentation (including LMA standards and leveraged finance)
- Manage and monitor the credit risk portfolio across sectors and products, including ongoing tracking of ratings, sector trends, and client performance; proactively adjust limits and manage exposures.
- Cover a broad product set, across all markets products (derivatives, securities financing, securities trading, cleared products, margin lending etc.), secured and unsecured loans, trade finance, and treasury products.
- Coordinate with senior leaders across the Commercial & Investment Bank, product specialists, and senior Credit Officers to align risk decisions and approvals.
- Apply firm risk management policies and engage with control stakeholders, including Regulators and Auditors.
- Develop junior talent through structured coaching, on-the-job training, and formal learning sessions.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Demonstrated analytical rigor and credit judgment, with the ability to identify, quantify, and communicate key risks.
- Proficiency in financial analysis and scenario analysis relevant to wide-ranging client and product suite.
- Familiarity in leveraging AI tools to support analysis and enhance efficiency.
- Knowledge of transaction structures, documentation (markets, loan) sufficient to support negotiation and execution.
- Strong project management capability with end-to-end ownership of workstreams; effective prioritization and multi-tasking in a dynamic environment.
- Clear, effective written and verbal communication; ability to establish credibility with clients and internal stakeholders.
- Ability to coach and develop junior colleagues.
- Self-directed, results-oriented, adaptable, and motivated to drive continuous improvement.
- Prior experience in a comparable credit or risk environment.
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.
Join a leading credit risk team supporting financial institution clients across Europe through analysis, risk management, and transaction approval.
