VP Counterparty Credit Risk Oversight

Wintrust provides community and commercial banking, specialty finance and wealth management services through its 16 bank charters and nine non-bank businesses. Wintrust delivers the sophisticated solutions of a large bank while staying true to the relationship-focused, personalized service of our community banking roots. We serve clients in all 50 states with more than 200 branch banking locations in Illinois, southwestern Florida, northwestern Indiana, west Michigan and southern Wisconsin and commercial banking offices in Chicago, Denver, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, Mich., and in key branch banking locations throughout Illinois. Our people are the heart of our business and we are proud to rank consistently as a top place to work. Wintrust is a $66 billion financial institution based in Rosemont, Illinois, and listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “WTFC.”

Why join us?

• An award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 12 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years).

• Competitive pay and discretionary or incentive bonus eligible.

• Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, a 401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement to name a few.

• Promote from within culture.

Why join this team?

• We foster an inclusive environment for an individual to grow and work independently.

• Opportunity to interact with management level, experienced professionals - higher visibility.

• Wintrust has a great culture that comes from the top down.

• Gain experience and further your career by joining a growing organization.

Position Overview

Responsibility for the management of counterparty credit risk at Wintrust.  Entails management of nonlending exposures to financial institutions, public sector entities, sovereigns and vendors.  Position currently reports to the head of counterparty credit risk and insurance, but will ultimately have sole responsibility for the management of counterparty credit risk.

What You’ll Do

• Oversee the counterparty credit review process and supervise a team of credit analysts.  Specifically, manage the credit analysis of financial institutions, sovereigns and vendors, including bulk reviews of insurance companies (life, P&C, mortgage), broker-dealers, sovereigns, and mortgage investors.  Prepare annual credit reviews as needed.  Maintain the department’s credit review schedule and ensure limits and reviews are up to date. Monitor counterparty credit quality and exposure on an ongoing basis.  Assess credit quality of vendors using Moody’s and S&P models.

• Ensure the credit risk management system (Moody’s Credit Catalyst) continues to function properly, including the reporting of limit breaches, and that the system is updated as needed. 

• Interact with and provide support for a variety of internal business units, including Corporate Treasury, Capital Markets, International Banking, and Wintrust Mortgage.  Coordinate CCR team’s response to internal and external audits and to exercises led by other Corporate Risk Management teams, such as the completion of Risk & Control Self-Assessments.

• Ensure that existing counterparties are scanned monthly for compliance with AML regulations (OFAC scanning).

• Oversee the counterparty credit risk management framework and ensure corporate policies and operating procedures are reviewed and updated annually. Update internal credit risk rating matrices for financial institutions (banks, insurance companies, broker-dealers), corporates and sovereigns as needed.

• Remain up to date on regulatory guidance and practices related to counterparty credit risk management and keep abreast of current trends in counterparty credit.  Attend industry events as appropriate.

• Assist in the development and regular updating of counterparty credit risk management reports and in the development, monitoring and reporting of appropriate counterparty credit risk appetite metrics and KRIs for inclusion in enterprise risk management reporting.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years working within a first line commercial credit analysis team or performing second line counterparty credit risk oversight activities in an Enterprise Risk Management function at a financial institution with experience in financial statement analysis.

• Knowledge of and experience with counterparty credit risk management practices, including knowledge of the banking industry and regulation pertaining to safety and soundness and counterparty credit risk management practices, including SR 11-10 (I