Counterparty Credit Risk Officer

About the role

We are seeking a Counterparty Credit Risk Officer to join a fast‑growing international commodities trading business in Dubai. The role will be responsible for assessing, monitoring and mitigating counter‑party credit risk across trading activities while supporting commercial growth and ensuring robust risk controls.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor and assess counterparty credit risk exposures, conduct credit evaluations and prepare risk assessments for prospective and existing counterparties.
• Develop and implement credit risk management strategies, maintain approved credit limits and ensure timely renewals.
• Produce daily, weekly and monthly exposure and credit risk reports, extract and reconcile data from ERP, ETRM and internal reporting systems.
• Collaborate with trading, finance, legal, compliance, treasury and risk teams across multiple locations and support audits and regulatory reviews.

Required profile

• 3‑5 years of UAE experience in credit risk, credit analysis or trade finance, preferably within a commodity trading house or energy company.
• Strong financial statement analysis, knowledge of trade finance instruments (LCs, SBLCs, guarantees, credit insurance) and ability to manage end‑to‑end counterparty onboarding.

Required skills

• Advanced Excel (pivot tables, Power Query, complex formulas).
• Power BI, SQL and Python for reporting and analytics.
• Experience with ERP and ETRM systems for data extraction and reconciliation.