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Senior Credit Analyst - AVP, French Speaking
Citi
Job at a glance
- Employer
- Citi
- Position
- Senior Credit Analyst - AVP, French Speaking
- Location
- Nairobi Kenya
- Possible duty stations
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Job type
- Full-time
- Contract
- Full time
- Experience
- 8-10 years in credit/banking
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
- Salary
- Not stated in the advert
- Application deadline
- 6 October 2026
- Posted on VacancyKE
- 29 September 2026
VacancyKE summary
Citi is hiring a Senior Credit Analyst (AVP) in Nairobi, Kenya. This full-time role involves assessing credit risk for complex corporate and public sector clients, requiring strong bilingual English and French skills.
What stands out about this opportunity
- Requires fluency in both English and French
- Focuses on most complex large corporate and public sector clients
- Based in Nairobi, Kenya
What’s offered
- Full-time employment.
- Senior Associate Vice President (AVP) level role.
Key responsibilities
- Assess credit and financial strength of large corporate, public sector, and financial institution clients.
- Perform fundamental quantitative and qualitative credit analysis on counterparties.
- Complete credit analysis write-ups and assign internal credit risk ratings.
- Continuously monitor the covered portfolio for industry trends and potential credit issues.
- Escalate significant risks to Underwriters, Risk, and Banking partners.
- Partner with regional stakeholders to implement credit assessment standards.
Who should apply?
An experienced credit professional with 8-10 years in banking or risk management, fluent in English and French, who excels at analysing complex corporate financial structures.
Key requirements
- 8-10 years credit experience
- Fluent in English and French
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
- Strong financial analysis skills
- Experience with complex corporate clients
Nice to have
- Background in Corporate and Financial Institutions’ risk analysis.
- Higher degree such as an MBA or related subject.
How to apply
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Original employer advertisement
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The employer’s advert
Description:
Underwriting Senior Credit Analyst is an integral part of the Institutional Credit Management (“ICM”) organization. Underwriting 's mandate is to deliver best-in-class credit risk analysis, monitoring and credit administration as a partner to Corporate Banking and Risk shared commitment to ensuring the safety and soundness of wholesale lending across Citi.
Underwriting Analysts and Associates are responsible for a portfolio of Corporate Relationships, owning the Credit Risk Analysis for those relationships, and being responsible for the continuous monitoring of that portfolio. That includes the production of Initial Credit Approvals, Transaction Approvals, Annual Reviews, Quarterly Reviews, and the support to Ad-Hoc Portfolio & Industry Reviews and Stress Testing.
Key Responsibilities:
• Assess the credit and financial strength of Citi’s Most Complex Large Corporate, Public Sector, and Financial Institutions Clients by performing fundamental credit analysis of counterparties using both quantitative and qualitative factors.
• Complete Credit Analysis write-ups while assigning internal credit risk ratings based on independent assessment and judgement completed on the due diligence of the client and industry knowledge.
• Continuous monitoring of the covered portfolio, including following industry trends, impacts to key relationships, and escalation of potential credit issues to Underwriters, Risk and Banking partners.
• Partnership with applicable regional and industry stakeholders in Banking and Independent Risk in the implementation of credit assessment and monitoring standards for applicable portfolios.
• Other duties as required to support business unit and company goals.
Knowledge/Experience:
• Demonstratable financial services experience, including 8-10 years of credit experience in Banking, Credit Risk Management or equivalent credit experience
• Strong proficiency in English and French (written and verbal).
• Strong analytical skills, including an understanding of key financial components (liquidity position, leverage profile) with the ability to identify root causes and trends and anticipate horizon issues.
• Background on both Corporate and Financial Institutions’ risk analysis will be a plus.
• Advanced industry research capabilities, including risk and key drivers.
• Proven analytical skills including the ability to understand and assess company financial statements, cash flow, industry/competitive analysis and projections; including complicated business structures with foreign subsidiaries and/or parent organizations.
• Excellent organizational skills, prioritizing capabilities, attention to detail, and the ability to complete assignments within required deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Effective inter-personal and written/verbal communication skills
• Thorough problem recognition and resolution skills
Education:
• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience.
• Higher degree in Business (MBA), or any other related subject will be an added advantage.
This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.
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Job Family Group:
Risk Management ------------------------------------------------------
Job Family:
Credit Risk ------------------------------------------------------
Time Type:
Full time ------------------------------------------------------
Most Relevant Skills
Analytical Thinking, Credible Challenge, Financial Analysis, Governance, Policy, Procedure, and Regulation, Risk Management Lifecycle. ------------------------------------------------------
Other Relevant Skills
Constructive Debate, Escalation Management, Policy and Procedure, Policy and Regulation, Product Knowledge, Risk Controls and Monitors, Risk Identification and Assessment. ------------------------------------------------------
Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.
If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review Accessibility at Citi .
View Citi’s EEO Policy Statement and the Know Your Rights poster.
Underwriting Senior Credit Analyst is an integral part of the Institutional Credit Management (“ICM”) organization. Underwriting 's mandate is to deliver best-in-class credit risk analysis, monitoring and credit administration as a partner to Corporate Banking and Risk shared commitment to ensuring the safety and soundness of wholesale lending across Citi.
Underwriting Analysts and Associates are responsible for a portfolio of Corporate Relationships, owning the Credit Risk Analysis for those relationships, and being responsible for the continuous monitoring of that portfolio. That includes the production of Initial Credit Approvals, Transaction Approvals, Annual Reviews, Quarterly Reviews, and the support to Ad-Hoc Portfolio & Industry Reviews and Stress Testing.
Key Responsibilities:
• Assess the credit and financial strength of Citi’s Most Complex Large Corporate, Public Sector, and Financial Institutions Clients by performing fundamental credit analysis of counterparties using both quantitative and qualitative factors.
• Complete Credit Analysis write-ups while assigning internal credit risk ratings based on independent assessment and judgement completed on the due diligence of the client and industry knowledge.
• Continuous monitoring of the covered portfolio, including following industry trends, impacts to key relationships, and escalation of potential credit issues to Underwriters, Risk and Banking partners.
• Partnership with applicable regional and industry stakeholders in Banking and Independent Risk in the implementation of credit assessment and monitoring standards for applicable portfolios.
• Other duties as required to support business unit and company goals.
Knowledge/Experience:
• Demonstratable financial services experience, including 8-10 years of credit experience in Banking, Credit Risk Management or equivalent credit experience
• Strong proficiency in English and French (written and verbal).
• Strong analytical skills, including an understanding of key financial components (liquidity position, leverage profile) with the ability to identify root causes and trends and anticipate horizon issues.
• Background on both Corporate and Financial Institutions’ risk analysis will be a plus.
• Advanced industry research capabilities, including risk and key drivers.
• Proven analytical skills including the ability to understand and assess company financial statements, cash flow, industry/competitive analysis and projections; including complicated business structures with foreign subsidiaries and/or parent organizations.
• Excellent organizational skills, prioritizing capabilities, attention to detail, and the ability to complete assignments within required deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Effective inter-personal and written/verbal communication skills
• Thorough problem recognition and resolution skills
Education:
• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience.
• Higher degree in Business (MBA), or any other related subject will be an added advantage.
This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.
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Job Family Group:
Risk Management ------------------------------------------------------
Job Family:
Credit Risk ------------------------------------------------------
Time Type:
Full time ------------------------------------------------------
Most Relevant Skills
Analytical Thinking, Credible Challenge, Financial Analysis, Governance, Policy, Procedure, and Regulation, Risk Management Lifecycle. ------------------------------------------------------
Other Relevant Skills
Constructive Debate, Escalation Management, Policy and Procedure, Policy and Regulation, Product Knowledge, Risk Controls and Monitors, Risk Identification and Assessment. ------------------------------------------------------
Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.
If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review Accessibility at Citi .
View Citi’s EEO Policy Statement and the Know Your Rights poster.