Senior Counterparty Risk Analyst - Middle East & India

For nearly 300 years, Lloyd's List Intelligence has been a cornerstone of maritime trade and intelligence. We combine human ingenuity with cutting‑edge technology to empower maritime professionals with accurate, timely, and actionable insights. Our mission is to drive the efficient and lawful movement of seaborne trade worldwide. We have a wide range of customers across shipping, finance, and insurance (to name a few), as well as in the legal sector and in academia.

As a Senior Counter party Risk Analyst, you will carry out targeted research and deliver impartial, high‑quality counter party risk assessments for customers in the maritime industry. You will play a key role in enhancing our counter party risk report database with actionable insight, and support customer engagement as a subject‑matter expert. You will also be supporting and mentoring junior analysts and providing peer reviews and feedback on colleagues’ reports on a daily basis.

This role involves in‑depth qualitative and quantitative research/analysis, with a high degree of stakeholder interaction, and offers the opportunity to contribute to the evolution of our editorial content into data‑driven formats.

This is a full‑time role reporting to the Counter party Risk Lead Analyst in charge of the Indian Subcontinent & Middle East desk.

• Research & Analysis
  • Conduct in‑depth online research on registered corporate entities utilizing various sources including corporate registries, industry databases, and trade press to uncover ownership structures and financial standing to evaluate company risk profiles.
  • Plan and conduct interviews with the management/representatives of subject entities and well‑placed reliable and insightful market sources to gather qualitative insights.
  • Utilise proprietary and third‑party tools and own critical reasoning to determine and assign in‑house counter party risk ratings and credit recommendation aligned with business exposure contexts.
• Reporting & Customer Delivery
  • Produce clear, structured reports covering subject entity ownership, operations, financials, market and risk assessments that support customer decision‑making on near‑term business transactions, delivered to agreed deadlines and output objectives.
  • Maintain high‑quality output aligned to our data quality and editorial standards.
• Customer & Stakeholder Engagement
  • Build a network of well‑placed, insightful market contacts, fostering a trust‑based relationship around shared critical insight, supporting product integrity and brand value.
  • Maintain regular contact with customers to maintain knowledge and a proactive approach to support due diligence needs.
  • Act as a regional and sectoral subject‑matter expert, supporting customer calls and networking events.

• Critical thinking and analytical skills, and a passion for company and financial due diligence.
• A proven, successful track record in commercial shipping or in the field of research and analysis as an experienced analyst with a specialisation in either maritime trade or operations, company due diligence, corporate investigations, financial analysis, or directly relevant industry roles.
• An established network of contacts in the maritime industry.
• Highly articulate, with excellent written and verbal communication, as well as interviewing skills.
• Excellent “business English” writing skills, and the ability to create clear, succinct long‑form reports requiring little or no editing.
• An inquisitive, and analytical mindset, combined with critical reasoning.
• A highly methodical, thorough and detail‑focused work ethic.
• A strong understanding of financial statements/the ability to evaluate the financial health of a subject entity by reviewing its accounts.
• Advanced OSINT research capabilities.
• Strong stakeholder management and time management skills.

• Proven experience in either business intelligence, consultancy and due diligence, market research, maritime trade and operations or journalism.
• Fluency in Arabic or in at least one other language relevant to commercial shipping and to the requirements of the UK‑based team (Danish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian,…