About the role

  • Credit Officer in Embedded Finance managing credit risk strategies and portfolio performance. Collaborating with teams to ensure responsible lending and regulatory compliance for positive outcomes.

Responsibilities

  • Provide credit risk input into new product launches, regulatory topics, business requirements and risk transformation activity.
  • Develop and implement credit risk strategies for new /existing Embedded Finance products, including underwriting and credit line assignment while ensuring that actions effectively manage risk and reward, support business objectives and translate into positive portfolio outcomes.
  • Monitor portfolio performance and conduct deep-dive analyses to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
  • Collaborate with product, engineering and external third parties to design and implement new products and features that balance risk and growth.
  • Provide coaching and mentorship to junior members within the immediate and wider team to drive performance and development.
  • Stay current on industry trends, regulatory changes, data innovations and competitive landscape to inform credit risk strategies and decisions.
  • Working knowledge of tools like SAS, SQL and Excel to manipulate and interrogate data within a robust control environment.

Requirements

  • Strong numerate skills - Comfortable working with numbers and have either a degree in a numerate subject or equivalent quantitative experience gained in previous roles.
  • Analytical expertise – confidence in using Microsoft Office and have experience of using analytical software, such as SAS/SQL, to deliver insight.
  • Credit Risk - you’ll have experience managing credit risk using automated strategies and scorecards and the financial knowledge of risk vs. reward and managing within risk appetite.
  • Work effectively through change – an ability to initiate and enable change that helps improve the way we do things.
  • Effective communicator - Builds positive relationships with partners and able to clearly explain complex issues and insights to different audiences, both verbally and non-verbally.
  • Responsible lending – understand regulatory compliance and conduct risk for fair customer outcomes.
  • Collaboration - building effective partnerships and working collaboratively with a wide range of partners to meet shared objectives.

Benefits

  • A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
  • An annual performance-related bonus
  • Share schemes including free shares
  • Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
  • 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
  • A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Job title

Credit Officer – Embedded Finance

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

£65,385 - £72,650 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

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