Credit Risk Manager – Hybrid Cardiff

Credit Risk Manager - Hybrid Cardiff - J12649
Salary Up to £75,000 DoE

No Sponsorship available

Join an exciting new Specialist Mortgage team with the freedom and innovation of a small start up but with the security of a large parent company.

Seeking individuals, who are keen to learn, excited about getting stuck in and are ready for a challenge to achieve the aim of creating a special lending business for customers.

The Role

A broad role which includes managing the credit policy, referral strategy, affordability process, Open Banking usage, price-setting and much more. Responsibility for optimising existing processes whilst supporting key strategic projects.

The successful candidate will be able to quickly fit into a fast-moving, innovative and high-profile environment, and will be required to hit the ground running. Candidates will be given responsibility to set direction and lead the way, whilst very much retaining a hands-on approach.

Responsibilites

• Managing the credit policy for the mortgages portfolio
• Monitoring funnel and arrears performance and continually looking for areas of improvement
• Understanding and optimising the referral journey by balancing risk and automation
• Reviewing the underwriting strategy and constantly looking for areas of improvement
• Exploring new products and data services that would improve the decisioning and pricing capabilities
• Optimise our approach to affordability decisioning, including income verification, whilst ensuring we lend responsibly and comply to regulatory requirements
• Working alongside our Data and BI colleagues to deliver best-in-class MI
• Representing Credit Risk in relevant forums and updating key stakeholders on the team's activities and performance

Required Skills and Experience

• Five years' (minimum) experience in mortgage lending within a credit risk environment (or similar) is essential
• Experience of writing board/committee papers and strategy documents
• Experience with the following would be advantageous:
• Mortgages
• Pricing strategy
• Model Building/Validation
• Fraud risk strategy
• Financial Crime
• Open Banking/PSD2
• Consumer Duty
• Managing a team

To find out more and to apply for this role in various UK locations please contact alex.cowley@datatech.org.uk 01256 314660.

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