Head of Credit

1 week ago

Manchester, United Kingdom THC Recruitment Ltd Full time

Head of Credit Risk

Salary – depending on experience plus benefits

Manchester



Do not wait to apply after reading this description a high application volume is expected for this opportunity.

As the Head of Credit Risk of the business, the successful candidate will play a pivotal role in shaping the risk management strategy; ensuring the responsible underwriting of loans, delivering good outcomes for our customers and safeguarding the financial health of the firm. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, you will lead a dedicated risk management function and collaborate with various departments to strike a balance between the customer’s needs and outcomes, commercial aims and risk mitigation.


Key Responsibilities:


Risk Strategy and Governance:

  • Develop and implement a comprehensive risk management strategy aligned with the business objectives.
  • Establish and enforce risk policies, procedures, and standards to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
  • Collaborate with the executive leadership of the Business to communicate risk tolerance and risk appetite across the organisation.
  • Support the business aspirations for asset growth with a balanced approach to asset quality and risk reward.


Underwriting Oversight:

  • Oversee the underwriting process to ensure thorough evaluation and assessment of loan applications.
  • Ensure that the risks of lending proposals submitted are properly identified, assessed and mitigated appropriately.
  • Implement and enhance underwriting models, analytics, and decision-making tools to optimise risk-adjusted returns.


Credit Risk Management:

  • Develop and maintain credit risk models to assess the creditworthiness of borrowers.
  • Establish risk-based pricing strategies to balance profitability with risk exposure.
  • Collaborate with the credit risk team to monitor portfolio performance and initiate proactive measures to mitigate credit losses.
  • Be accountable for credit decisions and identify signs of stress to minimise the company’s exposure to bad and doubtful debt.
  • Proactively review and recommend improvements to credit policy. With delivery through continuous scorecard development.
  • Delivery of process, procedure and systems that can deliver market leading SLAs - as set out by the CEO.


Scorecard:

  • Develop, build and manage the Organisations’ credit risk scorecard.
  • Refine the credit risk model through the scorecard lifecycle.
  • Develop champion challenge models in life to ensure continued “best customer outcomes”.


Compliance and Regulatory Affairs:

  • Stay abreast of relevant regulatory changes and ensure the lending business is following all applicable laws and regulations.
  • Maintain a deep and thorough understanding of Consumer Duty, notably delivering good customer outcomes and fair value.


Stress Testing and Scenario Analysis:

  • Conduct stress testing and scenario analysis to assess the resilience of the lending portfolio under various economic conditions.
  • Develop contingency plans and risk mitigation strategies based on stress test results.


Cross-functional Collaboration:

  • Work collaboratively with other business units such as finance, operations, and technology to integrate effective risk management strategies and controls into business processes.
  • Provide risk insights and recommendations to support strategic decision-making.


Team Leadership and Development:

  • Training of 1st line team and ongoing oversight of competency, including talent development.
  • 2nd line defence responsibilities, including periodic 1st line audit.


Vendor management and selection:

  • Management of lending operations, including application processing, customer onboarding, customer checks, proposal generation, underwriting (including affordability assessments), pay-outs, arrears and forbearance management, and bad debts.
  • Managing the risk of lending in accordance with the Firm’s risk appetite, and the associated frameworks.

Skills and attributes:

  • Analytical thinker, with deep understanding of credit profiles, experienced in underwriting with the ability to run a team of UW, ability to build and maintain complex credit scorecards.
  • Ability to run a risk-based pricing model.
  • An inclusive, transparent, mentor, who strives for continuous improvement.


Contact Vicky for more information.

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