Senior Credit Risk Manager

2 weeks ago


Chatham, Kent, United Kingdom Vanquis Bank Full time

About This Role

As a Senior Credit Risk Manager, you will lead the evolution of using alternative data sources to inform our credit risk strategies for Loans, Vehicle Finance, and Credit Cards. You will be instrumental in establishing thought leadership within the UK industry on open banking transactional data, enabling us to provide credit to the underserved, capture market share, grow receivables, optimise profitability, and deliver good customer outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

  1. Lead and role model for the wider strategy function on innovative and entrepreneurial spirit, influencing across Tech and Change, Data and Analytics, Commercial, Finance, and the wider business.
  2. Lead the cross-functional team focused on building out our credit strategy for lending policy, particularly optimising the use of open banking in affordability and responsible lending decisions.
  3. Coordinate projects aimed at achieving an ambitious future vision to change lending for the better.
  4. Ensure effective engagement with customers at different points in the lending journey.
  5. Create innovative ways to look at the data 'value exchange' throughout the customer onboarding process.
  6. Build, lead, and develop a team of high-performing individuals.
  7. Drive the optimisation of lending decisions through test and learn initiatives to identify champion strategies for both new and existing customers.
  8. Influence stakeholders across the Group, from peers to Senior Management, to gain buy-in and support for delivering change.
  9. Support business growth and portfolio profitability by balancing risk, reward, and responsible lending.
  10. Provide colleagues with opportunities to succeed through coaching, mentoring, and sharing expertise and knowledge.

Requirements

  1. Expert in developing responsible lending strategies as part of a Credit Risk function.
  2. Expert in the use of open banking data.
  3. Extensive experience in developing and implementing scorecards, strategy rules, and affordability assessments.
  4. Inspire the analytical team, prioritising activities and provide strategic direction.
  5. Familiar with the existing regulatory and economic landscapes, with working knowledge of CONC obligations and an overview of wider macro-economic environment and trends.

About Us

At Vanquis Banking Group, we believe in looking after our colleagues, so we do our best to create a rewarding, engaging, and supportive work environment across our various divisions. We offer competitive salaries, benefits, and a Group wide recognition scheme. All colleagues are eligible to join a pension scheme, and, after six months' service, you can join our 'Buy as you Earn' schemes. We offer a range of training and development opportunities to help each of our colleagues maximise their potential, whatever their role. From your first day working with us, we'll help you settle into your new role and are happy to talk to you about your career aspirations.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Here at Vanquis Banking Group, we embrace everyone's unique strengths and identities to be themselves at work. Regardless of how you identify yourself, your sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national background, faith, disability, or age – your experiences and background help enrich our teams, and most importantly help support our customers in the best way possible. At the end of the day, it's our people that help us to fulfil the reason why we're here in the first place: to help put people on a path to a better everyday life.



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