Senior Credit Risk Analyst

Job Description
Senior Credit Risk Analyst
Newport - Hybrid
Established in 1996 to provide flexible and accessible finance to SMEs across the country Propel has since grown to become one of the UK’s largest finance houses. From this continued success we are now looking to recruit a Senior Credit Risk Analyst
to allow us to continue our exciting growth plans. Putting customers at the heart of everything we do, we are on the lookout for people with a passion for people: An open ear, a kind word, and empathy, as it’s the way we do business with our customers that differentiates us.
As a Senior Credit Risk Analyst, you will become a vital contributor to a leading UK business within the B2B asset financing and leasing market. Join a refreshed team, dynamically inclined within an energetic and proactive credit risk function.
Role responsibilities;
Building, testing, and maintaining the acquisition credit scorecard, with the aim to improve the decisioning process and automated credit decisioning process.
Review scoring in line with current and anticipated economic conditions to minimise making changes when appropriate to mitigate external conditions.
Reporting and presentation of credit risk metrics to senior management at monthly credit committee and sub-committee meetings.
Build and develop PD, LGD, delinquency models and roll rate models, which ultimately feeds into insight reporting.
Support the credit risk roadmap and framework as well as act as an ambassador for Credit Risk.
Working on key initiatives and projects with Experian and other external bureau and data providers.
As a fundamental member of the wider Analytics, Credit and Data Team, you will bring data to life and articulate insight definitions, key trends, and strategy requirements in relation to the credit portfolio.
You will look to also implement new to business technologies such as ML/AI within the credit risk sphere. Where this be scorecards, AML, portfolio monitoring, Flexible Credit Risk Decisioning, etc.
Key skills required;
Asset Finance and/or Financial Services – Retail or business banking.
The ability to code with high confidence within SQL, SAS and Python (as a bonus)
Develop and implement smart frameworks to make real-time decisions
Proven track record of building a wide range of statistical models, MI dashboards & scorecard development.
An ability to interrogate and manipulate large volumes of data to create insights.
An ability to take high level requests and transform them into specific deliverables or pieces of analysis.
Experience of working in a high-volume Commercial Credit Risk environment.
So, why would you want to work here?
We have a great working environment – it’s an ambitious business, but we achieve so much because of our people. Everyone in the business, no matter their team or role has the opportunity to shape the outcome, share ideas, make suggestions, and have their voice heard. It’s a truly collaborative place to work.
Benefits you can expect:
25 days annual leave + bank holidays
Half a day’s seasonal shopping holiday
The day off for your birthday
2 additional days holiday after 5 years’ service
Hybrid working options.
Private Medical Insurance
Subsidised gym membership
Pension scheme
Lots of company events and rewards
We are proud to be a member of Stonewall’s Diversity Champions programme and are committed to improving workplace inclusion.
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