Main responsibilities:
- Develop and implement
credit risk policies and strategies SME lending portfolio.
- Monitor and analyze the credit portfolio performance, identifying
potential risks and opportunities for improvement.
- Stay abreast of industry trends, regulatory changes, and best
practices in credit risk management to enhance the bank's risk management
framework.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data scientists
and underwriters, to optimize risk decisioning and scoring model
performance.
- Conduct comprehensive risk assessments and credit analysis for
loan applications, ensuring adherence to risk standards and guidelines.
- Work with the team of IT business analysts and developers to
implement relevant changes in product, decision strategy and scoring in
relevant loan origination software and decision engine
- Responsible for credit application approval rate and all relevant
portfolio risk metrics (PAR, COR, NPL, etc.)
- Be involved in budgeting and plan achievement of all relevant
portfolio risk metrics
- Conduct periodic stress tests and scenario analyses to assess the
portfolio's resilience to economic changes.
- Continuous search and analysis of alternative data sources for
scoring model and decision making optimization
- Contribute to the effective management of all credit risk related
issues and opportunities and maintain effective working relationships
with team members, other colleagues, and customers.
- Provide insightful risk
reports and recommendations to senior management and contribute to
strategic decision-making.
Main requirements:
- Bachelor’s/University
degree, Master’s degree preferred.
- 2-3 years of analytical experience; Preferably in SME lending.
- Working knowledge of Bank operating systems, lines of business,
products will be an advantage.
- Strong
data skills: highly proficient in
Excel, competence in SQL select methods. Knowledge of Python (Pandas)
will be an advantage.
Skills:
- Excellent analytical,
verbal and written communication, exceptional interpersonal, and
relationship building skills with business stakeholders.
- Strategic thinker with the ability to review a situation from
varied perspectives as well as a willingness to make judgment calls and
decisions based on experience and reasonableness tests.
- Strong organizational skills and detail-oriented
- Ability to streamline complex processes
- Ability to meet strict deadlines with excellent follow-up skills
- Comfortable with a “hands-on” approach and balancing multiple,
competing priorities and changes in scope/direction, all with a high
sense of urgency and positive “can-do” attitude
- Ability to work in a
fast-paced environment and adapt to change very quickly with minimal
supervision