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Head of Credit Risk Modelling

Posted over 3 years ago

  • Sector: Credit Risk & Analytics
  • Contact: Beth Langstreth
  • Contact Email: Blangstreth@merje.com
  • Expiry Date: 11 November 2020
  • Job Ref: GC/16896

Our client is an award winning business in the early stages of their journey building a digital bank. It’s an exciting time to join their team and a real opportunity to shape Credit Risk from the top down.

You will be the go to SME for all things Credit Risk Modelling, building scorecards for a suite of unsecured products including personal loans, credit cards and overdrafts. You will build and continuously develop the relevant borrower default models (PD / EAD / LGD)  and impairment models. Your level of experience will allow you to work autonomously and you will recognise and action business requirements without guidance.

Our Ideal Candidate:

  • Credit Risk Modelling SME
  • Technical expert with R / Python
  • Experience across unsecured consumer lending: loans, credit cards and overdrafts
  • Strong communicator at all levels (C-suite – Analyst)
  • Ability to develop and grow a team over time
  • Able to build structure to initial ‘start-up’ chaos

This is an exciting opportunity to join at a critical time in our Clients growth.