Job description

The ideal candidate for this role will be responsible for running existing credit risk related reports as well as the further analysis of data in order to determine our customer’s payment performance which will be used for strategic decision-making.

Here’s what you can expect to be doing in the role

• Assist with the monitoring of risk based strategies within acquisition to ensure that only customers with the correct risk levels are allowed to purchase
• Running existing report to be used in executive information packs
• Assisting operational departments with operational reporting
• Monitoring key metrics and interpreting findings
• Assist with the review and enhancement of the credit limits to ensure the business exposure strategy is met
• Assist with and maintain strategies for early and late-stage collections that ensure that operations department focus on the correct delinquent accounts
• Maintain and update forecast models for future legal write off and provisions
• Use a data-oriented approach to work with others in solving complex business problems around profitability, marketing, risk, and operational analysis
• Design experiments and use various test and control strategies for credit operations, analyse results, and build predictive models to forecast future outcomes.
• Perform data-oriented ‘what if’ and ‘ad-hoc’ analysis to support business strategy optimization in credit operations
• Develop a strong credit risk team by mentoring the less experienced trainee credit risk analysts   
• Assists Credit Risk Manager and Senior Credit Risk Analysts on key projects

Requirements

A little about who you are

• Numerate degree (BSc, BCom, B Bus Sci, BEng.)
• Would benefit from courses in advanced mathematics, computer programming, economics, and operations research
• Minimum of two years’ working experience as a credit risk analyst
• Working knowledge and exposure to processes such as banking or retail credit
• Strong willingness to learn
• Ability to critically analyse and problem solve
• Be able to review own work with attention to detail
• Advanced computer literacy skills with high proficiency in MS Excel, SQL or SAS
• Project management experience will be advantageous

Benefits

• Flexible benefits to structure your own package
• Creative agile work environment
• Flexible working hours
• Café and lounge area
• Staff restaurant with a variety of healthy meal options

Posted on 14 Jul 12:14