Job description
Agile Working Options
- Analytical role to lead the development and delivery of Retail Credit Risk lending strategy (e.g. scorecard cut-off selection, policy rule optimisation, referral strategy management etc.) to manage LBG mortgage lending within risk appetite.
- Build relationships with business partners, communicate analysis and business implications clearly, delivering required output to agreed plans and timescales.
- Maintain strategy compliance with internal governance and against regulatory guidelines.
- Find opportunities in new data and wider LBG projects that may enhance and support mortgage credit risk management.
- Support and coach junior members of the team, and work with credit risk managers to support and develop wider initiatives across the department.
- Work to and contribute to the development of standard methodologies within all aspects of credit risk analytics and management.
- Deliver robust and timely credit analytics to support strategy development and monitoring.
- Innovate and improve existing processes to deliver operational benefits to the team.
- Act as an expert point of contact on mortgage credit risk related items with partners and be recognised as a consistent source of business insight and solutions.
- Communicate business implications of analysis to team members and business partners, showing awareness of wider business impacts and suggesting recommendations for partners.
- Work pro-actively with IT, risk and operational areas to drive forward and mitigate issues in the implementation and use of risk strategies.
- Ensure all work (incl. analytics, documentation, implementation etc.) is aligned with group standards as well as external regulation set by regulators and within legislation (PRA, FCA, GDPR, DPA etc.).
- Proactively contribute to the scoping, design, development, validation and implementation of strategies.
- Display a "can do" attitude to meeting partner requirements and overcoming obstacles to delivery.
- Provide technical leadership to junior team members on all aspects of advanced analytics, managing delivery of own and other's work to agreed timescales where appropriate, whilst increasing their technical knowledge.
- Build and maintain a network of contacts across the mortgages and risk community at LBG and be aware of relevant regulatory and legislative changes.
- Respond to individual and team objectives and invests in improving personal performance by growing own skills and capabilities, coaching others when required.
- A degree (or equivalent) in a numerate subject with knowledge of advanced analytical techniques.
- 2+ years in the development of risk strategies in Retail Banking including experience in the extraction and manipulation of large datasets.
- Experienced and competent in the use of computer-based software and/or statistical packages (e.g., SAS, SPSS, R, Matlab, C, C++,, JAVA, EViews).
- Good knowledge of modern risk management techniques within Retail Banking.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team environment, with some experience of providing technical support to others.
- A high level of creativity, drive, innovation and initiative – a self starter.
- A logical and analytical approach, with the ability to work quickly and at a high level of detail and accuracy, and a highly analytical approach to problem solving.
- Proven ability to work without the need for close supervision showing excellent time management, planning and organisational skills.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal with knowledge or experience of tailoring communication for different audiences.
- Experience in use of SAS Macro’s
- Experience in mortgage credit risk analytics
- Experience working with customer data from a product/account level sources.
- Experience of managing/coaching junior colleagues