Credit Analyst - German Speaking

iwoca; London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join iwoca as a Credit Analyst - German Speaking in London. In this role, you will leverage your analytical skills and financial expertise to assess credit applications for SMEs in Germany, making impactful decisions. Contribute to a fast-paced, innovative environment and enjoy flexible working with robust benefits. Be part of our mission to support small businesses with fast, fair, and accessible finance.

Benefits

Medical insurance from Vitality

25 days’ holiday and additional day off for birthday

Paid volunteering day to support your chosen charity

Share options

One-month fully paid sabbatical after 4 years

Cycle-to-work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial loan underwriting or credit analysis within the SME sector in Germany.
• Strong German language skills, ideally at native level.
• Ability to interpret and analyse financial statements.

Responsibilities

• Assess credit applications using various data sources and our tech platform.
• Support other analysts on larger and complex decisions.
• Work alongside our analytics teams to optimise lending approaches.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Excellent communication skills

Strong business acumen

Ability to interpret financial statements

Motivated attitude

Job description

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We’re looking for a Credit Analyst - German Speaking

We’re growing fast, and more customers means more credit decisions. Our credit team is expanding and we’re looking for experienced analysts to assess our customers in a fast, fair and accurate way.

About Us

Fast, flexible finance empowers small businesses to manage their cash flow better and seize opportunities - making their business and the economy stronger as a whole. At iwoca, we do just that. We help businesses get the funds they need, when they need it, often within minutes.

We’ve already made several billion in funding available to over 100,000 businesses since we launched in 2012, and positioned ourselves as a leading Fintech in Europe. Our mission is to finance one million businesses. We’ll get there by continuing to make our finance ever more relevant and accessible to more businesses by combining cutting-edge technology, data science and a 5-star customer service.

Our culture

We’re expanding fast across our offices in London, Leeds, Berlin and Frankfurt. With all this growth, we’re looking for people who want to learn on the job and lead projects, knowing that your ideas will impact thousands of small businesses.

Your Mission

• To assess credit applications - you’ll use your experience, a variety of data sources and our tech platform to make fast, fair and accurate decisions.
• You’ll have autonomy in decisioning, the scope of which will increase over time as you build knowledge of our systems and processes.
• You will support other analysts on larger and more complex decisions, which is a key part of our workflow.
• Our credit decisioning is data driven. You’ll work alongside our analytics teams to optimise our approach to lending and adapt your own approach in line with that goal.
  
  

Requirements

We look for people who are smart, humble, motivated and who are always looking to improve.

You will have:

• Experience in commercial loan underwriting, credit sanctioning or credit analysis within the SME sector in Germany
• Strong business acumen and a working understanding of the risk and revenue drivers that influence the creditworthiness of a loan application
• Strong German language skills, ideally at native level
• The ability to interpret & analyse financial statements
• A motivated and enthusiastic attitude that works well in a regularly changing and fast paced environment
• Excellent communication skills. You will have direct telephone contact with our customers, daily interaction within credit whilst decisioning and regular contact with other teams on cross functional initiatives
• An analytical mindset with a practical approach to problem solving. You come up with innovative and scalable solutions to day-to-day problems and suggest changes to processes to improve efficiency
  
  

Don’t take this list as prescriptive: it’s just to give you a sense of who might do well at the job. We’d still love to hear from you if you don’t hit every point on the list, or if you have other experience.

Work-life balance is incredibly important at iwoca and we offer flexible working so you can make better use of your free time. This is a hybrid role in which you can split your time between the office and home.

We want to make iwoca a place where everyone feels welcome, where you can confidently be yourself. We understand that inclusivity, and diversity that comes through greater inclusivity, isn't an optional add-on; it's the core ingredient of what makes us great. We care about making iwoca a healthy and happy community for all of our team members to thrive in.

The salary

We expect to pay from £45,000 - £60,000 for this role. But, we’re open-minded, so definitely include your salary goals with your application. We routinely benchmark salaries against market rates, and run quarterly performance and salary reviews.

Visa sponsorship

Whilst we welcome applications from all qualified candidates, please note that for this particular position we cannot offer visa sponsorship. Candidates should be eligible to work in the UK independently.

Visa sponsorship

Whilst we welcome applications from all qualified candidates, please note that for this particular position we cannot offer visa sponsorship. Candidates should be eligible to work in the UK independently.

Our Benefits

We put a lot of effort into making iwoca a brilliant place to work:

• Offices in London, Leeds, Berlin and Frankfurt.
• Events and clubs, like bingo, comedy nights, yoga classes, football…
• Two company retreats a year, we’ve been to France, Italy, Spain and further afield
• Plenty of drinks and snacks in our offices.
  
  

We offer a wide range of benefits:

• Medical insurance from Vitality, including discounted gym membership
• 25 days’ holiday, an extra day off for your birthday and the option to buy or sell an additional 5 days of annual leave
• Instant access to emotional and mental health support with our partner, Spill
• Share options
• Generous maternity and paternity leave
• A nursery tax benefit scheme to help you save money
• Paid volunteering day to support your chosen charity
• Extra leave if you want to travel or study
• One-month fully paid sabbatical after 4 years
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Electric car scheme
  
  

And to make sure we all keep learning, we offer:

• An L&D budget for everyone, including a book budget
• Company-wide talks with internal and external speakers
• Access to learning platforms like Treehouse if you want to learn to code
  
  

Compensation Range: €55K - €85K

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Sales

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