Credit Analyst - Mortgages

Lloyds Banking Group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 43,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Leeds is seeking a Senior Credit Analyst for its Mortgages team. This role involves using analytical approaches to provide insights on credit risk strategies while mentoring junior analysts. Ideal candidates have strong analytical skills, experience in credit risk, and proficiency in SAS and Excel. Join a supportive environment committed to responsible lending and sustainability.

Qualifications

• Experience in credit risk and change management.
• Strong numerate skills with knowledge of advanced analytical techniques.
• Practical experience using analytical software, such as SAS.
• Ability to work quickly with high accuracy.
• Effective communication skills for diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical insight on Mortgage Credit Risk strategies.
• Deliver analysis to support team goals using SAS or Excel.
• Mentor junior analysts and form relationships with the Risk team.

Skills

Credit risk management

Analytical skills

SAS

Excel

Effective communication

Education

Degree in a numerate subject

Tools

SAS

Microsoft Office

Job description

JOB TITLE: Credit Analyst - Mortgages.

SALARY: £43,803pa to £53,537pa plus an extensive benefits package.

LOCATION: Leeds.

HOURS: 35 hours per week.

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in the above office hub.

About us

Do you want to be part of the largest transformation in financial services in a generation? Lloyds Banking Group is investing over £2bn pounds in delivering growth over the next 3 years, including considerable investment in our transformation to a data and technology led organisation.

We're the UK's biggest mortgage provider in the market, lending in excess of £300 billion to help our customers buy homes. Mortgage Credit Risk are responsible for the lending strategy, risk appetite, portfolio insight and performance monitoring of the Retail mortgage portfolio, covering Residential and Buy To Let loans across all brands.

Our team purpose is to deliver responsible and sustainable lending to help customers buy a home. We do this by taking ownership to act, while supporting each other and valuing difference. This is key in Helping Britain Prosper. You will be part of a collaborative team delivering insight through analytics to help manage the risks associated with our mortgage lending. We're continually using our knowledge and analytics to improve credit decisions and maximise the efficiency of the credit decisioning systems. We oversee key aspects of the portfolio to ensure we're acting in the best interests of our customers and we support the business to deliver safe and sustainable growth.

Want to hear more?

As a senior credit risk analyst on the team, you will use a variety of analytical approaches to provide technical insight on the Mortgage Credit Risk strategies. You will scope, define, and deliver analysis to support the team goals, using SAS or Excel daily to interrogate complex data and translate outputs into meaningful conclusions. You will form relationships with the wider Risk team and 1st line business areas, providing technical leadership and mentoring to junior analysts in the team.

It's an exciting time to be joining the Mortgages team. The Group has set out its ambitions to become a market leader in low emissions and sustainability and mortgages are a key part of that plan. If you want to support the Bank on its journey to be carbon zero by 2030, come and join us.

What are we looking for?

You’ll need to have experience in credit risk and have the analytical skills to deliver insights and proposals to ensure we continue to lend safely. As a senior analyst in the team, junior colleagues will look to you to set a good example in organising your work and continually developing yourself, as well as coaching and supporting others. The list here gives you information about the qualifications, skills and experience we’re looking for. We don’t expect you to be advanced in them all already; but be prepared to learn on the job and have the motivation to develop.

Essentials

• Demonstrable experience in credit risk and change management - an understanding of what credit risk is and how we manage it with strategies and scorecards.
• Strong numerate skills and qualifications - a degree (or equivalent) in a numerate subject with knowledge of advanced analytical techniques.
• Analytical expertise - practical experience of using analytical software and coding, such as SAS, and be confident in using Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Logical and analytical mindset - the ability to work quickly and at a high level of detail and accuracy.
• Effective communicator - ability to explain complicated issues clearly to different audiences; technical, non-technical, junior colleagues and senior management; both verbally and non-verbally.

What will you get in return?

We’re committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. So, if you’d like to come and work with us in a supportive and exciting credit risk role, we would love to hear from you!

Together we make it possible!