Credit Analyst & Underwriter - SME Fintech Builder

Entrepreneur First; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Lenkie, headquartered in London with a remote-first culture, is seeking a Credit Analyst / Underwriter with 2–4 years SME underwriting experience to join our scaling team. You will focus on efficient processing and underwriting of loan applications to support fast growth.

As a core member of a lean team, you will help refine workflows, optimize decisioning engines and scorecards, monitor portfolio health and collaborate with Sales and Product/Tech to ensure a seamless customer journey from

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of direct SME underwriting experience.
• Experience at a UK SME fintech lender with data-driven credit assessment.
• Comfort handling a high volume of applications in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to articulate credit decisions to internal stakeholders and customers.
• Strong ability to analyze P&L statements, balance sheets, bank transactions, and credit reports.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end credit evaluation for SME applicants.
• Identify bottlenecks and implement speed-to-decision improvements.
• Help write the playbook for credit operations and contribute to risk frameworks.
• Monitor portfolio health and report on exposures.
• Collaborate daily with Sales and Product/Tech to ensure a seamless journey from application to drawdown.
• Provide data-driven feedback to automate checks and improve risk models.

Skills

SME underwriting

Credit analysis

Self-starter

Communication

High-volume processing

Analytical rigor

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

About us

At Lenkie, we’re passionate about helping small businesses turn their big ambitions into reality. Through our innovative lending products and powerful cash flow management platform, we empower SMEs to succeed. We have supported hundreds of UK businesses with millions in funding.

We are a high-performing, collaborative team headquartered in London with a remote-first culture. Backed by world-class investors, we recently closed a £4M equity and £45M debt Series A investment round. We are now entering a pivotal scaling phase and are looking for a sharp, execution-focused Credit Analyst to join our mission.

About the job

We are looking for a driven Credit Analyst / Underwriter who has cut their teeth at one of the UK’s SME fintech lenders. You have 2–4 years of experience and understand what a high-output, technology-driven underwriting process looks like at scale.

At Lenkie, you won't just be a cog in a machine. While your primary focus will be the efficient processing and underwriting of loan applications, you will also be an early hire with "builder" DNA. You’ll help us refine our workflows, optimize our decisioning engines and scorecards.

Key Responsibilities

• Application Processing & Underwriting: Own the end-to-end credit evaluation process for SME applicants. Perform deep-dive financial analysis, assess creditworthiness, and deliver fast, accurate lending decisions.

• Workflow Optimization: Use your experience to identify bottlenecks in our current process. Proactively suggest and implement improvements to increase speed-to-decision without compromising risk.

• Early-Stage Building: As a core member of a lean team, you will help "write the playbook" for our credit operations, contributing to the evolution of our internal tools and risk frameworks.

• Portfolio Monitoring: Actively monitor the health of our existing SME exposures, identifying early warning signs and contributing to portfolio reporting.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work daily with Sales and Product/Tech teams to ensure a seamless customer journey from application to drawdown.

• Data-Driven Feedback: Provide feedback to our data and engineering teams to help automate manual checks and enhance our proprietary risk models.

Qualifications/Required Skills

• Experience: 2–4 years of direct SME underwriting experience.

• Fintech Background: You have worked at a UK SME fintech lender and understand modern, data-driven credit assessment.

• Processing Power: You are comfortable handling a high volume of applications and making sound judgment calls in a fast-paced environment.

•Self-Starter Mentality:: You thrive in an environment where not everything is defined yet. You see a problem and build a solution rather than waiting for a manual.

• Analytical Rigor: Strong ability to analyze P&L statements, balance sheets, bank transactions, and credit reports.

• Communication: Ability to articulate credit decisions clearly to both internal stakeholders and, where necessary, customers.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with SQL or Python to pull and analyze data independently.

How we reward performance

• Competitive Salary: Generous base salary + equity options.

• Hybrid Culture: 3 days per week in our Bloomsbury office to foster collaboration, with flexibility for the rest.

• Impact: The chance to shape the credit function of a Series A startup from the ground up.

• Growth: A clear path to more senior risk or leadership roles as the company scales.

We’re building a diverse, inclusive and supportive team where everyone can do their best work. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives, and we do not discriminate based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.

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