Credit Risk Assurance Manager

Creditspring; Camden Town; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A consumer finance company in Camden Town is looking for a Credit Risk Manager to oversee its credit risk portfolio. The successful candidate will ensure compliance with regulatory standards and manage portfolio performance in a dynamic fintech environment. Ideal applicants will have over 5 years of experience in credit risk management, strong analytical skills, and familiarity with SQL and Excel. This role offers flexible hybrid working and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Hybrid flexible working

Annual training budget

Growth shares

Bupa Private Medical Insurance

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• 5+ years in credit risk management.
• Experience in consumer lending or digital lender.
• Understanding of UK regulatory environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight of credit risk strategies.
• Monitor performance of products against risk thresholds.
• Ensure compliance with UK regulatory standards.

Skills

Credit risk management

SQL proficiency

Financial modelling

Data analysis

Strong communication

Tools

Excel

Python

Job description

We are Creditspring, a new way of borrowing that focuses on its members and provides them with safe and efficient short-term financial products.

We're a fast-growing FCA-regulated consumer credit company. We have members, not customers and we take a lot of pride in that!

As one of the UK’s only subscription finance company in the market, we truly have a unique value proposition. Our mission is very clear; to improve the financial stability and resilience of our members. We do this through the products we provide, the partnerships we have, and our educational content. We want our members, and everyone in the UK to be able to better manage their finances and steer them away from high-cost, unregulated credit options.

About the role

The Credit Risk Manager plays a key role within the Second Line of Defence, providing oversight of the organisation’s consumer credit portfolio. The role is responsible for ensuring that credit risk practices are robust, compliant, and aligned with the company’s risk appetite, regulatory expectations and commitment to sustainable, ethical lending.

This position requires strong analytical skills and a proactive approach, supporting the business in managing credit risk within a fast-paced, innovative fintech environment.

Responsibilities

• Independent Oversight & Challenge
  Provide second line oversight of credit risk strategies, policies, and decisions made by the First Line. Challenge key assumptions, model outputs, and decision-making frameworks used in lending.
• Portfolio & Policy Oversight
  Monitor performance of products and ensure the risk-return balance is in line with agreed thresholds. Review credit risk policies and assess effectiveness of controls.
• Risk Appetite Framework
  Support the definition, implementation, and monitoring of our credit risk appetite. Conduct reviews against internal thresholds and raise concerns on emerging risks or threshold breaches.
• Model Governance
  Review and challenge credit risk models (scorecards, affordability, decision engines, IFRS 9), in collaboration with Underwriting, Data Science, Finance, and Risk teams.
• Regulatory Compliance
  Ensure credit risk frameworks, policies, and decisions are in line with UK regulatory standards (e.g. FCA Handbook, Consumer Duty), and prepare for any engagement with regulatory bodies and/or key stakeholders.
• Assurance & Deep Dives
  Conduct thematic risk reviews and credit portfolio assurance work to identify gaps in controls, data quality, or decisioning logic.
• Reporting & Governance
  Provide independent risk reporting to senior management, the Credit Risk Committee, and the Board. Contribute to regulatory submissions and internal/external audit preparations.
• Stakeholder Engagement
  Collaborate closely with Underwriting, Finance, Product, Compliance, Data, and Engineering teams. Build strong relationships across the business while maintaining appropriate independence.

What you'll need to succeed

• 5+ years in credit risk management, including significant time in a second line or independent oversight role.
• Prior experience in consumer lending challenger bank, or digital lender.
• Strong understanding of consumer credit lifecycle — acquisition, account management, collections, recoveries.
• Familiarity with UK regulatory environment including FCA rules, Consumer Duty, and IFRS 9.
• Strong understanding of credit risk metrics (PD, LGD, EAD) and financial modelling.
• Experience, overseeing or challenging statistical credit risk models, including scorecards and affordability assessments.
• Comfortable working with data — ability to interpret MI, dashboards, and model outputs.
• Strong proficiency in SQL for querying and analysing large datasets; experience with Python or similar is a plus.
• Advanced Excel skills, including expertise in complex formulas, pivot tables, and data analysis tools.
• A strong foundation in probability and statistics, including experience with A/B testing and advanced analytical methods.
• In‑depth knowledge of UK bureau data (e.g., Experian, Equifax, TransUnion) and familiarity with fraud detection techniques, alternative data sources, and collections solutions.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to challenge constructively and influence across levels.

Why you’ll love it here

• Hybrid flexible working
• Annual training budget to advance skills
• Growth shares
• Bupa Private Medical Insurance
• Awesome health and wellbeing initiatives

Please note that the People Team is contactable only via [e-mail]. Unsolicited emails to other team members will not be actioned.