Credit Risk Manager, Flex Originations (Credit Cards)

Monzo; London, Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in innovative banking is looking for a Credit Risk Manager to drive the credit strategy for their Flex products. You will lead a team of analysts, develop pricing strategies, and contribute to a data-driven culture. With responsibilities ranging from report creation to collaboration with product teams, you'll be at the forefront of transforming customer experiences in personal credit. This role offers flexible working options and a supportive environment for professional growth.

Benefits

Relocation assistance

Visa sponsorship

Flexible working hours

Learning budget of £1,000 a year

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in unsecured lending, ideally credit cards.
• Deep understanding of lending economics and experience in credit models.
• Strong analytical and data capabilities, with SQL as a must-have.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to develop credit and pricing strategies for Flex products.
• Monthly reporting on Flex originations performance to stakeholders.
• Collaborate across teams to design and deliver new customer journeys.

Skills

Analytical skills

Data capabilities

Project management

Communication

Education

Experience in unsecured lending

Understanding of lending economics

Technical coding skills (SQL, Python)

Job description

Credit Risk Manager, Flex Originations (Credit Cards)

Cardiff, London or Remote (UK)

We’re on a mission to make money work for everyone.

We’re waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking.

With our hot coral cards and get-paid-early feature, combined with financial education on social media and our award winning customer service, we have a long history of creating magical moments for our customers!

We’re not about selling products - we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo ️

About us:

We’re on a mission to make money work for everyone.

We’re waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking.

With our hot coral cards and get-paid-early feature, combined with financial education on social media and our award winning customer service, we have a long history of creating magical moments for our customers!

We’re not about selling products - we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo ️

Our Borrowing (lending) business is growing rapidly across both existing products and the planned launch of new initiatives. We aim to create a genuine feel-good factor when it comes to personal credit, and are looking for driven, analytical and creative individuals to help us achieve this goal.

With our Flex product we’re reinventing credit cards to give customers more visibility and control over their spending. Our portfolio is growing rapidly and we’re expanding our team to support our future growth ambitions. We’re looking for a Credit Risk Manager to help drive the credit and growth strategy for Flex originations. You will lead a team of analysts responsible for developing the credit and pricing strategies as we evolve our existing propositions and develop new products and distribution strategies.

Our credit teams are part of our Data Discipline which drives a strong culture of data-driven decision making across the whole company. We’re great believers in powerful, real-time analytics and empowerment of the wider business. All our data lives in one place and is super easy to use. 90% of day-to-day data-driven decisions are covered by self-serve analytics through Looker which gives analysts the head space to focus on more impactful business questions and analyses.

Join a team where your ideas can rapidly transform into reality, leveraging our cutting-edge technology and agile ways of working. Our credit analysts and managers are fully embedded into a product squad alongside Product Managers, Engineers, Designers, Marketers, Customer Researchers, Data Scientists etc. This enables us to solve customer problems in a fast paced and innovative way.

How you’ll contribute:

• Lead a team of analysts that will develop credit and pricing strategies for our growing range of Flex products and distribution channels
• Work closely with Flex squad leadership to develop and execute an ambitious growth strategy for Flex
• Collaborate with people from engineering, marketing, product, risk and control to design and deliver new products and customer journeys
• Lead the development and maintenance of the NPV models and affordability strategies that underpin the Flex underwriting decisions
• Monthly monitoring and reporting on Flex originations performance to stakeholders up to executive level
• Build, maintain and own the database tables and dashboards that provide insights and promote rapid, data-driven decisions.
• Collaborate with the Decision Science team to maximise value from our internal and external data through cutting-edge ML models
• Promote a culture of proactive, high quality analysis and ensure we have the right credit capabilities, infrastructure and talent in place to scale safely

You should apply if:

What we’re doing here at Monzo excites you!

• You have extensive experience in unsecured lending, ideally credit cards
• You have a deep understanding of lending economics and have experience developing and deploying underwriting strategies and credit models.
• You have strong analytical and data capabilities, backed up by technical coding skills. SQL is a must-have, Python and Looker experience is a plus.
• You have a strong understanding of the regulations that apply to lending in the UK.
• You have track record leading and developing analytical teams
• You thrive in a fast-paced environment and are keen for the chance to improve our products and help ship changes to our customers
• You are a strong communicator, able to cut through complex problems and articulate decision points, particularly to senior leadership.
• You have experience in project management and coordination across teams.
• You work well collaborating in a team with diverse skill-sets and personality types.
• You are highly motivated and energised by the idea of bringing a positive impact to our customers and Monzo.

The Interview Process:

Our interview process involves 3 main stages. We promise not to ask you any brain teasers or trick questions!

• Initial call with the hiring manager
• Final loop of interviews meeting the team

Our average process takes around 3-4 weeks but we will always work around your availability. You will have the chance to speak to our recruitment team at various points during your process but if you do have any specific questions ahead of this please contact us on [e-mail]

What’s in it for you:

️ We can help you relocate to the UK

We can sponsor visas

This role can be based in our London office, but we're open to distributed working within the UK (with ad hoc meetings in London).

We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, at times that suit you and your team.

Learning budget of £1,000 a year for books, training courses and conferences

And much more, see our full list of benefits here

#LI-CS #LI-REMOTE

Equal opportunities for everyone

Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we’re making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. At Monzo, we’re embracing diversity by fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us. This is integral to our mission of making money work for everyone. You can read more in our blog , 2024 Diversity and Inclusion Report and 2024 Gender Pay Gap Report.

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.

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