(Senior) Credit Risk Manager - SME (m/f/d)

Pliant GmbH; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Credit Risk Manager, where you'll play a crucial role in underwriting credit risk for SME clients across Europe and the UK. This dynamic position offers the chance to optimize credit decisioning strategies, collaborate with diverse teams, and contribute to a culture of open dialogue. With a focus on innovation and continuous improvement, you'll help shape the future of financial services while enjoying the flexibility of a hybrid work environment. Be part of a growing team that values knowledge exchange and excellence.

Benefits

Company card with monthly allowance

Flexible work arrangements

Attractive remuneration

Flat hierarchy

Professional atmosphere

Qualifications

• 3-6 years of operational experience in risk assessment for MSME customers.
• Strong knowledge of open banking data and financial accounting.

Responsibilities

• Assess customer profiles and analyze business information for credit decisions.
• Support automation of underwriting processes and improve operational workflows.

Skills

Risk Assessment

Financial Analysis

Analytical Thinking

Open Banking Data Knowledge

Credit Underwriting

Communication Skills

Tools

IT Systems for Loan Processing

Job description

ABOUT US

Since 2020, Pliant has been on a mission to rethink credit cards and empower companies to grow by providing a smart way to pay that scale with their business. With our app and API-based solutions, Pliant allows companies to issue physical and virtual credit cards, automate payment processes, track spending, and seamlessly integrate these data into their finance stack.

Pliant is growing quickly. With our expansion into 30 international markets, we believe that people, passion, and diversity are the key ingredients to our future success. Our growing team of 160+ Plianteers come from 35 nationalities and work remotely or in a hybrid environment from our headquarters in the heart of Berlin. And we’re looking for more talented and committed people to join us on our journey!

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a (Senior) Credit Risk Manager - SME (m/f/d) you will be responsible for the underwriting credit risk exposures to our European and UK SME clients. In addition to case processing, you will support us in continuously improving our underwriting standards and systems.

You will work closely with our Lead Risk Strategist - SME to support the development and optimisation of automated credit decisioning strategies and policy frameworks as well as our colleagues from the Sales, Legal, Operations, Product and Risk teams.

This role will be based in the UK (hybrid) with some travel from time to time to our Headquarters in Berlin.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Due diligence: Assess who our customers are, how and with whom they operate their business model, what their public and financial profiles are.
• Underwriting: Analyze business and financial information of our customers (e.g., credit agency reports, financial statements, bank account statements), write up the key risks and mitigants and conclude.
• Credit decision: Decide on limit requests of our customers within your delegated authority. You understand how credit decisions impact business performance and contribute towards company goals.
• Process optimisation: You support the automation of underwriting processes by helping identify recurring patterns in customer behaviour and translating them into structured rules and decision logic.
• Innovation: You get to the heart of operational workflows, understand how to systematize, and continuously improve them together with your colleagues.
• Documentation: You draft and maintain clear documentation on credit decisions and processes. Your work supports audits and team alignment by ensuring that risk procedures are transparent, and well-communicated.
• Communication: You are a facilitator and ensure a smooth and fact-based information flow between your colleagues. In doing so, you support the development of a culture of open dialogue, which is focused on mutual respect and the joint achievement of excellent results.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

• 3-6 years of operational experience in risk assessment for MSME customers from a bank or fintech.
• Strong knowledge of open banking data, financial accounting and analysis.
• Direct experience with UK SME credit underwriting, including familiarity with fraud detection techniques and red flags in lending, including use of transaction data or pattern-based analysis.
• Analytical thinking, detail orientation and ability to quickly understand new problems and systems and work out solutions.
• Experience with IT systems used for loan processing and credit decisioning.
• Determination and desire to work in a team to achieve high-quality results for our customers, even under stress.
• Fluent English with very good writing skills. Other European languages are a plus.

WHAT WE OFFER

• The opportunity to work in a growing team with big responsibilities that thrives on a strong exchange of knowledge and excellence
• Attractive remuneration
• Flat hierarchy and transparent communication in a relaxed, professional atmosphere
• Opportunity to develop your talent in a dynamic team with ambitious goals
• Flexibility and possibility to work remotely
• Company card with a monthly allowance for lunches, coffee, etc. with co-workers