Specialist, Impairment Reporting

NewDay Cards Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

NewDay is seeking a Specialist, Impairment Reporting to own the monthly IFRS 9 impairment reporting, delivering accurate ECL results and insights to senior stakeholders. You will work across Credit Risk, Finance and Collections to understand portfolio performance and impairment drivers.

You will use Python and SQL to interrogate data, challenge results and support strategic decision-making in a fast-paced environment. This role offers Hybrid working arrangements in the UK.

Qualifications

• IFRS 9 impairment reporting, ECL forecasting, and analytics.
• Strong analytical skills with Python and SQL to interrogate data and generate insight.
• Understanding impairment drivers and portfolio performance in lending.
• Ability to communicate complex analysis clearly to senior stakeholders.
• Organised and proactive with multi-priority management in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly IFRS 9 impairment reporting process and deliver accurate ECL results.
• Partner with Credit Risk, Finance and Collections to explain impairment movements and support decisions.
• Assess impact of lending and collections strategies on impairment outcomes and identify trends.
• Support enhancement of impairment reporting, including model parameter updates and validations.
• Use Python and SQL to challenge results and provide visibility to senior stakeholders.

Skills

IFRS 9

ECL forecasting

Python

SQL

Credit risk analytics

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Power BI

Job description

At NewDay, we help millions of people move forward with credit. As one of the UK's leading providers of consumer credit, we're constantly using data, technology and insight to make smarter decisions for our customers and our business. As a Specialist, Impairment Reporting, you'll play a key role in delivering our monthly IFRS 9 impairment reporting, providing valuable insight into portfolio performance and the drivers of expected credit losses. Working across Credit Risk, Collections and Finance, you'll help ensure our impairment calculations are accurate, robust and well understood, while supporting strategic decision-making across the business.

How you'll contribute

• Own the monthly IFRS 9 impairment reporting process, delivering accurate expected credit loss (ECL) results and providing insight into key performance drivers.
• Partner with stakeholders across Credit Risk, Finance and Collections to understand portfolio performance, explain impairment movements and support business decision-making.
• Assess the impact of lending, customer management and collections strategies on impairment outcomes, identifying emerging risks and trends.
• Support the ongoing enhancement of impairment reporting, including PMAs, model parameter updates, validations and business change initiatives.
• Use Python, SQL and data-led analysis to challenge results, generate meaningful insights and provide visibility to senior stakeholders across the business.

We're looking for these essential skills

• Experience in IFRS 9 impairment reporting, ECL forecasting, credit risk analytics or a related discipline.
• Strong analytical skills with experience using Python and SQL to interrogate data, solve problems and generate insight.
• Understanding of impairment drivers, risk trends and portfolio performance within lending businesses.
• Ability to communicate complex analysis clearly and confidently to a range of stakeholders, including senior leaders.
• Organised and proactive approach, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

It's a plus if you also have these skills

• Experience with PMAs, IFRS 9 models or impairment methodology.
• Exposure to credit cards, consumer finance or other unsecured lending products.
• Experience using Power BI and presenting insights to senior leadership audiences.

Externally, this role could be known as IFRS 9 Analyst, Impairment Analyst, Impairment Reporting Analyst, Credit Risk Analyst (IFRS 9), ECL Analyst, Provisioning Analyst, Credit Risk Reporting Analyst, IFRS 9 Reporting Analyst, Risk Analytics Analyst or Forecasting & Impairment Analyst. #LI-Hybrid #BC1 At NewDay, we value all types of diversity.

At NewDay, we value all types of diversity. We’re an equal opportunity employer and believe that our differences create a vibrant, authentic working culture. We want all our colleagues to feel able to bring their whole selves to work. We don’t discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics or identities. We make sure that every job is crafted to be inclusive and that people with disabilities or caring responsibilities can take part in the application and interview process. Tell us if you need accommodations: We’ll put reasonable adjustments in place to support you. We work with Textio to make our job design and hiring inclusive.

Permanent We help people move forward with credit and help our colleagues to move their careers forward too. Through innovative consumer credit and embedded finance products powered by groundbreaking technology, we deliver over 300 million transactions every year. Our brands include Aqua, Marbles, Fluid, Bip and NewPay. We partner with leading brands such as AO, Argos, Boohoo, John Lewis and Lloyds Bank. Over 5 million UK customers are supported by our award-winning customer service.