Lead Credit Risk Analyst

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£55000 - £65000

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Permanent

Lead Credit Risk Analyst
West Midlands 1 to 2 days in the office
£55,000 - £65,000

This role offers the chance to take real ownership of credit risk strategy within a fast-evolving consumer lending environment. You will sit at a pivotal point between senior leadership and developing analysts, combining strategic influence with hands-on analytical delivery across high-impact projects.

The Company
They are a consumer-focused organisation with a large lending portfolio and a strong commitment to data-led decision making. Credit risk plays a central role in shaping sustainable growth, with close collaboration across analytics, technology and commercial teams. The environment is supportive and ambitious, with a clear focus on learning, development and progression.

The Role
  • Lead and evolve existing customer management and credit limit strategies across the lending book.
  • Support the redesign of credit limit management and implementation of new behavioural scorecards.
  • Deliver analysis to inform policy changes, decision system enhancements and customer limit adjustments.
  • Design, analyse and interpret tests and experiments to balance risk, growth and customer outcomes.
  • Produce portfolio analysis, MI and insight into wider customer trends.
  • Work closely with stakeholders across credit and analytics, with flexibility to move into acquisition-focused projects if of interest.
Your Skills & Experience
  • Strong commercial experience in consumer credit risk within lending products such as cards, loans or mortgages.
  • Demonstrated capability in acquisitions or existing customer management strategy, including limit or policy work.
  • Experience contributing to or leading credit limit management initiatives.
  • Strong analytical capability with SQL or a comparable analytical language.
  • Clear communication skills with the ability to translate analysis into actionable insight.
What They Offer
  • Salary up to £65,000 depending on experience.
  • Hybrid working with 1 to 2 days per week in the West Midlands office and regular team collaboration days.
  • Exposure to wide-ranging, business-critical projects with clear strategic impact.
  • Strong opportunities for development, progression and movement across credit risk teams.
  • A collaborative culture that actively supports learning and professional growth.

CONTACT

Rosie Walsh

Business Manager

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