Risk Systems Manager

at  Close Brothers Group

OVERALL SUMMARY

At Close Brothers we look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and are open to discuss flexible work options to help you balance your work and home life.
Join the Close Brothers Credit Risk team where you will lead the Credit Risk Systems team, providing Credit Risk support for the management, maintenance, development, testing and deployment of Credit and proposal orchestration strategies for multiple Powercurve Originations (PCO) decisioning and underwriting platforms across the Close Brothers Group including Motor Finance, Premium Finance and Asset PCH.
Working as part of the Credit Risk team, our ideal team member will have previous experience in building, testing and implementing credit acquisition strategy with excellent communication skills.

IT IS NOT ESSENTIAL BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU:

• Have hands on expertise of Experian’s Powercurve / SDS systems
• Have experience of Business Objects / SAS / Alteryx / SQL and / or other similar data analytical tools
  We are an inclusive organisation and committed to ensuring our recruitment process is as accessible as possible to everyone. We will make adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format or would like to discuss the recruitment process with us, please email us at recruit.ssc@closebrothers.com or request a call back.

ABOUT US

For roles offering hybrid working: At Close Brothers we support employees to balance their work life priorities and in this role you will be able to enjoy a mixture of hybrid working.
Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking, wealth management services and securities trading. At Close Brothers we provide financial support and advice to small businesses and individuals in the UK. Our purpose is to help the people and businesses of Britain thrive over the long term.
To find out more about Close Brothers, please visit our careers page: https://www.closebrothers.com/careers

• Define, maintain and continually update documentation and processes for the governance and control of credit strategy and change control documentation, together with ongoing strategy and credit systems monitoring framework and systems MI reporting
• Ownership and continued development of credit strategy development change control and testing governance procedures
• Manage and prioritise the pipeline of new change requests to credit and orchestration strategies, with the support of the Customer Acquisition Team
• Scope and specify detailed requirements for changes requested to credit and orchestration strategies
• Manage a team of risk systems analysts to build and test new and updated credit risk strategies, policy rules, scorecards and cut-offs, and orchestration within the wider PCO underwriting platforms
• Provide credit support to Operations, IT, Customer Acquisition and Service Management teams & support for incidents impacting PCO and investigation for defect resolution
  Developing Our People: as a line manager, you will be responsible for inspiring and motivating your team, as well as developing performance through coaching. You will encourage your team to take responsibility for their own personal development and provide support through regular feedback.