Your Role

The role will help lead the credit underwriting and risk team supporting our rapidly growing and dynamic IT solutions business. This passionate, highly organised individual will work closely with our finance and sales teams as well as external stakeholders, insurance brokers and customers alike, to maintain credit risk controls within an existing framework and provide a unique service to our customers.

What you'll be doing

• Performing credit checks on Softcat's new and potential suppliers within set DOA.
• Reviewing recommendations of commercial decisions written by Credit Underwriter 1 and 2 and providing feedback where possible.
• Reviewing a portfolio of customers with high exposure or risk levels, ensuring regular reviews are taking place and direct meetings are held with the customer to ensure there is a full understanding of the business.
• Reviewing extended payment term requests at order level, ensuring thorough due diligence takes place.
• Performing credit checks on Softcat's customers base, including new customers, accurately assessing the creditworthiness of the business.
• Clearly and accurately articulate the outcome of a credit check decision to the Account Manager, either verbally or in writing, outlining reasons behind the decision.
• Assessing customers with high credit limits, outside of DOA, providing an analysis of findings and providing recommendation of decision to internal stakeholders including Group Finance Controller, Group Finance Director, Group Chief Executive and the Board.
• Providing support and assistance to the Deputy Credit Risk Manager
• Hosting team meetings and presenting information including industry updates or updates on high-risk/high exposure customers.
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