Credit Risk Analyst
- Posted 09 December 2025
- Salary £35,000 - £40,000
- Job type Permanent
- Reference39036
- Contact NameInnogen Brotherton
Job description
We are currently partnering with an award-winning organisation, who are looking to appoint a Credit Risk Analyst on a permanent basis.
This will be a full-time position based in Coventry (2 days per week in the office) with a salary of £35,000 - £40,000.
The ideal candidate will be highly self-motivated and have strong analytical and documentation skills, in particular data analysis as well as attention to detail.
Duties include (but are not limited to):
Providing daily operational support to the Head of Credit in the management of the Retail portfolio
Actively collaborating with cross-functional teams, including Collections, Finance, Underwriting and other stakeholders to improve end-to-end credit quality and drive remedial actions on high-risk accounts
Conducting Monthly Management Reporting for Europe HQ
Building and maintaining management information and risk dashboards on affordability, underwriting performance and key risk indicators
Creating and putting into effect on the job training plans to help assist the credit and collections team reach full potential
Maintaining policy and process optimisation by proposing and implementing changes to decision engine, credit policy and underwriting rules to balance approval rates with expected loss
Contributing to forecasts, risk budgets and the calculation/validation of specific and general provisions
Managing regulatory and investor reporting, including preparing monthly management packs, FCA affordability reports and historical securitisation data
Recommending changes to Credit Policy to hit Underwriting SLA and maximise Accept Rates whilst maintaining Cost of Risk
Conducting regular reviews with external suppliers such as Experian to assess performance of the underwriting scorecards
Completing end to end model ownership from data extraction and feature engineering to validation and deployment
Monitoring portfolio health by tracking delinquency, write-offs, arrears and overall cost of risk, as well as flagging deteriorating segments promptly
Regularly assessing back testing results to monitor models and conduct performance analysis, recalibrating results when necessary
Delivering predictability and control of bad debt performance to a planned level of loss
Presenting in the bi-monthly Credit Committee to Senior Management Team on any related Credit topics
Overseeing the performance of underwriters and collections agent with follow up coaching when required
Assisting with the drafting and development of internal Credit and Collections procedures
Experience required:
Strong analytical and documentation skills, in particular data analysis as well as attention to detail
Have a strong understanding of business strategy and how to align scorecard metrics with organisational objectives
The ability to explain complex data and model outputs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Solid understanding of lending products and credit risk lifecycle
Rewards and benefits:
26 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Hybrid working (2 days per week in the office)
Company car scheme
Generous pension contribution (up to 10% employer)
Annual bonus
Working hours:
37.5 hours per week
Monday – Friday, 9am-5pm
Please note that you require recent experience to apply for this role.
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