Risk Manager - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

As a Barclays Risk Manager you will be responsible for analytical support in designing credit policies across the customer lifecycle.

This includes the setting of credit parameters for all programs impacting customers to ensure loss rates remain withinrisk appetite whilst the expected reward is achieved.

In your new role you will work with data analytics and modelling, to build, monitor, maintain and optimize the risk/reward decision within BUK Unsecured Lending.

This will encompass different products andinvolve new product launches / existing product optimizations

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality, and innovation behind us.

We offer careers that provide endless opportunity - helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive and creatingfinancial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.

We're committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognizes and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business.

Providing the opportunity forall our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers' and clients' needs.

Whether you have family commitments or you're a career, or whether you need studytime or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life.

What will you be doing?:

You will be responsible for producing high quality recommendations for underwriting strategy design
Providing insight and recommendations to Senior Credit Risk Manager to support in the creation of risk strategies and achieve P&L/impairment targets
You will be responsible for indepth monitoring of performance of certain credit policies, highlighting trends / insights and driving corrective actions
Taking responsibility for the production and maintenance of a variety of BAU reports, and ensure they are delivered within agreed timescales
Responding to requests for information from senior management, producing timely, clear and accurate data/insight to meet those requests
Delivering clear, concise, and effective communication of proposed strategy changes to team leader and other key stakeholders
Influencing ongoing communications with key business stakeholders at senior level: Finance, CRO, Decision Analytics and Commercial heads

What we're looking for:

Advanced understanding of a standard statistical package (SAS preferred) or similar such as SQL coding to perform data analysis
Advanced Excel skills (e.g. pivot tables, conditional formatting, data validation, logical functions)
Ability to process vast amounts of data into meaningful information
Practical experience of using analytics to solve complex business problems

Skills that will help you in the role:

Experience in designing credit strategies on a consumer credit portfolio
Strong academic background in a mathematical discipline e.g. mathematics, statistics, physics
Excellent quantitative skills with exceptional analytical skills and logical thinking
Understanding of how a consumer lending product functions and how the key parts of its P&L might interact

Where will you be working?

In the heart of Canary Wharf, our headquarters at Churchill Place boasts onsite amenities such as; a gym, staff restaurant and deli bar, and is easily accessible by tube and bus links.

With a population of around 5000 staff the atmosphere is second to nonewith a real buzz being created around the offices within.