Senior Credit Risk Analyst (Credit Limit Strategy) | £40k -£55k + Bonus & Awesome Benefits

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Role: Senior Credit Risk Analyst - Customer ManagementLocation: Leicester – 1 day a week in office Salary: £40,000 -£55,000 + Bonus and great benefits!Love working in Credit Risk butfrustrated with the slow pace, red tape and being pigeon-holed intoa certain area? Then this is the company for you.You will bejoining a FTSE 100, global household name retailer who have a £1.3billion credit portfolio and a customer base of over 3 million butjoin a small, close knit and friendly team.It’s a fantasticopportunity to work to join a growing Credit and Risk Analyticsteam who are responsible for analysing all aspects of our theircredit portfolio and use their vast data to drive insight on howthey can optimise their customer proposition and business profit.You’ll be at the heart of understanding their 3 million creditcustomers and designing, testing and implementing strategy changesto help grow the business.They offer comprehensive, tailoredtraining, a chance for you to work across any area of the creditrisk lifecycle you like and even move teams internally to gainexperience in different business areas. People have joined themfrom some of the biggest and most well-known financial companiesdue to their welcomed change of pace (it has taken them 9 monthsfrom idea generation to launch of a brand-new product!), the familyfeel culture and the chance to really make a difference.If you’reexcited about using data to drive real business impact, this roleis a great place to develop your career within a growing businessand well-known brand!Anyway, the role!This is a brilliantopportunity for someone who has great data analysis skills and areal curiosity about solving business problems. You’ll enjoygetting stuck into complex problems, confidently analysing a rangeof data using industry standard tools (e.g. SQL, SAS, Excel,PowerBI) and working on cross functional projects to deliver greatproducts for our customers.You will:Translate information intogenuine insight that can be used to make informed businessdecisionsComment on trends, adding value through contributing ideasand solutions to any problems or opportunities identified.Identifyrisks and opportunities in the current processes and rules throughcomplex analysis, using multiple data sources.Serve as the experton credit risk and data, while best representing the commercialvalue and regulatory aspects of lending activity.Build and presentreporting and strategy recommendations relating to credit &risk at internal and external meetings where required.So, if youhave:Experience of working in a data analyst positionProven trackrecord of using information to provide business insightA history ofusing data strategicallyA demonstrable track record of analysingand reviewing data coupled with an ability to then makerecommendations to gain buy in and implement changeExperience ofworking with coding platforms such as SQL/SAS/Python or similarAnatural problem solver with a proven ability to work logicallyYouwill have an eye for detail combined with the drive to get underthe skin of complex business challenges, joining the dots acrossmultiple sources of insightEnjoy working with a diversemulti-discipline team to deliver results at paceStrong verbal andwritten communication skillsThen we want to speak with you – and sowill they.We are more than happy to send you a full spec or singtheir praises over a brief call - just let us know what you /

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