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Head of Credit & Risk

Head of Credit & Risk

Next Careers • Leicester, England, UK
25 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Description

The Role

NEXT is one of the biggest retailers in the UK and over 40% of customers who shop online with us do so using one of our own branded credit accounts.

We are seeking a highly experienced and strategic Head of Credit & Risk tolead our consumer credit and retail lending operations.

What You Will Take On

The Credit and Risk team is responsible for analysing all aspects of this lending which covers 3 million customers with a total of 1.3B outstandings.

In this critical leadership role your team will use data to drive insight on how we can optimise our customer proposition and business profit.

The team is at the heart of understanding our credit customers and designing testing and implementing strategy changes to help support growing our business while ensuring the continued success and compliance of our FCA-regulated offerings

  • Portfolio Management: Oversee and strategically manage the 1.3B retail consumer credit portfolio driving profitability while effectively mitigating risk

  • Team Leadership: Lead mentor and develop a high-performing credit and risk teamin excess of 20 people

  • Policy & Infrastructure: Define implement and oversee the UK Lending Policy and the underlying credit infrastructure necessary to support nextpay and flexible credit accounts.

  • Risk Strategy: Leverage deep insights into customer behavioural economics to optimise credit risk models lending strategies and customer payment accounts.

  • Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all retail finance and credit operations maintain strict compliance within an FCA-regulated environment

  • Financial Management and Accounting: Balance sheet and P&L management including provisioning under IFRS 9 and liaising with external auditors.

What You Will Bring

  • Professional Experience: An accomplished credit & risk professional with extensive senior-level experience in credit and risk management.

  • Experience of Consumer Finance:anunderstanding of the modern landscape of retail lending and how it integrates with customer shopping behaviours.

  • Scale of Operations: A proven track record of managing large-scale credit portfolios with experience managing a 1bn book being highly desirable.

  • Sector Background: Previous leadership experience within a major financial institution or an FCA-regulated retail consumer credit business that offers revolving credit instalment plans or embedded finance.

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Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1

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