Job description
The Role
We're growing fast, and more customers means more credit decisions. Our credit team of 27 analysts is expanding and we're looking for experienced analysts to assess our customers in a fast, fair and accurate way.
The Responsibilities
To assess credit applications – you'll use your experience, a variety of data sources and our tech platform to make fast, fair and accurate decisions.You'll have autonomy in decisioning, the scope of which will increase over time as you build knowledge of our systems and processes.You will support other analysts on larger and more complex decisions, which is a key part of our workflow.Our credit decisioning is data driven. You'll work alongside our analytics teams to optimise our approach to lending and adapt your own approach in line with that goal. The Requirements
3 years experience in commercial loan underwriting, credit sanctioning or credit analysis within the UK SME sectorStrong business acumen and a working understanding of the risk and revenue drivers that influence the creditworthiness of a loan applicationThe ability to interpret & analyse financial statementsA motivated and enthusiastic attitude that works well in a regularly changing and fast paced environmentExcellent communication skills. You will have direct telephone contact with our customers, daily interaction within credit whilst decisioning and regular contact with other teams on cross functional initiativesAn analytical mindset with a practical approach to problem solving. You come up with innovative and scalable solutions to day–to–day problems and suggest changes to processes to improve efficiency This is a hybrid role, in which you'll be required to come into the office 3 days per week and can work from home the other 2 days.
The Benefits
We put a lot of effort into making iwoca a brilliant place to work:
Offices in London, Leeds and Frankfurt
Events and clubs, like bingo, comedy nights, yoga classes, football Two company retreats a year, we've been to France, Italy, Spain and further afieldPlenty of drinks and snacks in our offices Our benefits package is second–to–none:
Medical insurance from Vitality, including discounted gym membership25 days' holiday, an extra day off for your birthday and the option to buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave a yearInstant access to emotional and mental health support with our partner, SpillShare optionsGenerous maternity leave and shared parental leaveA nursery tax benefit scheme to help you save moneyPaid volunteering time to support your chosen charityExtra leave if you want to travel or studyOne–month fully paid sabbatical after 4 yearsCycle–to–work scheme and electric car scheme And to make sure we all keep learning, we offer:
An L&D budget for everyone, including a book budgetCompany–wide talks with internal and external speakersAccess to learning platforms like Treehouse if you want to learn to code