Senior Credit Risk Manager – US Corporate and SME Clients (m/f/d)

Pliant • New York, NY

23d • Remote

About The Position

As Senior Credit Risk Manager, you will be responsible for the credit risk assessment of US SME and corporate clients. You will own a book or significant credit exposures. In addition to case processing, you will be involved in continuously improving our standards, documentation, and tech stack. You will work closely with our CRO, and colleagues from Sales, Legal, Operations, Product, Data, and Risk teams.

Requirements

• Minimum 6 years of operational experience in credit risk assessment for US corporate and SME customers from a bank or fintech.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and industry-specific financial analysis.
• Analytical thinking, detail orientation and ability to quickly understand new problems and systems and work out solutions.
• Experience with tools used for loan processing, credit decisioning, BI, open banking and accounting.
• Project management skills and demonstrated ability to design and steer complex projects end to end.
• Determination and desire to work in a team to achieve high-quality results for our customers, even under stress.
• Fluent English with very good writing skills.

Nice To Haves

• CFA or similar qualifications are a strong plus.
• Other European languages are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Due diligence: Assess who our customers are, how and with whom they operate their business model, what their public and financial profiles are.
• Underwriting: Analyze business and financial information of our customers (e.g., credit agency reports, financial statements, bank account statements), write up the key risks and mitigants and conclude.
• Credit decision: Decide on limit requests of our customers within your delegated authority and help us build and maintain a performing loan book.
• Risk ownership: Own multiple high-limit customers and groups of customers, know them inside out, follow their development over time, and monitor their risk profiles that you present to the credit risk committee.
• Innovation: Get to the heart of complex operational workflows and systems. Understand how to systematize business problems and design smart solutions. Help building scalable yet compliant straight-through processes, including the utilization of AI capabilities.
• Communication: Act as a facilitator and ensure a smooth and fact-based information flow between colleagues. Support the development of a culture of open dialogue, focused on mutual respect and the joint achievement of excellent results.

Benefits

• The opportunity to work in a growing team with big responsibilities that thrives on a strong exchange of knowledge and excellence
• Attractive remuneration and benefits package
• Flat hierarchy and transparent communication in a relaxed, professional atmosphere
• Opportunity to develop your talent in a dynamic team with ambitious goals
• Flexibility and possibility to work remotely
• Pliant Card with monthly credit to explore the product and enjoy food with colleagues

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed