Mortgage Credit Manager (Policy)

About Revolut

People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, more freedom. And since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. With an arsenal of awesome products that span spending, saving, travel, transfers, investing, exchanging and more, our super app has helped 35+ million customers get more from their money. And we're not done yet.

As we continue our lightning-fast growth,‌ two things are essential to continuing our success: our people and our culture. We've been officially certified as a Great Place to Work™ in recognition of our outstanding employee experience! So far, we have 8,000+ people working around the world, from our great offices or remotely, on our mission. And we're looking for more. We want brilliant people that love building great products, love redefining success, and love turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution.

About the role

The Credit Department at Revolut is anything but ordinary. They design, develop, and launch credit products across the globe 🌏 The team manages our products from day one to the end - developing the back and front-end, the data science infrastructure, and then creating a local setup in each country with scalable risk management and portfolio management solutions. It's a big job, but our people are a Credit to us all ✨

As a Mortgage Credit Manager, you'll be responsible for designing the credit risk policies, procedures, and strategies around launching Revolut’s retail lending Mortgage product in Ireland ⏰ This is a new-ish product in our portfolio, and as that book grows, you'll be managing validation of the underwriting strategy, as well as leading the charge for preventative and reactive actions to the market and product offering 🚀

Up for the challenge? Let's get in touch 👇

What you’ll be doing

• Creating mortgage lending policies, procedures, and frameworks
• Helping to build and scale global underwriting systems
• Making data-driven decisions with special focus on marginal decision making
• Managing credit limits, risk based pricing, retention strategies, over-limit policies, etc.
• Adjusting risk return requirements and managing/adjusting portfolio returns as new data comes to light
• Supporting the annual budget, sales forecast, and planning processes by assessing market/industry trends through data gathering and analysis
• Tracking, communicating, and drawing insights from performance of ongoing initiatives while staying on top of all credit KPIs through intensive monitoring
• Identifying operational inefficiencies and managing the implementation of small scale change within the Credit function
• Ensuring approval and good rating of first line credit risk function from second line, third line, and regulators

What you'll need

• A proven track record of managing credit risk for Mortgage products and/or credit cards, unsecured personal loans, etc.
• A bachelor's degree (preferably Masters or higher) in an quantitative/analytical field like engineering, statistics, Physics, math, economics, or management from a top university
• A solid understanding of credit policy governance framework, behavioural scoring models, and the value of speed to market
• Knowledge to work through 2nd/3rd line of defence in a competent manner
• To deliver excellent results that exceed requirements while planning appropriately to meet multiple objectives
• To be forward thinking on inter-dependencies to proactively identify and resolve issues
• The ability to explain complex concepts in simple manner
• Critical thinking skills capable of processing a lot of information for optimal decision making
• Excellent working knowledge of SQL, R and Python, plus other data analysis tools and a willingness to learn new technology to help business scale

Building a global financial super app isn’t enough. Our Revoluters are a priority, and that’s why in 2021 we launched our inaugural D&I Framework, designed to help us thrive and grow everyday. We're not just doing this because it's the right thing to do. We’re doing it because we know that seeking out diverse talent and creating an inclusive workplace is the way to create exceptional, innovative products and services for our customers. That’s why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join this multicultural, hard-working team.

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