Senior Manager - Valuation, Credit Strategy

 

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The valuations team plays a critical role in shaping lending strategy and supporting growth across the bank. The models and frameworks built by the team underpin key business decisions across multiple lending products.

This is an opportunity to lead and evolve the future of valuations at the bank. The business is looking to move beyond a single NPV model approach towards a broader and more sophisticated suite of valuation tools that better support decision making across the lending lifecycle.

You’ll lead a team of credit analysts and data scientists, combining strategic thinking, stakeholder management and technical expertise in a highly visible role.

Lead the strategic direction for valuations modelling across the business

Oversee development of account-level NPV models across multiple lending products

Lead and develop a team of analysts and data scientists

Partner with stakeholders across analytics, credit strategy, finance, product and risk

Improve and simplify existing valuation frameworks where appropriate

Drive the evolution of the bank’s valuations capability and roadmap

Champion technical best practice across Python based modelling workflows

Support strategic projects including new product launches and portfolio activity

You have solid experience leading valuations within retail lending

You’ve managed and developed high-performing teams

You’re comfortable working with Python based modelling environments

You have deep experience with valuation and NPV modelling

You’re a strong stakeholder manager who can influence senior audiences

You combine strategic thinking with hands-on delivery

You’re comfortable working in a fast-moving environment with high impact

You have strong analytical and commercial judgement