Credit / Risk Analyst at a Reputable Finance Company - Excellent Jobs

Excellent Jobs - Our client, a reputable Finance company, is recruiting a talented professional to join our team in the capacity below:

Job Title: Credit / Risk Analyst

Location: Yaba, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Analyze data to better understand potential risks, concerns and outcomes of decisions
• Aggregate data from multiple sources to provide a comprehensive assessment
• Create reports, summaries, presentations and process documents to display results
• Collaborate with other team members to effectively analyze and present data
• Develop systems and processes for gathering and storing data for future analytic projects
• Conduct research into potential clients and understand the risks of accepting each one
• Identify economic and financial trends that may present a risk to the company
• Monitor internal and external data points that may affect the risk level of a decision
• Ensure that clients interested in taking loans are given the necessary information to access the loan.
• Collection of needed financial information/ documentation and assessing the clients’ credit worthiness.
• Calculation and analyzing of risk ratios of clients based on the client’s credit score and financial history.
• Recommendation of loans for approval/ Denial based on thorough analysis of client’s credit request.
• Maintaining the loan portfolio.
• Setting up payment plans for clients, and ensuring approved loans are promptly disbursed in line with management approval.
• Loan monitoring to ensure loan customers are keeping to the terms and conditions of the loan.

Qualifications

• Candidates should possess an HND / B.Sc Degree
• Ten years of experience as an analyst in a similar company or related field
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize tasks and meet daily deadlines for projects
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to inform managers and other stakeholders of results
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Access, Visio and other analysis programs
• Ability to manage multiple projects and programs at the same time to complete work
• Critical thinking skills with the ability to independently solve problems with data
• Quantitative and analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to understand new analytical concepts
• Basic knowledge of programming languages, such as SQL and Python
• Presentation skills, including public speaking and presentation creation using PowerPoint or a similar program
• Excellent knowledge of loan application procedures and best lending practices.
• Exceptional analytical skills and the ability to work with complicated financial data.
• Strong ethical behavior and the ability to work with sensitive financial information.
• Ability to analyze the business of clients and identify the credit risk associated with it and recommending mitigants where necessary.

Application Closing Date
5th April, 2023.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their Resume to: excellentjobs95@gmail.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.