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

About the Role

As Credit Risk Manager you are responsible for credit risk assessment of our US and SME and corporate clients. In addition to case processing, you will be involved in continuously improving our standards, documentation and tech stack.

You will work closely with James, our CRO, and colleagues from Sales, Legal, Operations, Product, Data and Risk teams.

What You’ll Do

Your daily tasks include

• 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.
• Innovation: You get to the heart of complex operational workflows and systems. You understand how to systematize business problems and design smart solutions. You will help us building scalable yet compliant straight-through processes, including the utilization of AI capabilities.
• Communication: You are a facilitator and ensure a smooth and fact-based information flow between your colleagues. In doing so, you support the development of a culture of open dialogue, which is focused on mutual respect and the joint achievement of excellent results.

What You’ll Bring

• Minimum 4 years of operational experience in credit risk assessment for US corporate or SME customers from a bank or fintech.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and industry-specific financial analysis. CFA or similar qualifications are a strong plus.
• 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, and BI, open banking or 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. Other European languages are a plus.

What We Offer

• 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

At Pliant we use the Ashby AI Criteria to assist with looking over resumes against our job qualifications for this role. All final decisions are made by our Talent Team and Hiring Team.

• A human is behind these processes.
• Ashby does not automatically reject candidates or make final hiring decisions.
• Our teams review all results and make the final hiring decision with every candidate that applies.