Credit Underwriting Manager

7 days ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Network Recruitment Full time
Key Responsibilities:
  • Leadership & Team Management: Lead and mentor a team of credit underwriting analysts, providing day-to-day functional management and support.
  • Strategy Execution: Assist the Global Head of Underwriting in executing the credit assessment strategy, ensuring the team meets key performance indicators (KPIs).
  • Credit Assessments & Analysis: Conduct comprehensive credit assessments, establish credit limits and ratings, and perform in-depth financial analysis.
  • Review of Complex Credit Structures: Analyze complex credit structures, asset valuations, and non-standard credit risks, ensuring well-informed and high-quality decision-making.
  • Monitoring & Reporting: Track credit triggers, provide insights on sovereigns and sectors of interest, and deliver timely credit risk reports to senior stakeholders.
  • Collaboration: Work with global teams, including commercial credit, senior risk management, and other risk functions, to ensure alignment on credit strategy and execution.
  • Ad-hoc Projects: Contribute to both local and global initiatives to improve credit risk processes and practices.
  • Team Development: Ensure continuous development and training for the credit underwriting team, fostering ongoing improvement and career growth.
Qualifications:
  • Education: Bachelors degree in Finance, Risk Management, Accounting, Economics, or related fields (Postgraduate qualifications are a plus).
  • Certifications: Professional certifications such as Chartered Accountant (CA), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), or Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) are beneficial.
Experience & Skills:
  • Experience: A minimum of 8 years in Credit Risk or Credit Underwriting, ideally within industries like mining, commodity trading, banking, insurance, or consultancy.
  • Skills:
    • Strong financial analysis and the ability to assess complex credit structures.
    • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially advanced Excel skills. Knowledge of coding in VBA, PowerBI, or Python is an advantage.
    • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with senior management and global teams.
    • Strong attention to detail, with the ability to work independently and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in shaping the company's global credit risk strategy. If you are an experienced credit risk professional with a strong leadership background, please submit your CV to

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