Credit Underwriting Manager

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, 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 support.
  • Strategy Execution: Assist the Global Head of Underwriting in executing the credit assessment strategy, ensuring delivery against key performance indicators (KPIs).
  • Credit Assessments & Analysis: Conduct credit assessments, set limits and ratings, and perform in-depth financial analysis.
  • Review of Complex Credit Structures: Analyze complex credit structures, asset valuations, and other atypical credit risks, ensuring high-quality decision-making.
  • Monitoring & Reporting: Track and escalate credit triggers, provide insights on sovereigns and relevant sectors, and deliver timely credit risk reporting 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.
  • Team Development: Ensure ongoing development and training for the credit underwriting team to foster continuous improvement and growth.
Qualifications:
  • Education: Bachelors degree in Finance, Risk Management, Accounting, Economics, or related fields (Postgraduate qualifications beneficial).
  • Certifications: Professional certifications such as Chartered Accountant (CA), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), or Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) are a plus.
Experience & Skills:
  • Experience: Minimum of 8 years of experience in Credit Risk or Credit Underwriting, ideally within mining, commodity trading, banking, insurance, or consultancy.
  • Skills:
  • Strong financial analysis skills and the ability to assess complex credit structures.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, with advanced skills in Excel. Coding skills in VBA, PowerBI, or Python are advantageous.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with senior management and global teams.
  • Attention to detail and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.


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