Manager: Credit Risk Review

Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Contact

Requisition nr:
143295

Talent Acquisition Specialist:
Tshego Semenya

Location:
135 Rivonia Road, Sandown

Closing date:
12 December 2025

Cluster

Business and Commercial Banking

Career Stream

Credit Collections

Leadership Pipeline

Manage Self: Professional

Position

Manager: Credit Risk Review & Monitoring

Why join our team

This role offers a unique opportunity within a newly created cluster and evolving structure, providing a blank canvas for innovation and impact. The successful candidate will gain exposure across the full credit lifecycle—origination, collections, and recoveries—while collaborating cross-functionally to shape standards and frameworks for new ventures and acquisitions. High visibility with executive-level stakeholders and governance committees ensures strategic influence and career growth. Success will be measured by the ability to deliver actionable insights, strengthen risk oversight, and embed robust processes that enhance portfolio quality. Operating in a dynamic matrix environment, the role demands strong stakeholder management skills, advanced quantitative and analytical capabilities, and experience in reporting and strategic KPI development. Exposure to stress testing and scenario analysis, combined with adaptability for integration projects and out-of-the-box thinking, will be key to thriving in this position. Work-life balance and flexibility further complement this high-impact role.

Job Purpose

This role is responsible for monitoring and reporting on the end-to-end credit lifecycle across lending products within Business and Commercial Banking (BCB), ensuring oversight and optimizing the quality of the credit portfolio. Positioned as a second line of defence within PCP Risk, the role provides robust oversight and risk mitigation. The incumbent will engage with both frontline credit businesses (downstream) and governance committees (upstream), including the Cluster Credit Committee, Executive Credit Committee, and Group Credit Committee at Board level. Success in this role requires a self-starter with strong independence, capable of delivering actionable insights to senior stakeholders while effectively managing within a complex matrix environment.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide support to the Senior Manager regarding monitoring, analysis, organization, and reporting of Credit Risk-related matters for Group, Executive, Cluster, and Segment Credit Committees within the RBB cluster.
• Develop and prepare portfolio review presentations based on MIS, giving a clear overview of the credit book.
• Use data to drive strategic decisions, portfolio optimization, and early-risk mitigation actions.
• Propose innovative ideas to enhance business processes and improve customer experience.
• Deliver quality reports, monitoring results, and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Monitor quality of credit lifecycle processes, evaluate policy effectiveness, and ensure adherence to guidelines.
• Perform robust post-approval/disbursement checks using statistical and sampling methods.
• Ongoing monitoring of trends and factors that might impair credit quality, focusing on Origination, Collections, and Recoveries.
• Develop models for proactive monitoring of business credit health.
• Provide analytical support to the team on credit-related queries within acceptable timeframes.
• Foster collaborative relationships through regular engagement with managers and team members.
• Provide input into systems, processes, and policies for business effectiveness.
• Lead by example in embracing Nedbank Vision and Values.
• Contribute to transformation goals and culture-building initiatives.
• Create a client service culture through interventions.
• Encourage team innovation and knowledge sharing.
• Ability to connect the dots across fragmented information from multiple forums and present a consolidated view to senior stakeholders.
• Strong capability to interrogate data and extract actionable insights, not just run reports.
• Comfort with executive-level presentations and stakeholder management upwards.
• Ability to thrive in a new, evolving structure with opportunities to shape standards and frameworks

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Qualification Detail

• Required:
  Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Economics, Econometrics, Finance, Mathematical Sciences, or Engineering.
• Preferred:
  BSc / B.Eng / BCom Honours degree

Minimum Experience Level

• Minimum
  8 years in banking or financial services
  , with
  5 years in Credit Risk Analysis
  within Commercial/Wholesale Banking.
• Proven experience in
  reporting roles for at least 5 years
  .
• Understanding of banking regulations (NCR, SARB, BASA).
• Technical proficiency in
  SAS, Power BI, SQL
  (mandatory),
  Python
  (preferred).
• Familiarity with
  credit modelling
  , impairment methodologies, IFRS 9, ACL provisioning, and capital adequacy (risk-weighted assets).
• Proven ability to engage and influence across retail and business clusters, including executive-level stakeholders
• Deep understanding of the end-to-end credit lifecycle across multiple segments and lending products
• Experience in strategic planning, business reporting, and translating insights into actionable decisions
• Demonstrated capability in coaching, mentoring, and assuming leadership roles within complex environments
• Strong background in credit assessments and risk mitigation strategies, with exposure to stress testing and scenario analysis
• Ability to identify, manage, and mitigate business risks effectively
• Skilled at operating within a matrix structure, managing multiple senior stakeholders and navigating complex governance frameworks
• Advanced analytical skills with a strong quantitative orientation, including experience in reporting and strategic KPI development
• Comfort with new acquisitions and integration projects, requiring out-of-the-box thinking and solution design

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Business administration and management
• Financial Accounting Principles
• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Operations planning
• Principles of project management
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Service level agreements
• Staff resource planning
• Strategic planning
• Management information and reporting principles, tools and mechanisms

Disclaimer

Preference will be given to candidates from the underrepresented groups

Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team