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Credit Risk Director

Broadgate, New York, NY, United States


Risk & Compliance Headhunter ‑ Ex‑Military Careers Ambassador

Broadgate is partnering with a fintech lending start‑up to find a Credit Risk Manager / Director and a Fraud Risk Manager / Director.

Base Pay Range

$180,000.00 / yr – $225,000.00 / yr

Key Accountabilities

1. Portfolio Resilience & Risk Control

  • Design and execute a credit strategy capable of withstanding significant stress scenarios without materially degrading gross margin.
  • Proactively identify emerging loss trends and implement short‑term policy or rule adjustments to mitigate risk.
  • Ensure credit losses remain within expected performance ranges at acquisition and through early lifecycle stages.

2. Credit Policy Optimization

  • Own and iterate approve/decline logic, credit line assignment, pricing, and loan term policies.
  • Use data‑driven experimentation to improve unit economics and portfolio outcomes.
  • Continuously test hypotheses through controlled experiments and translate learnings into production policies.

3. Profitability & Experimentation

  • Identify and launch experiments that improve gross profit through credit policy changes.
  • Deliver measurable, incremental profit impact through disciplined testing and iteration.
  • Build a track record of cumulative gross profit generation attributable to policy and strategy enhancements.

4. Analytics & Decision Support

  • Perform advanced, end‑to‑end analysis independently, from data extraction to insight generation.
  • Ensure analytical outputs are technically accurate and suitable for executive‑level decision‑making.
  • Translate complex analyses into clear, actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders.

5. Stakeholder Influence & Communication

  • Effectively challenge and defend credit decisions through data and logic.
  • Communicate risk trade‑offs clearly and confidently to cross‑functional and senior audiences.
  • Balance openness to feedback with the ability to persuade others to adopt necessary but potentially unpopular risk actions.

Required Experience & Capabilities

Experience

  • Meaningful experience in consumer credit risk, with exposure to:
  • Non‑prime or near‑prime lending and/or
  • Emerging market or LATAM consumer lending environments.
  • Depth of experience sufficient to operate independently at a senior IC level (typically ~6–12 years overall).

Technical & Analytical Skills

  • Advanced SQL and strong analytical self‑sufficiency; work does not require routine validation by others.
  • Strong understanding of credit performance, loss drivers, cohort analysis, and profitability trade‑offs.
  • Experience designing, running, and interpreting controlled experiments in a lending environment.

Operating Style & Mindset

  • Highly autonomous, with strong judgment and a bias toward action once context is understood.
  • Naturally risk‑aware and detail‑oriented, with a healthy skepticism toward surface‑level explanations.
  • Comfortable operating in fast‑growing, resource‑constrained environments where impact is driven by personal effectiveness.

Communication & Executive Presence

  • Clear, structured communicator capable of managing expectations and influencing senior stakeholders.
  • Comfortable with constructive challenge and debate, both receiving and delivering feedback.
  • Able to present complex risk topics with clarity and confidence.

Seniority Level

Director

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Finance

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