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Head of Risk

Bangalore

Job Role –

  • Strategic role, to set the company direction for the next 5-7 years
  • Responsible for designing and building the risk and underwriting infrastructure for the most innovative consumer lending platform in India
  • Creation of the risk and underwriting policies, infrastructure, development and deployment of underwriting models, risk decision strategies and fraud detection
  • Be involved in the full-life-cycle and straddle credit-and non-credit functions (initially)
  • Work closely with Sr. Management team and lending partners in managing Risk/Return of the portfolio, defaults & collections
  • Represent the company to the outside world, including lending partners, board of directors & other strategic alliances
  • As the Head of Risk you will be reporting to the CRO and will be responsible for heading a Risk team
  • Responsible for credit underwriting / analysis / appraisal as well as developing the lending norms / rates / policies for all retail lending products offered. This would include overseeing Risk for products across Business Loans, Vehicle Loans, Personal loans, Mortgages, Loans Against Property, Loans Against Shares, Micro-finance and Agri-loans.
  • You would ensure that the customer portfolio meets the quality measures. You would also manage internal stakeholders in addition to regulators and governing bodies.

Things that make you a good fit

  • Deep knowledge of scorecards, credit policies and risk management in an unsecured context
  • Experience in validating and implementing risk models and strategies
  • Atleast 3-5 years of experience in using analytics for credit modeling
  • Passion for using data and algorithm to drive underwriting decisions
  • Extreme comfort with technology and working with engineers
  • Passionate, creative, innovative and looking to work in a fast-paced and collaborative environment.
  • MBA/CA (first attempt) or IIT B.Tech with atleast 8+ years of experience in a retail
  • bank or retail NBFC, Indian or foreign

Nice-to-have:

  • Knowledge of Data Science & Machine Learning
  • Excellent written & Verbal communication skills
  • Experience working in a startup, preferably a Fintech startup
  • Ability to influence and drive stake-holder

Requirements

  • Age: max 45
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  • Education: MBA/CA (first attempt) or IIT B.Tech
  • Experience – 10 – to 15  years
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