Overview
In this role, you lead a five-strong analytics team within the second-line risk function to shape advanced credit risk analytics. You drive direction, prioritisation and delivery of analytics work, modernising risk data usage through scalable dashboards and Python-driven automation. You will stay hands-on technically while guiding stakeholders and coaching the team. This is a strategic, impact-focused leadership position in a major banking risk function.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of five data analysts
- Set priorities for the credit risk analytics capability
- Own intake and prioritisation of analytics requirements across Risk
- Partner with senior Risk and business stakeholders
- Translate requirements into scoped analytic solutions
- Develop scalable Power BI dashboards and reporting
- Automate data preparation and analysis with Python
- Identify and replace manual processes to improve efficiency
- Ensure outputs provide clear and relevant risk insight
- Manage competing priorities and stakeholder relationships
- Support the risk analytics framework and ensure regulatory alignment
Key requirements
- Experience leading analytics teams in banking/financial services
- Strong knowledge of banking risk data (credit risk, portfolio analytics, risk reporting)
- Practical experience designing and delivering Power BI dashboards
- Experience using Python for automation of analytics or reporting
- Willingness to remain hands-on while leading a team
- Strong senior stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to prioritise, direct and develop new ideas independently
- Proven coaching and mentoring track record
- History of delivering analytics solutions that improve efficiency or decision-making
- Stable progression in permanent roles
- Background from bank or consultancy with banking client delivery
- Suitable for senior manager ready for broader leadership
- Stakeholder management
- Communication
- Mentoring and coaching
- Power BI dashboards and reporting
- Python automation for analytics/data preparation
- Data analysis and data automation
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