JOB ROLE -
To assess and make decisions about customer credit applications using a range of criteria including purpose of application, credit viability, customer payment history and customer credit-worthiness. He /She must be able to handle very high levels of responsibility in their jobs – some lending proposals may be for sizeable amounts.
- Gathering information about clients.
- Reading financial briefings.
- Assessing, analysing and interpreting complicated financial information.
- Undertaking risk analysis by developing statistical models.
- Visiting clients.
- Keeping company credit exposures within set risk bearing limits.
- Completing loan application forms and submitting to loan committees for approval.
- Using credit-scoring systems for small credit amounts (such as small unsecured personal loans).
- Keeping knowledge of key issues up-to-date (for example legal, market risk and compliance issues).
- Helping to enhance the quality of credit applications.
- Making recommendations about procedural/policy changes.
- Attending court cases.
- Briefing Management on legal aspects to help in decision making.
- Any other relevant roles & responsibilities assigned by the higher authorities.