
Executive Director - Card Acquisitions Risk Strategy Director
- Wilmington, DE
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Define the Credit Box in partnership with the Mass-Affluent Product GM's, Finance, and the second line of defense Credit Risk team
- Lead alignment with Product and Finance and Risk to define and execute on strategies to achieve credit goals
- Partner closely with product and risk teams in assessing new credit opportunities. Define an execution plan for new credit opportunities
- Set up reviews and processes to ensure we are executing well on our credit box assumptions
- Partner with risk strategies in defining variables that would be included in new credit models and interface with the modeling team on the acquisitions modeling suite and roadmap
- Recruit and develop high performing talent to staff the acquisitions credit decisioning unit
- Develop and implement metrics to track acquisitions performance. Lead the report outs for performance monitoring to senior leadership
- Help shape credit policies, underwriting standards, and risk management frameworks
- Ensure adherence to banking regulations and internal controls related to credit risk
- Work with teams across business lines (e.g., risk, underwriting, legal, finance) to balance growth and risk
- Provide approvals or recommendations for complex acquisitions related credit transactions
- Bachelor's Degree in finance, business administration, or a related field is required
- 10+ years of relevant experience in direct to consumer lending, originations, and/or retail credit experience at a complex large-scale financial services business
- Ability to evaluate and manage credit risk effectively along with deep knowledge of banking regulations and ensuring adherence
- Strong judgment in approving or recommending credit transactions and exceptional quantitative and qualitative finance and analytical skills
- Demonstrated strategic thinking and execution skills; insight and ability to proactively identify opportunities to innovate and improve the business
- Exceptional people leadership, relationship development and negotiating skills; ability to earn respect and trust among internal and external business partners and team members
- Proven experience in collaborating across teams and lines of business within large organizations
- Strong proficiency with executive-level presentation materials and briefings, and the ability to simplify complex subject matter into digestible executive communications
- A high level of personal initiative, setting and achieving challenging goals, and demonstrating entrepreneurial leadership
- Excellent analytical skills with the ability to leverage data and anecdotal feedback to structure complex problems and make decisions
- Demonstrated career of successful program implementations
New York,NY $152,000.00 - $260,000.00 / year
eQuest