
Managing Director , Senior Credit Strategy Officer Auto
- New York City, NY
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Credit Strategy Assessment: Evaluate and approve credit exposures for commercial or consumer lending, ensuring alignment with risk appetite and policies.
- Portfolio Management: Monitor loan portfolios, identify potential risks, and develop strategies to mitigate them.
- Policy & Strategy Development: Help shape credit policies, underwriting standards, and risk management frameworks.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensure adherence to banking regulations and internal controls related to credit risk.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Work with teams across business lines (e.g., risk, underwriting, legal, finance) to balance growth and risk.
- Decision-Making Authority: Provide approvals or recommendations for complex and high-value credit transactions.
- A Bachelor's Degree in finance, business administration, or a related field is required.
- 15+ 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
- Deep knowledge of banking regulations and ensuring adherence
- Strong judgment in approving or recommending credit transactions
- 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