Credit Risk Manager at Choice Talents NG

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Job Description

Choice Talents NG is Nigeria’s preferred talents management company. Our goal is to help build successful businesses through effective talent, resource and process management.  

Job Industry

Finance, Accounting And Assurance Services

Job Salary Currency

Job Salary Fixed

No

Key Deliverables

  • Develop and implement credit risk policies and strategies tailored to consumer loan products, including salary advances, personal loans, and microloans.
  • Oversee the end-to-end credit approval and underwriting processes, ensuring consistent and data-driven decision-making.
  • Lead the development and refinement of automated credit scoring models and algorithms to drive risk-based pricing and loan approvals.
  • Monitor loan portfolio performance, with a focus on delinquency management, early warning signals, and recovery effectiveness.
  • Ensure full compliance with local regulatory requirements (CBN and others) as they pertain to credit risk management.
  • Collaborate with the Product, Collections, and Technology teams to design and implement customer-centric risk mitigation strategies.
  • Provide leadership to a team of credit risk analysts, underwriters, and loan monitoring officers, ensuring continuous training and professional development.
  • Lead periodic stress testing and scenario analysis to evaluate credit portfolio vulnerabilities under different economic conditions.
  • Generate and present accurate and actionable credit risk dashboards and reports to executive leadership and board committees.
  • Engage with external auditors, regulators, and data bureaus to maintain transparency and enhance risk governance.

Academic Experiences

Qualification Industry
Bachelor'S Degree Finance, Accounting And Assurance Services

Essential Qualities

Essential Qualities
  • 5+ years of experience in credit risk management within consumer lending, microfinance, or retail banking.
  • Proficient in the use of credit scoring tools, data analytics platforms, and portfolio management systems.
  • Deep knowledge of consumer lending regulations, responsible lending principles, and risk-based collections.
  • Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence decisions at senior levels.


Application Process

Interested and qualified candidates should submit their CV to: jobs@choicetalents.com.ng using the job title as the subject of the email.

Close Date

31/07/2025