Senior Quantitative Portfolio Manager

1 month ago


North Sydney Council, Australia Shift Full time
Job Description

In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing the credit performance of Shift's Trade product against predefined key performance indicators (KPIs). This encompasses owning credit decisioning models, portfolio management, and monitoring end-to-end operational performance for factors influencing credit performance.

  • Own the credit performance of Shift's Trade product from origination through to recovery, ensuring the portfolio grows in line with Shift's expectations of credit loss. This involves taking ownership of origination models, customer account monitoring, and analysis for platform and processes influencing credit performance.
  • Provide recommendations for changes to the models, credit policy, and underwriting guidelines.
  • Serve as a member of the Trade management team, responsible for reporting on credit performance and its influencing factors to the broader group.
  • Ensure the portfolio is optimized by increasing exposure to low-risk grade customers while reducing it to those that deteriorate.
  • Provide performance reporting to 2nd Line Risk, responding appropriately to any queries.
Key Qualifications
  • Tertiary qualifications in quantitative studies.
Additional Requirements
  • +5 years of experience in a portfolio management or risk management role with a quantitative focus (desired).
  • Experience using data to make commercial risk decisions.
  • Technical competence with data, including proficiency in SQL.
  • Able to use data to make actionable recommendations for changing models and business processes.
  • Able to provide holistic analysis, explaining data and its influences.
  • Able to make logical and considered decisions.
  • Able to communicate respectfully, succinctly, and informatively.
About the Role

We estimate the salary for this position to be around $120,000 per year, based on industry standards and the required skills and qualifications. If you are a motivated individual with a passion for data-driven decision making, we encourage you to apply.



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