Head of Credit and Settlements

**Who We Are**
At Pepper Money, we’re focused on helping people succeed. Whether that be buying a family home, dream car, developing professionally or growing their business. We’ve become one of the largest, most trusted and-award winning non-bank lenders in Australia and New Zealand. Over our 23 years, there’s a lot that we have been proud to achieve, the biggest being that we’ve helped over 455,000 Australians achieve all sorts of goals with the support of our ever-expanding lending options.

**The Role**
Reporting to the General Manager - Asset Finance, the **Head of Credit and Settlements - Asset Finance** is integral in ensuring the credit and settlements function provides optimal service and products to our Introducers to deliver the best outcome for our mutual customers.

**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Lead and manage an integrated credit, settlements and support function across ANZ and Manila for all customers and products of the Asset Finance department;
- Collaborate with the Asset Finance Leadership Team to collectively deliver Asset Finance goals and objectives;
- Deliver credit, settlement and other processes and functions in accordance with agreed service levels and policy and procedure;
- Develop strategies to continuously improve systems, processes, policies and reporting that deliver to the Asset Finance strategy.

**About you**

**To be successful in this role, you’ll possess**:

- Minimum 10 years strategic, operational and people leadership experience in a medium scale customer service and/or volume transaction processing function within financial services
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in consumer and commercial retail credit (including specialist lending).
- Experience includes exercising a delegated lending authority > $2 million and leading managers who also manage delegated authorities.
- Extensive knowledge of the regulatory environment (including NCCP, RG209 Responsible Lending, AML/ CTF)
- 5 years being a Responsible Manager
- A degree in Business, Accounting or other relevant discipline
- Experience with regulators and the relevant regulatory environment is desirable
- Demonstrated experience in working with or managing credit risk scorecard and automation of credit & settlement processes is desirable

The way we work together is just as important as your experience. We work by our values, and it’s brought us success. The values that underpin all that we do are:
**Can Do**:

- We think outside of the box and leverage the power of teamwork to deliver.
**Balanced**:

- We set our customers up for success, producing win-win outcomes that are both human and profitable.
**Real** - We respect people and keep it honest.

If you think this is an environment you can thrive in, we want to work with you.

**Our Benefits**

We’re committed to making Pepper a great place to work and supporting you. We will offer you a competitive remuneration package, a values-based and diverse environment, a leadership team that supports and inspires you to strive for success and a culture that rewards and recognises strong performance and potential. We continuously search for ways to make Pepper a place for everyone:

- We believe in a life outside of work, enjoy work-life balance with our hybrid working model.
- We love to recognise each other for their efforts through our Spice Rewards Program.
- A broad learning and development program.
- Access to a free gym membership with our partners.
- Generous parental leave entitlements that provide you with options and flexibility.
- Retail discounts and benefits.
- Purchased leave, novated leasing, staff loan rates and more

Pepper is proud of our inclusive and diverse workplace that we have built over the last 21 years. Diversity is embedded in our people practices, the way we communicate and connect with each other, and it is recognised throughout our values.

**Work Locations**: North Sydney Level 27, 177 Pacific Highway North Sydney 2060

**Job**: Lending

**Status**: Permanent Full-time

**Closing Date**: Ongoing