Credit functional analyst - Loans - #2146381

Role: Credit Functional Analyst - Lending / Loans
Location: 100 Liverpool Street, London
Working Pattern: 2-3 days per week in the office
Contract: 6 months

The Lending Business Platforms team is looking for an experienced Functional Analyst to support a major transformation programme focused on digitising and automating the Front Office credit application process.

The existing process is largely manual and unstructured, including manual document uploads and processing of ancillary loan products. The successful candidate will work closely with the project manager and wider Loans team to help define, develop, test and ultimately oversee the new process and technology solution.

The programme is also aligned with a wider Global Credit Transformation programme, including the introduction of AI/agentic processing capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

The Functional Analyst will:

• Work alongside the TDM Project Manager and wider Loans team throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop a strong understanding of the loan origination system, associated processes and the relevant project workstream.
• Analyse and document current-state and future-state credit and lending processes.
• Act as a key conduit between the Front Office, Credit, Technology and project teams.
• Gather, analyse and translate business requirements into clear functional requirements and deliverables.
• Support the digitisation and automation of the existing manual credit application process.
• Work through requirements relating to creditworthiness, default/exit processes and loan terms and conditions.
• Consider regulatory reporting requirements and ensure these are reflected within the solution.
• Read, interpret and contribute to process flow diagrams and other business/process documentation.
• Support the transition from requirements and development into testing and implementation.
• Work closely with stakeholders during the testing phase, helping to identify and resolve issues.
• Provide ongoing oversight of the process and solution once development has been completed.
• Ensure requirements and project documentation are maintained throughout the SDLC.

Key Project Areas

The role will have particular focus across three core areas:

1. Creditworthiness
• Understanding how creditworthiness is assessed within the Front Office process.
• Supporting the digitisation and automation of associated decision-making processes.
2. Default / Exit
• Analysing processes around default, exit and related credit lifecycle activities.
• Translating business requirements into functional system requirements.
3. Loan Terms & Conditions
• Capturing and defining requirements relating to the terms and conditions of loans.
• Supporting the digitisation of the associated processes and documentation.

The role will also involve consideration of regulatory reporting requirements and alignment with the wider global credit transformation programme.

Required Experience & Skills

Essential

• Proven experience as a Functional Analyst / Business Analyst within a complex financial services environment.
• Strong understanding of lending and/or loans processes.
• Experience working on process automation, digitisation or transformation projects.
• Strong requirements gathering and functional analysis capability.
• Experience working across the SDLC.
• Experience working within an Agile methodology.
• Practical experience with Jira.
• Ability to understand and interpret process flow diagrams.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively between business, technology and project stakeholders.
• Experience taking requirements through development, testing and implementation.

A consultancy background would be particularly valuable, as the role requires someone who is confident in:

• Communicating with senior and diverse stakeholders.
• Presenting complex information clearly.
• Challenging existing processes constructively.
• Working across business and technology teams.

The successful candidate should be comfortable working in a front-office-driven environment, where business decisions and ownership sit predominantly with the Front Office.

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Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV in order to be considered.

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