Quantitative Analyst

The Vacancy

Let us tell you a bit about us

We’re Aldermore – the award-winning bank, trusted and highly rated by over a quarter of a million customers for more than a decade. With our range of specialist mortgages, savings accounts and business finance solutions, we're backing more people to go for it.

We thrive by saying “yes” to our customers. We respect the ingenuity of entrepreneurs and their startups; we give first-timers a leg-up onto the property ladder; we open up the lending market to many; and thousands of customers chose Motonovo Finance every week to buy their next car, van or motorbike.

This is where you come in. We are on a journey. A journey defined by a destination; to deliver on our purpose.

Let us tell you a bit about the opportunity

You will play an integral role in solving the key business problems in Property, including optimisation of risk and return. In doing so, you will drive a step change in the quality of strategic, data-led decision making in the division.

You will create insightful reports, analyse the key outputs and provide actionable recommendations into key Property teams, such as Products and Sales, to help grow our business safely and effectively.

What will your day look like?

•  Provide meaningful analysis of the division’s credit risk profile, and utilise data to support the development of lending criteria, mortgage affordability models and use of credit scorecards to meet strategic objectives
• Work with and develop statistical models used in various areas of the business
• Drive actionable insight across the main themes of customer, broker, commercial performance and credit risk
• Provide analytical rigour to both big strategic challenges and more granular, “business as usual” questions that support our Credit Risk, Sales, Products and Operations teams
•  Ensure decision-making in the division is underpinned by key metrics such as return on capital and earnings volatility
•  Provide meaningful, actionable insight for committee papers and management dashboards

What do we expect from you

• Exceptional data analytics skills, underpinned by proficiency in relevant software such as SAS, SQL and/or Tableau
• Ability to hone in on the key insight within data sets, and develop actionable business recommendations from data
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the curiosity to understand a business model in detail to support meaningful analytics
• Good presentational skills and ability to articulate insight in a way that’s compelling and appropriately succinct; and Solid background in credit risk would be an advantage.

What can you expect from us?

• A friendly and flexible culture, the same as how we work with our customers.
• A growing organisation that means there’s lots of opportunities to progress
• A drive for continuous improvement, which you will be empowered to get behind from day one.
• And of course, you will be rewarded competitively, with a good range of core benefits and bonus potential.

Still curious?

Join us and we’ll make the same promises to you as a colleague, as we do to each of our customers. We’re committed to building a working environment that values respect, diversity, and compassion. We welcome people regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave.

Please note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes criminal record checks.