Credit Clerk, Sr. jobs in Waldorf, MD

Are you looking to take your career from good to great? As an employee of PenFed, every day is an opportunity to thrive, and be part of a team working to ensure our organization is providing world class service to our members, employees, and our communities. We exist to help our members realize their full potential, educate and encourage their dreams, and make every effort to follow our mission and help our members “do better.” Joining PenFed is more than being an employee; it’s about being a part of the PenFed family.

PenFed is hiring an (Hybrid) Senior Analyst, Consumer Lending Credit Policy & Analytics at our Tysons, Virginia location. The primary purpose of this job is to support end-to-end development and implementation of credit policy and credit risk monitoring and analysis in Consumer Lending space. This includes automated and judgmental decisioning credit policies for new account acquisition approve/decline, line assignment and portfolio risk management in Direct & Indirect Auto Loans and Unsecured Loans.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of job duties and the position will perform other duties as assigned. 

• Assist with developing automated/judgmental decisioning credit strategies for Consumer Loan programs. Develop consumer loan credit policies and underwriting criteria, including approve/decline, line assignment, ability to pay & income verification and judgmental decisioning criteria.
• Drive monitoring and analysis of credit risk for both organic and acquired portfolio, prepare related management reporting package, and provide insights on root causes, emerging credit trends and implications on Allowance for Loan Losses.
• Perform business line program deep dive and monitoring on credit policy change to drive credit policy optimization and risk mitigation strategies, inform corporate strategic decisions, enable better member experience, and improve efficiencies.
• With management oversight, develop clear and concise recommendations to drive credit risk policy enhancements, and present strong, well-communicated analysis and business cases.
• With management oversight, lead the design and execution of risk analytics using both internal and external data sources.
• Collaborate with the Decision Science modeling team to conduct risk drivers’ analysis and build / implement valuations models.
• Collaborate with business line product teams in optimizing acquisition targeting strategies marketing campaigns used in acquisitions that align with the credit policies and scoring models.
• Partner with key stakeholders in various groups (Credit Risk Modeling, Business Lines, Compliance, Operations, Finance and Enterprise Risk Management) to identify areas of opportunity and spearhead initiatives to enable profitable growth while minimizing credit risk exposure and adapting to changing economic & regulatory environment.
• Identify required data and work with data stewards to understand data source, ensure data quality and retrieve data on a timely basis. Contribute to credit data mart and corporate database designs.
• Identify and communicate data anomalies and requirements to the development team and other stakeholders.
• Enhance portfolio reporting, improve internal efficiencies, and meet changing management and regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to external and internal audits, and regulatory examinations as needed.

Equivalent combination of education and experience is considered.

• Master’s Degree in Economics, Math, Statistics, Computer Science, or another quantitative field
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in credit policy, credit risk management or quantitative analysis / modeling in financial services industry.
• Strong skills in various data analysis and visualization tools including SQL, Tableau, Excel, and PowerPoint are required. Proficiency with statistical tools (SAS, Python/R) is required.
• Intellectual curiosity, attention to details, strong critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively in ambiguous situations, ability to multi-task.
• Self-motivated and strong interpersonal skills to actively lead and implement ideas in a cross-functional team environment.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position will not supervise employees.

Licenses and Certifications

There are no additional certifications required.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to an indoor office setting with moderate noise.

Travel

Limited travel to various worksites is required

Established in 1935, PenFed today is one of the country’s strongest and most stable financial institutions with over 2.8 million members and over $36 billion in assets. We serve members in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as in Guam, Puerto Rico and Okinawa. We are federally insured by NCUA and we are an Equal Housing Lender. We are available to members worldwide, via the web, seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day.
 
We provide our employees with a lucrative benefits package including robust medical, dental and vision plan options, plenty of paid time off, 401k with employer match, on-site fitness facilities at our larger locations, and more.
 
Equal Employment Opportunity

PenFed management will maintain and observe personnel policies which will not discriminate or permit harassment or retaliation against a person because of race, color, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, military or veteran status or obligation, the presence of a physical and/or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, and all statuses protected by applicable state or local law in all recruiting, hiring, training, compensation, overtime, position classifications, work assignments, facilities, promotions, transfers, employee treatment, and in all other terms and conditions of employment. PenFed will also prohibit retaliation against individuals for raising a complaint of discrimination or harassment or participating in an investigation of same.
 
PenFed will also reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability so that they can apply for a job or perform the essential functions of a job unless doing so causes a direct threat to these individuals or others in the workplace and the threat cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation or if the accommodation creates an undue hardship to PenFed. Contact human resources (HR) with any questions or requests for accommodation at 402-639-8568.