Senior Credit Analyst

Company: Harrington Starr
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Location: London
Job Description:

Senior Credit Analyst / Credit Analyst – SME Lending

We are working with an innovative and fast-growing lending business that is looking for a driven Senior Credit Analyst / Credit Analys t to join its Risk team

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys having real ownership over credit decisions and wants to play a key role in shaping the systems, processes, and frameworks behind them

Responsibilities

  • Independently manage end-to-end underwriting assessments for SME lending application
  • Analyse financial information, business performance, and credit risk factors to make informed lending decision
  • Apply strong commercial judgement when assessing borrower risk
  • Support the development and optimisation of underwriting processes, credit policies, and risk assessment framework
  • Help transform manual processes into scalable and efficient solution
  • Monitor existing lending portfolios and identify early warning indicators of increased risk
  • Work closely with Data, Product, Operations, and Commercial teams to improve lending decisions and customer outcome
  • Provide insight and feedback to support the development of credit models and automated decision-making tool
  • Contribute to portfolio reporting and ongoing risk management

About Y

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  • 3–5 years’ experience in credit analysis, underwriting, or lending risk
  • Experience assessing SME lending applications or commercial credit risk
  • Strong understanding of financial statements, credit risk metrics, and lending methodology
  • The ability to make independent decisions and manage complex assessments with minimal supervision
  • A proactive mindset with strong attention to detail and a desire to improve processes
  • Credit scorecards or risk mode
  • Data analysis tools such as SQL or advanced Excel modeling
  • Working within a fintech, banking, or fast-growth lending environment

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Posted: July 11th, 2026