Senior Credit Risk Analyst (Retail Financial Services)

Recruiter:

Strategic Personnel

Job Ref:

JHB000836/AC

Date posted:

Thursday, May 14, 2026

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

1100000 Annually

SUMMARY:
Established and high profile Financial Services company seeks an experienced Senior Credit Risk Analyst with excellent overall understanding of credit risk, credit data, credit originations, scorecards and collections

POSITION INFO:
Completed BSc Honours / BCom Honours (Maths/Statistics/BMI) + minimum 8-10 years relevant working experience in Credit Risk preferably from within retail financial services or retail banking.

Extensive SAS experience is essential.

The role requires an excellent overall understanding of credit, credit risk, credit data, originations, scorecards, collections etc.

In addition, the candidate needs to have significant business acumen to link the various aspects between originations, recoveries, defaults, bad debts, write offs etc.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you have not heard back from us by the end of May 2026, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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