The Vacancy
Aldermore Group – why we exist
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
The Credit Risk Manager is a second line of defence role, reporting to the Head of Risk Measurement.
The role is responsible for overseeing the Group’s credit decisioning strategy and portfolio management activity, ensuring origination strategies deploy credit capacity effectively and operate within the Group’s approved credit risk appetite.
The role will work closely with the Head of Risk Measurement and engage with a broad range of senior stakeholders, including FirstRand Group, Group Executives and Committees, senior management, regulators, investors, and credit rating and reference agencies, to support oversight of Aldermore’s credit performance and strategy.
This role can be based in any of our offices - Cardiff, Manchester, London or Reading.
To act as an ambassador of the Bank’s vision to; Back more people to go for it in life and in business.
What will your day look like?
The role reports to the Head of Risk Measurement, who will lead performance reviews, regular 1:1s and development conversations.
Key responsibilities
1. Oversight: Independently review and challenge 1LOD credit risk strategy, performance and reporting, ensuring alignment with policies, risk appetite, and regulations.
2. Assurance: Deliver assurance across retail lending portfolios, reviewing strategies, escalating risks, and partnering with the Policy team to enhance standards.
3. Credit optimisation: Collaborate with 1LOD teams to deploy credit capacity effectively and leverage data and best practice to improve approaches.
4. Risk appetite: Set and monitor risk limits across business lines with 1LOD and 2LOD teams, ensuring compliance with Board-approved Risk Appetite.
5. Strategic partner: Advise senior leaders, influence risk culture, and identify emerging risks and trends to support safe, sustainable growth.
6. Governance & stakeholders: Contribute to key governance forums and engage regulators, credit rating agencies, and other external stakeholders on credit risk strategy.
What do we expect from you?
7. Proven experience in credit risk management within financial services, ideally operating in a second line of defence environment.
8. Strong knowledge of credit risk frameworks, portfolio management and regulatory requirements (e.g. MCOB, CONC).
9. Ability to provide effective independent challenge and assurance while working collaboratively with first line teams.
10. Experience influencing senior stakeholders and contributing confidently to executive-level governance forums.
11. Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify emerging risks, interpret data and translate insight into clear recommendations.
12. A proactive, values-led approach that promotes strong risk culture, sound judgement and continuous improvement.
What can you expect from us?
13. A friendly and flexible culture, the same as how we work with our customers.
14. A growing organisation that means there’s lots of opportunities to progress
15. A drive for continuous improvement, which you will be empowered to get behind from day one.
16. And of course, you will be rewarded competitively, with a good range of core benefits and bonus potential.
Please note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes criminal record checks.
Behaviour Framework
Our behavioural framework underpins our purpose and strategic drivers, as it outlines the behaviours we need to demonstrate in order to succeed. Where our strategic drivers (Stay Ahead Propositions, Relationships That Last and Progressive Platform) outline what we need to do to succeed, our behaviours guide us in how. In your second interview, we’ll ask you to talk through some examples where you’ve demonstrated these behaviours in your previous roles.
The Benefits
As you would expect, we offer a competitive basic salary and reward package, and you’ll also benefit from our commitment to investing in your professional development throughout your journey with us.
Benefits vary across the business depending on the role you do, but these will give you an idea of what to expect:
17. Discretionary bonus scheme
18. Aviva Digital GP
19. Bus And Tram Benefit
20. Employee Assistance Programme
21. Eyecare Voucher & Display Screens/Desk Set-Up
22. Flu Jab Vouchers
23. Group Income Protection
24. Life Assurance
25. Metrolink Annual Pass & Clipper Ticket
26. Microsoft Discounts
27. Private Medical Insurance Shopping Discounts
28. Toothfairy
29. Your Workplace Pension
30. Hybrid Working
31. Critical Illness
32. Cycle To Work
33. Dental Insurance
34. Give As You Earn
35. Government Tax-Free Childcare Scheme
36. Octopus Electric Vehicles
37. Save Our Planet
38. Season Ticket Loan
39. Spouse Or Partner Life Assurance
40. Technology
41. Wearable Technology
42. Wellbeing App
43. Will Writing
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