The Vacancy
Let us tell you about the opportunity
If you’re a hands-on expert in customer management strategy, credit scorecards, and decisioning tools and you’re ready to take the next step in your leadership journey - this role offers the perfect blend of doing, influencing and developing.
We’re looking for someone who can own and evolve our credit acquisition strategy while leading a small team of skilled analysts. You’ll be central to designing credit risk frameworks, optimising automated decisioning, and ensuring we maintain a robust, sustainable risk profile.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to build, refine and deliver. You’ll have meaningful ownership, real visibility, and the chance to shape the future of our acquisition strategy. And as we continue to grow, you’ll have genuine opportunities to step further into leadership.
What will your day look like?
1. Leading the development and execution of customer acquisition strategies that support growth while staying within risk appetite
2. Guiding and shaping credit decisioning rules and scorecard performance, enabling stronger automation and smarter decisions
3. Owning key credit risk metrics - bad rates, delinquency, loss rates, vintage performance and using insights to drive improvement
4. Acting as a bridge between senior leaders and operational teams, ensuring alignment of credit strategy with business priorities
5. Managing a small team of analysts, supporting their technical and analytical development
6. Analysing credit bureau data to refine acquisition and portfolio strategies
7. Leading portfolio analysis to identify emerging risks and behavioural trends
8. Applying deep lifecycle credit risk expertise across acquisition, in-life management, collections and recoveries
What do we expect from you?
9. Strong hands-on expertise in customer acquisition strategy, credit policy, affordability and scorecard optimisation
10. Proven exposure to portfolio analytics and a solid understanding of delinquency, loss rates, EAD and other core metrics
11. Practical experience using credit bureau data to shape decisioning strategies
12. Comfort working with automated decisioning tools/systems
13. Analytical proficiency with SQL, SAS, Python or similar
14. Confident communication skills, with the ability to simplify complexity for senior stakeholders
15. Experience leading or mentoring credit risk analysts within financial services (motor, consumer lending, retail credit ideal)
16. A proactive mindset - driven, detail-focused, and ready to make things happen
What can you expect from us?
17. A hybrid working policy, 3 days per week onsite in our central Cardiff / Reading office
18. A friendly and flexible culture, the same as how we work with our customers
19. A growing organisation that means there’s lots of opportunities to progress
20. A drive for continuous improvement, which you will be empowered to get behind from day one
21. And of course, you will be rewarded competitively, with a great range of core benefits including; annual bonus, 10% employer contribution pension, private medical with BUPA and 30 days holiday
Let us tell you a bit about us
We're one of the largest lenders in the UK used car finance market. We’ve specialised in motor finance for over 40 years, and are recognised as one of the best car finance providers in the industry.
We’re part of the Aldermore Group, which includes Aldermore Bank plc. 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.
Please note: 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.
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.
Our Benefits
Not only does MotoNovo Finance offer a competitive remuneration package, we also offer one of the best benefits packages in Wales. Inclusive of our healthcare cover, pension schemes, and our employee assistance programmes, we have also installed a staff bar, game machines, and a pool table.
When you choose to build your career with MotoNovo Finance, we choose to invest in you.
22. Hybrid Working
23. Your Company Benefits Aviva Digital GP
24. Bus And Tram Benefit
25. Employee Assistance Programme
26. Eyecare Voucher & Display Screens/Desk
27. Set-Up
28. Flu Jab Vouchers
29. Group Income Protection
30. Life Assurance
31. Metrolink Annual Pass & Clipper Ticket
32. Microsoft Discounts
33. Private Medical Insurance Shopping Discounts
34. Toothfairy
35. Your Workplace Pension
36. Benefits You Can Choose
37. Critical Illness
38. Cycle To Work
39. Dental Insurance
40. Give As You Earn
41. Government Tax-Free Childcare Scheme
42. Octopus Electric Vehicles
43. Save Our Planet
44. Season Ticket Loan
45. Spouse Or Partner Life Assurance
46. Technology
47. Wearable Technology
48. Wellbeing App
49. Will Writing
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