Lead a credit team and drive quality decision-making within a growing consumer non-bank lender.Your new company
Join a growing Australian consumer non-bank lender operating in a fast-paced and evolving environment. The business has a strong focus on quality credit decision-making, responsible lending and continuous process improvement.
Your new role
As Credit Team Manager, you'll lead a team of approximately 9 Credit Analysts across Sydney and the Philippines. This is a hands-on leadership role combining people management with responsibility for credit quality, complex lending decisions and the day-to-day credit assessment function.
What you'll be doing

- Lead the day to day credit assessment function and provide direction and support to Credit Analysts across Australian and offshore operations.
- Oversee the quality and consistency of credit assessments, ensuring strong decision-making standards are maintained across the team.
- Manage complex credit applications and escalations, providing guidance and making sound credit decisions when required.
- Coach, develop and performance-manage Credit Analysts, building capability while maintaining high standards of individual and team performance.
- Ensure lending decisions comply with internal credit policy, responsible lending requirements and relevant consumer credit regulations.
- Remain hands on with credit assessment and underwriting, particularly when dealing with complex or escalated applications.





What you'll need to succeed Previous experience as a Credit Manager or Credit Team Leader, with direct responsibility for managing Credit Analysts.Strong experience across consumer lending, with a solid background in credit assessment and underwriting within a regulated lending environment.Solid working knowledge of responsible lending obligations and consumer credit requirements.Experience leading an offshore or geographically distributed credit team would be highly regarded.The ability to remain hands-on with credit while also taking ownership of broader team performance and standards.Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident.What you'll get in return A key leadership position within a growing Australian consumer lending business.The opportunity to lead an established team across both Australian and offshore operations.A hands-on position where you'll remain involved in complex credit matters while developing and supporting your team.The opportunity to influence credit processes and maintain strong lending standards as the business continues to grow and evolve.Opportunity to work in a smaller organisation where your say matters.Hybrid opportunity, Sydney CBDWhat you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
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📌 Credit Team Manager (Sydney)
🏢 Hays
📍 Sydney