Lead - Risk
Bajaj Finance
Lead - Risk
About this role
| Job Purpose | To act as the independent risk control function for the product & execute all activities to provide assurance to SMT & above on credit risk & associated compliance/regulatory norms adherence through the below: • Independent oversight and challenge the Credit Organization on credit quality, outlier segment identification, TTD Mix monitoring etc. • Co-Own Credit Models & Scorecards being used in the product • Own Risk data management, Risk MIS and Reporting of Credit Risk metrics to SMT • Oversight of adherence to Board Policies, PPGs & SOPs • Drive execution of compliance/ regulatory related interventions through concerned stakeholders. • Lead Automation & AI Projects creating capabilities for effective credit risk management |
| Duties and Responsibilities | • Risk Policy : Review risk policies, the risk appetite framework and concentration/exposure limits across products and PAN-India locations. Identify gaps in existing policies using past cases, loss trends and location-specific learnings. • Portfolio Risk Monitoring: Monitor portfolio quality, vintage performance and emerging risk by customer, bureau band, employer, geography, channel, product and policy cohort. Track performance against the approved Risk Appetite and AOP loss budgets. • Early Warning & Emerging Risk: Build and monitor Early Warning Signal (EWS) indicators to identify risk before it appears in 30+/90+ DPD. Conduct deep dives on abnormal portfolio movements and recommend risk mitigants to the CRO and the first line. • Independent Assurance: Test adherence to approved credit policy and underwriting processes. Conduct sample-based underwriting assurance, identify policy leakage, control gaps and recurring exceptions, and independently validate remediation. • Policy Effectiveness & Swap Sets: Assess whether current policies deliver expected outcomes. Compare policy versus actual performance, analyse deviation populations against standard policy populations, and recommend policy review where evidence indicates deterioration. • Model & Score Governance: Oversee application and behaviour scorecard performance, validate risk scoring models, and support ECL/provisioning frameworks under Ind-AS. • Governance and Regulatory: Monitor compliance with SOP/PPG/RBI circulars, escalate breaches, track remediation and prepare independent risk views for Risk Committees. • Team Development: Participate in hiring, set individual performance expectations, review performance regularly and build functional capability within the risk team. |
| Key Decisions / Dimensions | • Risk appetite thresholds, EWS triggers and portfolio cut-offs, in consultation with the reporting manager. • Escalation of policy breaches and control gaps. • Design frameworks to adhere to any compliance/regulatory changes.|~ 100 Cr. Of loan loss budget for the products |
| Major Challenges | • Time taken by various stakeholders to adapt/ implement obligations/ actionable resulting in delay in finalization of checklist and further processing • External, seasonal and market factors continuously move risk parameters, so monitoring has to be continuous. • Wide spread of locations, products and market dynamics to be covered with a lean team. |
| Required Qualifications and Experience | • Graduate / Post-graduate. • Professional qualification such as CA / MBA / Masters in Financial or Risk Management, or equivalent practical experience. Work Experience (Required) • Around 8–10 years of experience in Risk, Credit or Analytics within financial services, with a strong risk/underwriting core. • Experience in risk policy formulation and portfolio monitoring across multiple products. • Experience of team management and senior stakeholder management. Preferred Qualifications • Exposure to scorecards and RBI regulatory reporting. • Experience with SQL/analytics tools, decision engines and automation of risk MIS. |
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Lead - Risk
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