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The purpose of this job is to execute risk and credit operations on assigned transactions in alignment with established frameworks and processes, ensuring effective and efficient loan underwriting across ABHFL service offerings for sound portfolio quality management. This role is expected to take approval decisions as per approval matrix after due creditworthiness and risk assessment ensuring process adherence, and coordinate with Sales, Operations and ABFL Risk team colleagues to ensure robust risk management operations
Job Context:/Job Challenges:
o Part of the Aditya Birla Financial Service Group (ABFSG), Aditya Birla Housing Finance Limited (ABHFL) is registered with the National Housing Bank as a housing finance company under the National Housing Bank Act, 1987. The company offers a complete range of housing finance solutions such as home loans, home improvement and home construction loans, balance transfer and top-up loans, loans against property and construction finance. The company acquired its license on 9th July 2014 and has aggressive growth plans.o The nature of the HFC business (dealing largely with retail customers in the potentially sensitive area of housing/ mortgages), along with the additional regulatory and control mechanisms imposed as a result, means it is imperative that all functions and processes align and comply with sound risk management guidelines and applicable regulations/ controls proactively and judiciously. This is vital for managing risk and protecting interests of both the business as well as the customer.
o The Risk team provides core underwriting services fundamental to the ABHFL business health, risk management and sustainability. Structured as a dual to the Sales/ Sourcing team, with positions mapped against corresponding Sales roles across the organization, the Risk team is responsible for necessary controls and process checks to ensure business performance and health.
o While the core responsibility for this function is to control the business via robust underwriting and risk management, supporting business expansion via joint evaluation of different product/ market growth proposals with the Sales team is also an important contribution.
o The Area Credit Manager plays the role of executing risk and credit operations in line with established guidelines & norms and securing the organization against diverse risks in local business operations via process measures and checks. This role is responsible for ensuring robust and efficient creditworthiness and risk assessment, and is the first approval authority in the risk management structure. He/she is the “ears on the ground” member of the Risk Team who meets every customer as part of the underwriting process and also visits the property which is being funded. Therefore, they need to have an understanding of the Legal and Valuation framework to be able to perform their role satisfactorily
| KRA (Accountabilities) (Max 1325 Characters) | Supporting Actions (Max 1325 Characters) | |
|---|---|---|
| KRA1 | Underwriting and Portfolio Quality Management | Execute risk and credit operations for assigned transactions in adherence with defined frameworks and principles across ABHFL business lines Evaluate and approve proposals as per defined approval matrix, seeking guidance from seniors and assisting peers on specific cases as required Liaise with relevant ABFL Risk team members for Legal-Technical evaluations and clarifications in complex cases, as required |
| KRA2 | Process Efficiency | Execute risk operations efficiently and in a manner that enables business performance while ensuring risk management imperatives Coordinate seamlessly with Credit Processing Analysts and Credit Analysts to ensure files are logged appropriately and analyzed thoroughly Work as per process-driven coordination mechanisms with Sales and Operations teams for effective decision making and problem solving in line with business and risk management needs; escalate to RCM as required |
| KRA3 | Risk Compliance & Control | Ensure compliance with established risk management principles and norms; compile periodic and need based MIS, reports, escalation case documents, etc. Conduct local risk operations in line with defined ‘Maker – Checker’ mechanism with Sales and Operations teams in a systematic manner, across key aspects such as exception approvals, collateral valuation, PDD completion, cheque bounce collections, etc |
| KRA4 | Self-Development & Internal Stakeholder Coordination | Seek development to execute better risk assessment and loan underwriting via technical skill-up (e.g. proficiency on legal & technical documents, property business practices & norms, etc.) and role clarity Maintain relationships with internal stakeholders for smooth coordination on complex/ escalation/ exception cases |
Eligibility typically includes the qualifications and experience outlined in the job description above, with around 4-7 Years years of relevant experience expected for this role.
The key responsibilities for this role are detailed in the Key Responsibilities section above, covering the core duties expected of a Area Credit Manager at Aditya Birla Group.
This role requires around 4-7 Years years of relevant experience, as specified in the job listing. Please refer to the Qualifications & Experience section above for full details.
Skills relevant to this position are outlined in the Qualifications & Experience section above. In general, strong communication, domain knowledge, and the ability to meet role-specific targets are valued across similar BFSI positions.
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