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Sallie Mae · 4 months ago

Manager, Credit Strategy

Newark, DE

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

5+ years exp

Sallie Mae is on a mission to empower students throughout their educational journey. The Manager, Credit Strategy will apply strategic and analytical skills to develop and test strategies that impact the business while collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance decision-making processes.

Financial ServicesHigher Education

Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Ensure we have credit strategies that are optimized to provide bespoke underwriting by student loan products

Liaison with operations for strategy implementation and to ensure critical processes are working effectively post-implementation

Provide comprehensive reporting on credit and related portfolio metrics to monitor performance of student loan products

Develop insights into true drivers of strategy and decision making and provide recommendations to enhance, expand or contract strategic initiatives

Work with cross-functional teams to move projects forward, identify concerns, devise appropriate mitigation strategy and escalate concerns if needed

Be an agent of change for legacy practices that suppress loan and revenue growth while increasing expenses

Support Developing data informed business strategies that will drive growth, inform core decisions, and drive success for Sallie Mae

Can lead and mentor other analysts to develop hypothesis, create analytical plans to help solve business problems

Ability to synthesize and evaluate large datasets to drive meaningful outcomes. Manage and sequence delivery of business intent, build business requirements based on the analytical outcome and execute against the product strategy. Ability to contribute to multiple projects and programs concurrently

Work closely with colleagues across Sallie Mae to represent Credit function’s inputs and drive improvement in quality, volume, and service

A proven track record of decision making and problem solving based on analytics. Conceptual thinking skills must be complemented by a strong quantitative orientation

He/she should be a tenacious decisionmaker, able to bring a healthy, aggressive, yet responsible approach to business

Impeccable written and oral communications, coupled with strategic influencing skills and the ability to drive agreement through intellect, interpersonal and negotiation skills

Qualification

Analytical Problem SolvingData AnalysisFinancial Services ExperienceLeadershipCommunication SkillsStrategic ThinkingConsulting ExperienceQuantitative SkillsTeamworkProject Management

Required

Bachelor's Degree in quantitative field such as Finance, Economics, Physical Sciences, Math, Statistics, Engineering

A proven track record of decision making and problem solving based on analytics

Conceptual thinking skills must be complemented by a strong quantitative orientation

Strong business judgment, leadership and integrity

Impeccable written and oral communications, coupled with strategic influencing skills and the ability to drive agreement through intellect, interpersonal and negotiation skills