Mortgage Credit Team Leader - SSC&O - BFS - Sydney

Group: Banking and Financial Services
Division: Service Sales Centre & Ops
Recruiter: Dee Fitzgerald
Mortgage Credit Team Leader

Opportunity for an experienced Credit Team Leader

Lead a high performing team

Work alongside the business in a dynamic activity based environment

Be part of Macquarie's expanding Mortgage business

Due to expansion we have an opportunity available in Sydney for a highly motivated individual to join our team as a team leader This role offers the opportunity to grow your existing skill set within a leading organisation, with excellent opportunities to develop and progress in the future.

About the role

Macquarie's residential mortgages portfolio has had a significant period of growth reaching $13.6 billion.

The successful credit canddiate will be comfortable working in a fast moving and changing environment, you must be success driven and seek continual improvement. In return, you will be given an opportunity to take ownership and accountability, and drive performance and operational excellence, in our flexible, activity based work space. Positioned in the heart of the business, you are well placed to develop and challenge yourself whilst developing your team.

This is a challenging role in a people focused, success driven environment which is ever changing. The role is required to drive performance and lead the team through all lending functions; this includes ownership of all applications from lodgement through to instruction of solicitors for settlement and management of all stakeholders at a local level, including; loan assessments, liaising with mortgage insurers and residential property values, inbound and outbound calls to mortgage brokers.

Accountable for the delivery of the agreed service level standards and key performance measures for the team, for assessing and managing team performance, identifying training and development needs across the division and continuing to engage and motivate a high performing team that is integral to the ongoing success of the business.

Key Responsibilities

Day to day leadership and coaching of a small group of Credit Analysts

Application of Lending Policy balancing growth and risk

Management of Credit Quality aligned with the policy.

Effective management of all stakeholders (both Internal and External)

Process improvement to enable measurable productivity improvements

About you

Demonstrated industry experience within residential lending,

Previous experience in a Team leader role

Strong analytical problem solving skills and a strong commercial mindset

Ability to manage business pressures and client expectations

Demonstrated commitment to ensure that industry knowledge is current and relevant, in particular areas related to credit, mortgage insurance and lending in general

You will be a proven operational leader, comfortable leading significant size teams. Preferably this will have been gained within Mortgage services environments, you will have:

Drive and ambition to succeed

Adaptable to a fast moving and changing environment

Exceptional people leader

Strong problem solving ability and solution focused

You must be comfortable working in a fast moving and changing environment entrepreneurial spirit and strong commercial business acumen.

About Us

Banking and Financial Services Group comprises Macquarie's retail banking and financial services businesses, providing a diverse range of personal banking, wealth management and business banking products and services to retail customers, advisers, brokers and business clients.

Find out more about Macquarie careers at http://www.macquarie.com/careers.

Macquarie understands the importance of diversity and inclusion - our long history of success has come from being different. At Macquarie we value the innovation and creativity that diversity of thought brings. The one thing we all have in common is our focus on high performance. If you're capable, motivated and can deliver, we want you on our team.

We facilitate a range of flexible working arrangements within our teams. Talk to us about what flexibility is available.