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Credit Risk Model Monitoring

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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Date live: 21/05/2026

Business Area: Tesco Customer Team

Area of Expertise: Risk and Quantitative Analytics

Contract: Permanent

Reference Code: JR-0000108017

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Barclays and Tesco Bank

Tesco Bank helps more than three million customers manage their money a little better every day. Barclays acquired Tesco’s retail banking business in the UK in 2024, and we’ve been growing together ever since. We offer Credit Card, Savings and Loans products that earn Clubcard points. For customers, that means more choice and better rewards. For colleagues, it means broader career paths and bigger opportunities.

Our Opportunities

Working with Tesco Bank products and customers - and being a member of Barclays’ global team - creates all kinds of opportunities. Whether your interests lie in Customer Service, Risk, Data & Analytics or Technology, we’ll equip you with the tools and support to do a great job and make an impact every day. This is a friendly, caring and inclusive place where you can be yourself and find your potential. With the whole of Barclays to explore, we’ll help you gain the skills and experience to build a career that grows with you.

Join the Helping Manage and Monitor Credit Risk Models team within Tesco Bank as a Credit Risk Model Monitoring. In this role you will be responsible in ensuring model is compliant, up to date and notice any discrepancies within the model.

To be successful as a Credit Risk Model Monitoring, you should have experience with

  • Extracting, manipulating, and analysing large datasets using SAS, SQL, or similar tools
  • Applying credit risk and underwriting knowledge to support policy and decision‑making
  • Understanding enterprise risk frameworks and industry‑wide regulatory expectations

Some other highly valued skills may include

  • Understanding of the way Tesco Bank operates
  • Strong stakeholder management and the ability to communicate complex risk topics concisely
  • Familiarity with credit policy development and how to operationalise it across portfolios
  • The ability to support business‑wide process changes during integration and transformation initiatives

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills

This role location is Edinburgh.

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Purpose of the role

To safeguard the financial health of the bank by identifying, analysing, and mitigating potential credit risks associated with lending activities.

Accountabilities

  • Analysis of financial data, including income, assets, liabilities, credit history, and economic trends, to determine the risk of default.
  • Monitoring of existing loan portfolios to identify potential credit deterioration or early warning signs of default.
  • Recommendation of loan approvals, rejections, or adjustments based on risk evaluation and bank lending policies.
  • Development and implementation of credit risk mitigation strategies, including collateral management, loan restructuring, and workout plans.

Vice President Expectations

  • To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
  • If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
  • If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others..
  • OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
  • Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
  • Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
  • Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
  • Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
  • Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
  • Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
  • Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
  • Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Barclays welcomes applications from all candidates and is committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments (accommodations) are put in place to allow for a fair and inclusive recruitment process. For more information and how to request one, please review Adjustments to the recruitment process.

We’re a global, vital and highly respected financial organisation with an inspiring Purpose. Operating in 39 countries and employing around 100,000 people across the world, we help communities, individuals and businesses thrive. And we’ve created financial solutions and technology that the world now takes for granted. A career with us can offer incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience, and the chance to learn from some of the best minds in technology and finance.

To find out more about Barclays' strategy please click here.

We are an equal opportunity employer and opposed to discrimination on any grounds. It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, colour, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.

Working in Edinburgh

Our bright, modern EHQ building is based in the busy business district at the Gyle, to the west of Edinburgh. It’s an area well served by public transport and within walking distance from Bankhead tram station as well as South Gyle and Edinburgh Park train stations.

Our People

"Developing Product Owner skills showed me how small changes can create real impact."

"I worked in talent acquisition for over six years, mainly focusing on technology and business change recruitment, before joining the Tesco Bank Talent Acquisition team in 2021.

During this time, I was involved in implementing our new Applicant Tracking System. This gave me valuable exposure to Agile ways of working and the opportunity to help shape the platform to improve the experience for colleagues and candidates.

Through the project, I began developing Product Owner skills. I supported my learning through LinkedIn Learning courses and by connecting with colleagues already working in Product Owner roles, alongside guidance from our Head of Customer Experience. I was then successful moving into a Product Owner role in one of our Product Management teams."

Matt, Product Owner

Be you. Be valued. Belong.

We celebrate the unique perspectives and experiences each individual brings, believing our differences make us stronger and drive success.

You can learn more about our commitment to our colleague on our Inclusion and Opportunities page.

What you'll get in return

Competitive holiday allowance

Life assurance

Private medical care

Pension contribution

Application process

1

Your application

We'll ask you for some info about yourself, along with your CV and a cover letter. Let us know why you're excited about this new opportunity.

2

Your assessment

Depending on the role you're eyeing, there might be an assessment to showcase your skills. Don't worry – we'll give you all the details you need to prepare.

3

Your interview

We’ll sit down and talk about your experiences and the talents you bring. This is your chance to go into the details, ask any questions on your mind, and together we'll figure out how to move your career forward.

4

Next step

We'll request a bit more information to help you complete our screening process. Then you're all set.

Hybrid working

At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home. We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.