Kriya's suite of financial tools keeps business flowing brilliantly by providing frictionless access to payments, credit and working capital through seamless integrations and instant credit decisions.
Founded in 2011, Kriya has helped businesses collect over £28 billion in B2B payments, and advanced over £3.7 billion worth of credit through working capital and business loans. Kriya has a wide-reaching network of strategic partners including Barclays Bank, Stripe, Halfords and the British Business Bank, and is backed by prestigious equity investors including Northzone, Barclays Bank and Mouro Capital (owned by Santander Bank).
What you'll be doing:
- Leading the development of the framework and processes for assessing prospective merchant partners and other key risk initiatives
- Leading the underwriting and structuring of new business deals (£10-100m turnover range)
- Owning and pro-actively managing a merchant portfolio, ensuring that you can balance delivering risk performance within appetite with commercial goals such as processed volume and revenue
- Taking the lead on risk strategy and processes to support the expansion of our products into new segments, customer types, jurisdictions and sales channels
- Work closely within a cross-functional team including Commercial, Product, Data and Finance to deliver company goals
- Leading on a range of Risk initiatives as the business grows and the product offering evolves - you will be a key point of contact in the Kriya Risk team
Requirements
What you'll have:
- Proven experience in underwriting businesses and structuring credit deals including considerations of performance covenants, monitoring and security structures
- Proven experience in building and effectively managing a diversified portfolio and maximising risk-adjusted returns
- Highly analytical mindset, ability to critically assess financial performance and analyse large data sets to identify patterns
- A track record of solving complex problems through a methodical approach
- Strong communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to effectively prioritise and manage multiple work streams in parallel
- Proficiency with the use of Excel and Power Point
Our company values are:
#MakeItHappen:
We're focused on getting the important stuff done first. We don't get bogged down in long emails and lots of meetings, we find solutions (they're out there!) and get it done!
#AlwaysBeLearning:
The only constant is change: we embrace change and learn. We ask and listen for feedback and always provide it too.
#1Team1Dream
We always put the whole company first - when we succeed collectively, we all succeed individually. Everyone has a voice, we listen to each other's opinions.
Benefits
Not only will you have the opportunity to make a huge impact at one of the UK's leading FinTech companies, you will also have access to:
- 60 days work from abroad allowance
- A great office in the heart of Shoreditch
- Private health coverage and discounted gym memberships
- Amazon Kindle and book purchase allowance
- Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
- 25 days of annual leave per year, plus your Birthday off
- Access to Tate Modern Exhibitions
- Lunches provided on in-office days (Tuesdays and Thursdays) plus monthly breakfast treats
Our Commitment to You:
We will do our best to reply to all applications, however, if you have yet to have a response within 8 weeks, please assume your application has not been successful.
Kriya is constantly working to maintain and improve our inclusive, friendly workplace. We ensure that both applicants and our people receive unbiased treatment without discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, race or any other protected characteristic.
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