Trading & Performance Assistant Manager (Loans)

TL;DR

Trading & Performance Assistant Manager (Loans): Analyzing market trends and customer data to optimize personal loan performance with an accent on commercial insight and financial modeling. Focus on identifying growth opportunities, supporting pricing decisions, and translating complex data into actionable strategies for the UK's largest personal loans provider.

Location: Hybrid (Chester, Halifax, Leeds, or Manchester). Must be able to work from one of these office sites at least 40% of the time.

Salary: £40,824 - £45,360

Company

A leading UK financial services group committed to transforming banking through investment in people, data, and technology.

What you will do

• Identify emerging trends, risks, and opportunities using customer and market insights.
• Contribute to new propositions and digital journey improvements through data-driven analysis.
• Support pricing, demand, and performance decisions using modeling and experimentation.
• Collaborate across Product, Pricing, Risk, Finance, and Digital teams to drive business outcomes.
• Monitor performance metrics and highlight issues early to ensure better customer outcomes.

Requirements

• Highly numerical with a strong understanding of commercial performance and financial metrics.
• Experience in data analysis, customer analytics, forecasting, or pricing techniques.
• Proficiency in tools such as SQL, SAS, Power BI, Python, or cloud-based data platforms.
• Strong storytelling skills to translate complex information into clear, actionable insights.
• Ability to influence senior audiences and build trusted relationships across the business.
• Awareness of the external market environment, including competitor activity and regulatory considerations.

Culture & Benefits

• Generous pension contribution of up to 15%.
• Annual performance-related bonus and share schemes.
• 28 days of holiday plus bank holidays.
• Flexible benefits package including discounted shopping and wellbeing initiatives.
• Supportive environment with generous parental leave policies.