Assistant Manager - Credit Card Underwriting and Decline Review

Assistant Manager - Growth Catalyst Underwriting

About the company

SBI Card is a leading pure-play credit card issuer in India, offering a wide range of credit cards to cater to diverse customer needs. We are constantly innovating to meet the evolving financial needs of our customers, empowering them with digital currency for seamless payment experience and indulge in rewarding benefits. At SBI Card, the motto 'Make Life Simple' inspires every initiative, ensuring that customer convenience is at the forefront of all that we do. We are committed to building an environment where people can thrive and create a better future for everyone.

SBI Card is proud to be an equal opportunity & inclusive employer and welcome employees without any discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, gender, religion, creed, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, caste etc. SBI Card is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where all employees are treated equally with dignity and respect which makes it a promising place to work.

Join us to shape the future of digital payment in India and unlock your full potential.

What’s in it for YOU

1. SBI Card truly lives by the work-life balance philosophy. We offer a robust wellness and wellbeing program to support mental and physical health of our employees
2. Admirable work deserves to be rewarded. We have a well curated bouquet of rewards and recognition program for the employees
3. Dynamic, Inclusive and Diverse team culture 
4. Gender Neutral Policy
5. Inclusive Health Benefits for all - Medical Insurance, Personal Accidental, Group Term Life Insurance and Annual Health Checkup, Dental and OPD benefits
6. Commitment to the overall development of an employee through comprehensive learning & development framework

Role Purpose

Responsible for managing a team of underwriters handling the decline review process, handling declined applications annually, contributing to an increase in application approval rate for new accounts, along with ensuring implementation of operational process improvement initiatives.

 Role Accountability 

1. Manage Decline review Process and ensure review of all eligible decline applications as per internal guidelines and regulatory framework for carding
2. Analyze daily decline data to ensure that all the eligible cases gets carded, identifying and delivering process improvements/re-engineering across area of responsibility, working in close collaboration with Credit,Ops & Sales teams
3. Ensure critical business metrics (approval rate, TAT & Accuracy) are within agreed thresholds while restarting declined applications 
4. Manage the Critical exception ticket process for VVIP/VIP/HNI/Aurum/Wealth/PEP Customers, which includes considering important deviations likes Credit Line Increase, Verification Waivers, Surrogate Waivers etc. as per guidelines  defined by Risk to ensure prioritized customer experience & reduced TAT
5. Conduct proactive review of delinquencies to tweak action plans as necessary
6. Ensure First Time Right opportunity & handle the referred declinable segment cases coming in UW -GC Q for prompt reviews, deviations & underwriting
7. Ensure the Business CTQ's are met including daily Productivity, Quality Grades etc.  for all team members & of the process
8. Timely prepare and publish process productivity MIS and Dashboards for concerned stakeholders
9. Ensure adherence to all process SOPs and compliance guidelines by the team
10. Ensure process documentation and compliance adherence

Measures of Success 

1. Approval rate improvement
2. Reduction in scrabble/Queries Q TAT/Mails
3. % Increase in FTR Accounts Contribution
4. FTE Productivity
5. Process accuracy %
6. Timely and accurate MIS/ Dashboard/Report publication
7. Process adherence as per MOU

Technical Skills / Experience / Certifications

Excellent understanding of Credit Card Sales & Operations process / audit and compliance policies

Competencies critical to the role

1. Process Orientation
2. Detail Orientation
3. Analytical Ability
4. Teamwork and Collaboration

Qualification 

Graduate in any discipline, post graduate preferred

Preferred Industry

Service Industry

Experience Level

Mid Level