Manager / Assistant Manager, Wholesale Credit Operations

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2 Locations
Mid level
Fintech • Payments • Financial Services
The Role
The Manager/Assistant Manager will oversee the Wholesale Credit Operations team, focusing on accurate data management, loan documentation processes, and ensuring compliance with policies. Responsibilities include supervising team operations, coaching team members, addressing operational gaps, providing advisory services on credit operations, and preparing management reports.
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We are seeking an experienced Credit Administration professional to lead and manage our Wholesale Credit Operations team. The Manager/Assistant Manager will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the center, ensuring the team's effectiveness and efficiency in achieving departmental KRAs and responsibilities include identifying and escalating operational gaps, act as the second-line support serving as relief in absence of the Head of Center, advising Business units and Solicitors, and monitoring loan drawdown productivity and turnaround times. The successful candidate will be reported to the Head of Credit Administration Centre.
Key Responsibilities

Functional:

  • Maintain and ensure the accuracy of various data points, including customer information, facility lines, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) reporting codes, and collateral creation.
  • Responsible for ensuring all conditions stipulated in the approved Credit Approvals (CA/CR) are accurately transcribed in Loan Offers (LO/SLO/LN).
  • Manage the loan documentation process, including Issuance Letter of Instruction, preparing IHP documents, and ensuring all documentation is complete and compliant with internal/external policies, regulations, and legal requirements.
  • Oversee the disbursement, including loan account creation, preparing remittances, and managing General Ledger balances, ensuring adherence to service standards.
  • Manage the Lodgment of Security documents, including follow-up with Business centers and Solicitors to ensure perfection of Security documents are secure.
  • Work closely with solicitors, developers, internal legal, and business centers to ensure proper documentation, provide advisory services on credit operations, address customer/business issues, monitor post-release conditions, and prepare management reports.

Managerial:

  • Provide coach, supervise, and guide team members to ensure timely loan disbursement and effective management of customer expectations (both internal and external) to foster positive customer experiences.
  • Keep on track of the team's daily operations, including system maintenance, General Ledger posting, Lodgment of Security document and monthly report generation, while ensuring checker/maker controls are in place.
  • Analyze existing business processes and initiating/suggesting improvements, re-engineering, or simplification strategies to drive sustainable growth.
  • Embed strong ESG values in Operations, strengthening commitment to Customers, Employees, Communities & CSR activities.

Job Requirements

  • Malaysian citizen.
  • Candidates must possess a minimum of STPM qualification or higher in a related discipline.
  • 4 years and above of credit documentation experience with strong credit admin function.
  • Proficient in English (written and spoken) and PC literate with knowledge in Microsoft Office.
  • Strong interpersonal skills, able to work independently and leadership skills. 

About Hong Leong Bank

We are a leading financial institution in Malaysia backed by a century of entrepreneurial heritage. Providing comprehensive financial services guided by a Digital-at-the-Core ethos has earned us industry recognition and accolades for our innovative approach in making banking simpler and more effortless for our customers. Our digital and physical offerings span across a vast nationwide network in Malaysia, strengthened with an expanding regional presence in Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, and China.

We seek to strike a balance between diversity, inclusion and merit to achieve our mission of infusing diversity in thinking and skillsets into our organisation. Candidates are assessed based on merit and potential, in line with our mission to attract and recruit the best talent available. Expanding on our “Digital at the Core” ethos, we are progressively digitising the employee journey and experience to provide a strong foundation for our people to drive life-long learning, achieve their career aspirations and grow talent from within our organisation.

Realise your full potential at Hong Leong Bank by applying now.

The Company
Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan
6,612 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1905

What We Do

Hong Leong Bank Berhad is one of the leading financial services organisations in Malaysia. With a heritage of more than 100 years, it provides comprehensive financial services covering consumer banking, business banking and trade finance, treasury, branch and transaction banking, wealth management, private banking and Islamic financial services. Its merger with EON Bank Group in 2011 has further embedded its position as a core banking franchise with an expanded distribution network of more than 300 branches across the country.

With a proven track record in value creation and a highly recognised brand, Hong Leong Bank has also been extending its footprint in the region, with branches in Singapore and Hong Kong and wholly owned subsidiaries in Vietnam and Cambodia. In China, the Bank has a 20% shareholding in Bank of Chengdu Co., Ltd., Sichuan and a consumer finance joint venture.

Hong Leong Bank is a subsidiary of Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad, the financial services arm of the Hong Leong Group. Apart from banking, Hong Leong Financial Group is involved in the provision of insurance and takaful, as well as investment banking, unit trust, fund management and stock broking services

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