I'm a long term Commercial Banking veteran, having held a commercial delegated credit authority to 10M, and a Home Lending Authority to 2.5M. I have experience in Retail & Commercial Banking roles, from relationship management expertise, to credit management, credit assessment, team leadership and dispute resolution.
I recently (2019) joined the Australian Financial Complaints Authority, and I must say, this is the most rewarding role I have ever undertaken. My role is to assist consumers and small businesses to reach agreements with financial firms about how to resolve their complaints in an impartial and independent manner.
• Audit financial firm's credit assessment methodology and decision making to determine if any business / consumer lending was provided responsibly / prudently, and provide industry advice to case managers;
• Identify, report and follow up any financial firms potential systemic issues;
• Identify appropriate codes (CoBP, NCCP, UCCC, AFIA etc) and acts relevant to a complaint given a specific date, and point in time, and apply those to any assessment;
• Undertake, assess and complete complex Loss Calculations for Ombudsman, Adjudicators and Case Managers when and where appropriate;
• Undertake, assess and complete complex business / consumer capacity assessment calculations for Ombudsman, Adjudicators and Case Managers when and where appropriate;
• Identify and raise any potential red flags associated with cases, that may have lead to a possible change in a financial firms decision making process;
• Continuous support and training to all Ombudsman, Adjudicators and Case Managers when and where necessary from induction support, to ongoing requirements as the business requires.