Head of Lending
September 1, 2026 Banking & Finance Sydney
The Organisation
Our client is an established and rapidly growing non-bank lender that has built a strong reputation for delivering flexible residential and commercial lending solutions across Australia. Focused on customer outcomes and innovation, the business is entering an exciting growth phase and offers a genuine opportunity to influence both strategy and performance.
The Role
Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Head of Lending will be responsible for leading the end-to-end lending function across residential and commercial lending.
Joining a dynamic leadership team, you will play a key role in driving lending performance, maintaining strong credit quality and supporting the continued growth of the business. This position offers the opportunity to work closely with stakeholders across credit, sales, operations and distribution to ensure the delivery of exceptional customer and broker outcomes.
Leading a team of lending, credit and settlements professionals, you will be responsible for ensuring lending decisions are commercially sound, operational processes remain efficient and the business continues to achieve sustainable growth.
Responsibilities include:
About You
Key to this role will be your ability to lead a lending function within a fast-paced and growth-focused environment while balancing credit quality, commercial outcomes and customer experience.
This opportunity will suit an experienced lending professional with a strong background in residential and commercial lending gained within banking, non-bank lending or broader financial services. You will possess strong leadership capabilities and the ability to build effective relationships across both internal and external stakeholder groups.
The successful candidate will ideally have 10+ years’ experience within lending, credit or risk leadership roles. You will bring proven experience leading high-performing teams, strong commercial lending expertise and a sound understanding of credit quality, policy governance and portfolio management.
You will also have exceptional communication skills and the ability to operate effectively within a dynamic and evolving business environment. Existing industry relationships across broker and lending networks will be highly regarded.
What You Can Expect in Return
This organisation combines the stability of an established lender with the agility and energy of a high-growth business. You will enjoy working alongside an experienced leadership team where your expertise is valued and where you can make a genuine impact on future business performance.
The opportunity offers significant scope for career growth and professional development, together with a collaborative culture, strong leadership support and a competitive remuneration package including performance incentives.
For a confidential discussion please call Patrick Fisher on 0435 748 546
For more information please contact: pfisher@oxygenrecruitment.com.au
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Head of Lending • Sydney, NSW, AU
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