WordNet
credit analyst
n. an analyst who studies the financial statements and financial history of applicants for credit in order to evaluate their creditworthiness
Wikipedia
Credit analyst
A credit analyst is a person employed by an organization to analyze the credit worthiness of customers and potential customers. Job responsibilities may include:
- Reviewing credit applications
- Projecting sales
- Evaluating credit risk
- Analyzing financial data, statements and trends
- Setting new customer credit limits
- Recommending credit limits based on company credit policies
- Performing credit reviews of existing customers
- Maintaining customer files with financial statements and bank reference information
- Resolving credit issues
- Monitoring risk trends on behalf of management and sales personnel