Credit Risk Analytics Specialist

1 week ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States NinjaHoldings Full time
Job Summary

NinjaHoldings is seeking a seasoned analytics professional to lead our Risk & Analytics team. As a key member of our organization, you will develop and implement risk strategies for our lending products, drive data-driven initiatives to optimize portfolio performance, and collaborate with business units and senior management to achieve company goals.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop and own credit risk strategy for new lending products, continuously iterating to improve approval criteria, credit limit assignment strategies, and performance.
  • Establish performance metrics, develop automated reporting dashboards using SQL and Python to monitor portfolio performance.
  • Conduct analysis using advanced data analytics to evaluate trends in portfolio performance and provide recommendations to optimize portfolio risk based on company targets.
  • Work with cross-functional teams to explore new ways of finding insights from data, identify patterns and trends, and make recommendations to senior management.
  • Design A/B testing strategies for underwriting experiments, evaluate impact, and provide recommendations.
  • Work with external vendors to prioritize and manage product evaluation and data studies.
  • Communicate concise and actionable business strategies to senior management.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline required (e.g., math, statistics, analytics, quantitative finance, engineering, or other quantitative fields).
  • 5+ years of experience with data analytics in Credit Risk, supporting risk strategies for consumer lending products.
  • Established experience with relational databases and SQL.
  • Programming experience with Python.
  • Strong quantitative and problem-solving skills with key attention to detail.
  • Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to interface with business units and senior leadership (C-suite) across the organization.
  • Ability to effectively manage multiple cross-functional projects with tight deadlines.
Additional Pluses:
  • Advanced degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g., math, statistics, analytics, quantitative finance, engineering, or other quantitative fields).
  • Experience working with specialty finance or FinTech.
Benefits:
  • Competitive salary and benefits package.
  • Flexible, remote work.
  • Fun, fast-paced work environment.
  • Dynamic start-up culture.
  • Convenient downtown Chicago office located in the heart of the city.
  • Equal opportunity employer.


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