Analyst, Credit Analytics

Upstart

84d • $108,300 - $150,000

About The Position

Upstart is the leading AI lending marketplace partnering with banks and credit unions to expand access to affordable credit. By leveraging Upstart's AI marketplace, Upstart-powered banks and credit unions can have higher approval rates and lower loss rates across races, ages, and genders, while simultaneously delivering the exceptional digital-first lending experience their customers demand. More than 80% of borrowers are approved instantly, with zero documentation to upload. Upstart is a digital-first company, which means that most Upstarters live and work anywhere in the United States. However, we also have offices in San Mateo, California; Columbus, Ohio; and Austin, Texas. Most Upstarters join us because they connect with our mission of enabling access to effortless credit based on true risk. If you are energized by the impact you can make at Upstart, we’d love to hear from you! The Analytics team at Upstart is at the forefront of AI/ML-driven credit lending across the organization. Our team employs analytical and technical prowess to deliver comprehensive support in Upstart’s lending platform. The Credit Analytics team is building out foundational frameworks and infrastructures on forecasting and oversights, to inform business decisions across market cycles, emerging trends, risk and return trade-offs, among others. We also take pride in developing our business intelligence tools to empower self-service insight discovery and reporting automation. As an Analyst at Upstart, you will join our Credit Analytics horizontal team, focusing on the risk capital program performance. You will support workstreams in driving critical insights and decisions concerning credit performance and strategies, and contributing to the long term development in underwriting framework and analytics infrastructure. The credit forecast pillar manages asset valuation and forecasting pipelines, ensuring continuous feedback loop with product and business roadmaps. You will be collaborating closely with other Data Analytics, Machine Learning, and Product teams, you will spearhead initiatives that support Upstart’s multi-product growth and extend our market leadership in lending.

Requirements

• 1-3 years of professional experience with demonstrated growth in technology and financial industry
• Experience in credit analytics, valuation, and/or quantitative financial model development with Python, R, & SQL
• Experience in decisioning supported by large datasets, data modeling, and data pipelines using tools like Databricks, DBT, Looker, Snowflake, & Redshift
• Degree in Economics, Statistics, Engineering, Data Science or other quantitative field

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and in deep partnership with cross-functional colleagues especially in Finance, Product, Data Engineering, ML teams
• Ability to craft executive-ready narratives around complex business or performance topics, leveraging visualization and dashboards (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI, Looker), and to successfully influence and drive C-level decision-making
• Experience in consumer lending strategy, and/or investment experience in consumer credit capital markets, private credit, structured products
• Experience in coaching and mentoring junior team members on technical subjects

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Data Analytics vertical teams, Machine Learning, Product, Engineering, and Finance teams to shape credit metrics and narratives, financial forecast, and driving consensus in the state of Upstart platform
• Influence Upstart’s credit platform and investor/lending community through informing decisions, opportunities, and risks, while supported by deep understanding and insights on Upstart’s machine learning model, credit, and valuation
• Develop analytics on underwriting decisions, credit monitoring, model impacts, asset forecast, and valuation modeling to conduct in-depth analyses on credit data, trends, and anomalies that drive model and product decisions
• Build foundational forecast models, data pipelines, and automated reporting to enable robust and dynamic credit intelligence for Upstart analyst community
• Collaborate with the analyst community on best practices and foster a center of excellence on data, credit, and analytics

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation (base + bonus & equity)
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with Health Savings Account contributions from Upstart
• 401(k) with 100% company match up to $4,500 and immediate vesting and after-tax savings
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Life and disability insurance
• Generous holiday, vacation, sick and safety leave
• Supportive parental, family care, and military leave programs
• Annual wellness, technology & ergonomic reimbursement programs
• Social activities including team events and onsites, all-company updates, employee resource groups (ERGs), and other interest groups such as book clubs, fitness, investing, and volunteering
• Catered lunches + snacks & drinks when working in offices

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees