Commercial Credit Risk Consultant

Equifax • Chicago, IL

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Equifax is looking for a Credit Risk Consultant to join their Commercial team. This role focuses on providing pre- and post-sales consulting on technical and analytical solutions. The specialist will partner with Sales and the broader Technology/Analytics organization to demonstrate innovative solutions and provide value-add to customers' objectives. This position involves travel to customer sites as needed.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of professional experience.
• 3+ years Client Facing experience/post sales support experience.
• Three or more years of experience in Credit, Risk, Collections, or Portfolio management related roles.
• College degree, preferably in a business/finance/economics major or a quantitative major (mathematics/statistics), or relevant experience.
• Willingness to work Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday in Equifax’s Chicago-based office.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree.
• Client facing or Consulting experience within financial services or commercial lending spaces.
• Fluent English and strong verbal and written communications skills.
• Knowledge of SQL or other similar programming languages and tools.
• Coursework or practical experience with Accounting and Statistics, particularly analyzing and working with very large datasets or lending portfolios.

Responsibilities

• Support commercial lending clients implementing Equifax’s credit risk and portfolio management solutions.
• Consult clients on how best to use these Equifax’s solutions to proactively manage their commercial credit risk, improve their portfolio management capabilities, and to assist in their capital planning processes.
• Provide technical support to clients relating to Equifax’s commercial risk products, primarily Equifax’s Absolute Probability of Default and other portfolio management products.
• Provide training and demos on Equifax’s commercial risk solutions.
• Participate in Client Business Reviews and leverage Equifax’s solutions and data to provide statistics on client portfolios and to consult on optimizing client’s portfolio management strategies.
• Work closely with clients to help answer product related questions or to research potential issues associated with Equifax’s portfolio management and commercial risk products.
• Analyze the performance of Equifax commercial risk solutions, institutions' own risk ratings or models, and current credit/risk practices to produce proof of concept analytics for prospective clients and to inform strategy recommendations for existing clients.
• Be able to explain Equifax solutions, analyses, and findings to internal stakeholders and external customers.
• Collaborate with other Analytics professionals, Sales, Operations, I.T. staff, and management to support Equifax's customers' needs and to consult customers on designing credit risk strategies leveraging Equifax’s products.
• Work on a variety of other projects, as they arise.

Benefits

• Comprehensive compensation and healthcare packages.
• 401k matching.
• Paid time off.
• Organizational growth potential through our online learning platform with guided career tracks.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree