Senior Credit Risk Analyst

Coast • New York, NY

2d • $90,000 - $140,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

K-Dimensional Holdings Inc. dba Coast is seeking a Senior Credit Risk Analyst to analyze internal and external data to support and refine credit risk policies. This role involves creating best-in-class credit policies and risk management infrastructure, designing data reporting frameworks, and contributing to the automation and optimization of credit risk operations. The analyst will conduct data-driven investigations into potential fraud and perform root cause analysis to improve predictive capabilities. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential for developing and implementing credit-related strategies and policies. The position is located in New York, NY, with the possibility of telecommuting within a reasonable commuting distance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, Business Administration, Engineering, Actuarial Science, Information Systems, or Management Science.
• 2 years in credit risk analysis or related occupation within consumer or small and medium enterprise (SME) lending.
• Experience deploying SQL and Python.
• Experience with MS office applications.
• Experience with root cause and statistical analysis related to credit defaults and risk exposures.
• Experience building and maintaining data pipelines, utilizing SQL and Python, that includes data cleansing, wrangling, visualization, modeling, and interpretation related to credit risk and fraud.
• Experience with dbt for data modeling and transformation related to credit risk and fraud.
• Experience working with APIs.
• Experience designing and managing data reporting frameworks related to credit risk and fraud.
• Experience creating underwriting and risk management strategies.
• Experience investigating and evaluating efficiency of risk management policies, procedures, and processes.
• Experience partnering with cross-functional teams to execute credit policies, improve operational tooling, and shape the risk management infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Analyze internal and external data—including credit bureau, financial, transactional, and application data—to support and refine credit risk policies for underwriting, credit line adjustments, and account-level decisioning.
• Help create best-in-class credit policies and risk management infrastructure.
• Design and manage data reporting frameworks related to credit risk and fraud by partnering with data engineers and analytics teams.
• Contribute to the automation and optimization of credit risk operations by building decision frameworks and supporting risk modeling.
• Conduct data-driven investigations into potential fraud incidents such as identity theft or account takeovers.
• Perform root cause analysis to improve predictive capabilities for credit defaults and risk exposures.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, finance, legal, operations, sales, and marketing to develop and implement credit-related strategies and policies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior