Senior Credit Strategy Analyst - Home Secured/Super Prime UW

Best Egg • Wilmington, DE

10d

About The Position

The Senior Credit Strategy Analyst will be a critical member of the Credit team and will be responsible for using a combination of data and credit experience to optimize credit strategies for personal loans. Responsibilities include maximizing Underwriting and Loan amount decisions across acquisition channels, driving strategy improvement and innovation, monitoring of Champion/Challenger data while maintaining investor returns. This is a full time, permanent position with competitive benefits and upward mobility. If you call yourself a self-starter who can work in any environment and enjoy every day bringing unique challenges and opportunities, then you will thrive in this role.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience in a similar analytical role
• Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Operational Research, Engineering, other quantitative major required; Master’s degree a plus
• Experience in financial industry, credit risk required; online lending, near-prime, sub-prime is a plus
• Must be proficient in Python or similar, SQL, and MS Excel
• Must be proficient in interpreting data using analytics, research methodologies, and statistical techniques
• Excellent English written/verbal communication skills, critical thinking and interpersonal skills
• Highly independent and self-motivated to forming opinions that are supported by data.
• Strong knowledge of modeling tools and techniques and use in strategy
• Ability to understand competitive pressure, economic trends and their business impacts.
• High Energy with ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Comfortable interacting and engaging with colleagues from all levels of management across all business units and third-party vendors
• Demonstrated technical leadership skills including self-direction, coaching and mentoring
• Highly motivated, well organized, capable of developing and executing business analysis and able to communicate status and results effectively
• Ability to succeed within a cross-functional team emphasizing Collective Ownership in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as a team member
• Be confident and willing to challenge status quo, but also willing to concede and execute other’s ideas when necessary
• Capable of teaching and learning from others to promote continuity of knowledge and personal development
• Cultivate good working relationships with other business units, particularly Marketing, Operations, and Finance

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree a plus
• online lending, near-prime, sub-prime is a plus
• Previous experience with Business Intelligence reporting (e.g. Tableau, PowerBI, etc) is desirable

Responsibilities

• Monitoring, refining and developing Credit strategies (including underwriting and loan amount) for personal loans
• Create test/control champion/challenger tests and monitoring to inform future strategies
• Provide scenario analysis/create financial impact sizing/develop new strategy test case
• Perform ad-hoc analytics, create reporting and presentations
• Work across functional areas to drive overall growth, product enhancements, and improve web funnel conversion rates across all channels.
• Partner with Decision Science to define and develop Credit models and tools
• Maintain overall risk and return targets for investors particularly in a changing economic environment

Benefits

• Pre-tax and post-tax retirement savings plans with a competitive company matching program
• Generous paid time-off plans including vacation, personal/sick time, paid short--term and long-term disability leaves, paid parental leave, and paid company holidays
• Multiple health care plans to choose from, including dental and vision options
• Flexible Spending Plans for Health Care, Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
• Company-paid benefits such as life insurance, wellness platforms, employee assistance programs, and Health Advocate programs
• Other great discounted benefits include identity theft protection, pet insurance, fitness center reimbursements, and many more!

What This Job Offers

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