Associate Risk Analyst

Responsibilities

• Identify business challenges and opportunities, using modeling and analytics to deliver recommendations as well as strategic or tactical recommendations.
• Analyze business performance and strategies to drive forecasting, staffing, and drive business insights.
• Absorb and assist in developing Underwriting strategies for consumer loans by connecting behaviors and characteristics to credit trends, leveraging new/better data and risk models, and managing implementation considerations.
• Manage and manipulate large data sets using a variety of software packages.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate test strategies with a focus on driving profitability.
• Effectively communicate analytical approach, relevant findings, and recommendations with supporting evidence throughout the organization.
• Perform ad-hoc queries and create ad-hoc reports to support analysis.
• Interact with various business area managers on a regular basis.
• Perform all duties and responsibilities leveraging strong quantitative, critical thinking, and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, or similar) or equivalent experience.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Disciplined attention to detail.
• Strong ability to work proactively and collaboratively in a cross-functional team to drive results.
• Strong quantitative skills.
• Results Focus: Self-starter with the ability to work independently and with a team.
• Excellent MS Excel skills.