Senior Credit Analyst (Remote)

Job Description

We're hiring a Senior Credit Risk Analyst to help build our next generation of credit underwriting models and strategy, within Credit Policy & Analytics. You'll work at the heart of our credit expansion - supporting EWA (scaling 2x every year) and new launches like BNPL across the US and UK.

• Use Cleo's proprietary and third-party data to reduce loss rates and improve customer experience
• Optimise risk thresholds, policies, and strategy to expand member access and eligibility for our credit products
• Apply quantitative analytics to understand risk drivers and recommend mitigation strategies
• Build dashboards to monitor and report on credit product performance
• Design, run, and analyse experiments across our credit product
• Apply state-of-the-art techniques to combat and mitigate fraud risk
• Influence credit policy, portfolio performance, and customer outcomes directly through your analysis, with exposure to senior stakeholders across the business

What we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Math, Finance, or another quantitative discipline; Master's is a plus
• 3-5 years of analytical experience, preferably in a credit risk role at a FinTech company
• Experience designing lending products compliant with US state and federal regulations
• Experience with SQL, Python, or other statistical modelling tools
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Experience adopting AI tools within day-to-day work
• Experience/knowledge of working with A/B testing
• Nice to have: experience with Python for data analysis (Pandas or NumPy)
• Nice to have: knowledge of state-of-the-art machine learning techniques

What we offer

We offer benefits package built to support you in and out of work. Benefits vary by country and include meaningful equity, comprehensive health insurance, mental health support, a paid one-month sabbatical after four years, a learning & development platform, pension or retirement contributions, and location-specific leave entitlements.

What Matters

Cleo's mission is to change the world's relationship with money. We can't do that without building a brilliant, genuinely diverse team - and making sure our hiring process gives everyone a fair shot, running a fair and transparent recruitment process in which every candidate is considered on their merits.

We're glad to make reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process. If there's anything we can do to support you in showing us your best, please let your recruiter or one of the team know.

We may use AI-assisted tools during the recruitment process to take support the team in different ways like taking notes or referring back to conversations. They do not replace the team and all applications are reviewed by a Cleo employee thoroughly!