Data Analyst / Data Scientist

Posted 12 Days Ago
Hiring Remotely in Chicago, IL
Remote
3-5 Years Experience
Fintech
NinjaHoldings is disrupting the consumer finance industry.
The Role
Monitor key metrics, develop reporting and alerting systems, build predictive models, conduct data analysis, collaborate with teams, design A/B testing, and make optimization recommendations.
Summary Generated by Built In

NinjaHoldings was founded in 2017 by a team seeking to revolutionize the way everyday Americans interact with financial services. Through our CreditNinja and NinjaCard brands, we empower people overlooked by traditional financial institutions to take control of their finances via a full suite of digital banking and lending products, providing incentives and rewards along the way as we guide them on a path to financial improvement. Through our EDGE brand, we help companies better understand their customers by offering a package of bespoke underwriting, fraud detection, and analytics services. With offices in Chicago, Miami, and around the world through the power of remote work, we are a lean and innovative team always seeking like-minded talent to join us in our fight to disrupt consumer finance.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Monitor key funnel and loan performance metrics, reports, and dashboards to evaluate the performance of our products and understand the root causes of changes
  • Establish key performance metrics and develop automated reporting and alerting using SQL and Python
  • Build predictive models to optimize lending decisions by using advanced statistical modeling and simulation techniques
  • Conduct analysis using advanced data analytics to evaluate trends in funnel and loan performance and provide optimization strategy recommendations to improve metrics
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement funnel or underwriting strategy changes, monitor releases, and perform impact analysis
  • Design A/B testing for models and underwriting strategies, evaluate impact, and provide recommendations

Requirements:

    • Bachelor's in math, statistics, computer science, engineering or related field
    • Experience with relational databases and SQL
    • Experience with data analytics and statistical modeling
    • Data analysis experience with python
    • Strong quantitative and problem-solving skills with key attention to detail
    • Ability to manage projects with tight deadlines, follow through to completion, and present conclusions of analysis to senior management in an organized and thoughtful manner

    Additional Pluses, but Not Requirements:

    • Advanced degree in quantitative discipline (e.g., math, statistics, analytics, quantitative finance, engineering, or other quantitative fields)
    • Experience with BI reporting tools
    • Experience with specialty finance or Fintech

    Benefits:

    • Competitive salary and benefits package
    • Flexible, remote work
    • Fun, fast-paced work environment
    • Dynamic start-up culture
    • Ability to make an immediate impact in a growth stage company
    • Convenient downtown Chicago office located in the heart of the city
    • Equal opportunity employer

    IMPORTANT NOTICE:
    Please carefully review communications to ensure that they are from the official Breezy applicant tracking platform (@breezy-mail.com) or an official NinjaHoldings brand email: @ninjaholdings.com, @creditninja.com, @ninjacard.com, or @edgescore.com. If you have been contacted regarding a job opening at NinjaHoldings from any other email address, including similar email variations, this is NOT a trusted source. We recommend that you refrain from responding to suspicious emails and file a complaint with the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at https://www.ic3.gov. For questions or to confirm the authenticity of a communication, please email hr @ninjaholdings.com.

    Top Skills

    Python
    SQL

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    The Company
    Chicago, IL
    150 Employees
    Remote Workplace
    Year Founded: 2017

    What We Do

    NinjaHoldings was founded in 2017 by a team seeking to revolutionize the way everyday Americans interact with financial services. Through our CreditNinja and NinjaCard brands, we empower people overlooked by traditional financial institutions to take control of their finances via a full suite of digital banking and lending products, providing incentives and rewards along the way as we guide them on a path to financial improvement. Through our EDGE brand, we help companies better understand their customers by offering a package of bespoke underwriting, fraud detection, and analytics services. With offices in Chicago, Miami, and around the world through the power of remote work, we are a lean and innovative team always seeking like-minded talent to join us in our fight to disrupt consumer finance.

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