CreditNinja is a FinTech company founded in 2017 by veteran serial entrepreneurs who were part of the core team behind Enova (NYSE:ENVA), a leading publicly traded consumer financial services company. CreditNinja's mission is to provide hardworking Americans with financial solutions when unexpected expenses arise. Unlike traditional banks, CreditNinja works hard to ensure that people with less-than-perfect credit can have quick access to the money they need. Headquartered in downtown Chicago, we are a lean and innovative team seeking like-minded talent to help us disrupt the consumer finance industry.

CreditNinja is looking for a Sr. Business Analyst to join a team of analytics and machine learning experts. The hire will be responsible for conducting exploratory analysis to provide data driven insights, working with business units and senior management to define key performance indicators (KPIs) and building dashboards to monitor portfolio performance using these KPIs. The ideal candidate is a self-directed individual who is excited to think out of the box to come up with new ideas using data driven insights. The individual must be comfortable working with cross functional teams. This is an exciting and rare opportunity to join a well-capitalized startup on the ground floor and help drive our success.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conduct ad hoc analysis using advanced data mining tools to support risk management, operations and marketing strategies and present results in a clear manner to senior management
• Work with business units and senior management to develop key performance indicators (KPIs) and build dashboards to monitor the performance of the models and the portfolio
• Work with cross-functional teams to explore new ways of finding insights from data and provide recommendations
• Conduct exploratory research into our data, our metrics, and how we can better use these commodities

REQUIREMENTS

• A Bachelor's, Master's or PhD in math, statistics, computer science, engineering or related field
• 5+ years of experience with data analytics and statistical modeling
• Advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, query authoring (SQL), as well as working familiarity with a variety of databases
• Strong quantitative and problem-solving skills with key attention to detail
• Strong project management and organizational skills and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced, quickly changing environment
• Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis

NICE-TO-HAVES

• Experience working with specialty finance or FinTech
• Programming experience with Python
• Start-up experience

BENEFITS

• Competitive salary and benefits package, including material equity grant
• Casual dress policy
• 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