Senior Credit Risk Analyst, Avant
Loan
$66-88k
+ Bonus
M, T, Th in-office
3 days a week in office (Merchandise Mart, Chicago)
Personal credit FinTech
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Personal credit FinTech
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$66-88k
+ Bonus
M, T, Th in-office
3 days a week in office (Merchandise Mart, Chicago)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To move financial lives forward.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Economics, Math, Engineering, or related field
- 2+ years of experience in credit risk analysis, preferably in the credit card or personal loan industry
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills
- Proficiency in SQL and Python
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines
What the job involves
- Avant is looking for a Senior Credit Risk Analyst who will play a crucial role in evaluating and managing credit risk of the loan origination business
- This role involves conducting in-depth analysis and providing insights to support risk management strategies and drive growth
- You will work closely with the team and cross-functional partners to drive data-driven decisions that balance prudent risk management with aggressive growth in a dynamic FinTech environment
- This is a high-impact role with visibility to senior leadership and direct influence on our credit risk framework
- Lead the end-to-end strategy change from hypothesis and proposal to implementation and performance tracking
- Perform comprehensive credit risk analysis for various portfolios
- Develop and maintain detailed credit risk models and tools
- Conduct advanced data analysis to evaluate risk and identify trends
- Prepare and present detailed risk reports and presentations for senior management
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop risk mitigation strategies
- Build business cases for new credit risk initiatives to drive growth
- Monitor and analyze economic and industry trends affecting credit risk
Our take
Many Americans with below average credit scores are caught in a bind: they're unable to improve their score, and simultaneously cannot access traditional loans. Avant's alternative is to offer credit options that are powered by machine learning and based upon a large database that helps to manage risk.
For its users, the company offers a quick credit decision and speedy access to any allotted funds. It has issued over $8 billion in loans to date, and has also expanded its business through the acquisitions of ReadyForZero in 2015 and Zero Financial in 2021.
This expansion has enabled Avant to reach towards its goal of offering a whole suite of products in a single platform, such as loans, credit cards, and deposits. Although there are many FinTechs looking at ways to remove the barriers that people with low credit scores face when trying to take out loans, this expansion to banking products should help Avant to stand out.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Dec 2022
$125m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Sep 2015
$325m
SERIES E
Total funding: $779m
Company benefits
- Choice of great medical, dental, and vision insurance plan options
- 401(k) Match
- Unlimited paid time off
- Flexible work environment
- Generous paid parental leave
- Lunch allowance (Fooda) and in-office snacks
- WFH stipends for our remote employees
- Access to LinkedIn Learning for professional development
- No meeting wednesdays - (a.k.a. planned time to Get Sh!t Done)
- Summer fridays
- Fun in-office and virtual social events
- (And who doesn’t love the swag)
Company HQ
River North, Chicago, IL
Leadership
Al Goldstein
(Co-Founder, Chair & CEO)They worked for a year at Deutsche Bank before founding Pangea Properties in 2008, and Avant in 2013. They have been Chair since, alongside founding Amount, Spring Labs, and StoicLane.
Paul Zhang
(Co-Founder & CIO)Having studied at the University of Illinois, they spent a year as a Software Engineer at CashNetUSA and Enova Financial. They founded Debteye in 2011, before starting Avant in 2013, serving first as CTO then Chief Architect, CTO again and finally CIO.
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