Risk Analyst, Lightspeed
3-5 days a week in office
Point of Sale & commerce platform
Open for applications
Point of Sale & commerce platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
3-5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To bring the streets of our cities and communities to life by powering business owners with technology.
Role
Who you are
- Post Secondary education in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, or Mathematics
- Proven experience as a Risk Analyst, preferably in the financial services sector, with a track record of successful project delivery and business impact
- Experience in risk modelling software and tools (e.g., SAS, R, Python, Matlab) and machine learning using libraries such as NumPy, Pandas and scikit-learn
- Solid understanding and practical experience with machine learning algorithms, statistical modelling, and data mining techniques (bonus points for experience with ML engineering and/or operations in a production setting)
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (we are using GCP) for scalable data processing and analysis, as well as, for machine learning model development and deployment
- Strong knowledge of databases and SQL for data retrieval and manipulation
- Experience with data visualization tools like Looker, Tableau or Power BI to create insightful reports and dashboards
- Excellent problem-solving skills, analytical thinking, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment
- Effective communication and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences
- Relevant professional certifications (e.g., FRM) an asset
What the job involves
- Lightspeed is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Risk Analyst to join our Capital Risk Management team
- As a Risk Analyst, you will play a crucial role in leveraging data-driven insights to enhance our business strategies, drive innovation, and optimize decision-making processes
- You’ll be tasked to support in setting up various predictive models aimed at the growth of our capital lending product, analyze complex data to develop strategies to mitigate losses and provide actionable insights to support strategic decision-making and ensure regulatory compliance
- You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver actionable solutions that drive our organization's growth and success
- Conduct extensive data analysis using statistical and machine learning techniques to identify patterns, trends, and relationships within datasets
- Develop predictive and prescriptive models to forecast market trends, fraud, delinquency, customer behavior, and other critical business metrics
- Utilize various data sources and data preprocessing techniques to ensure data quality and integrity
- Design, develop, implement and maintain cutting-edge machine learning algorithms and AI solutions to optimize business processes, risk assessment, fraud detection, and portfolio management
- Explore and experiment with state-of-the-art machine learning techniques to improve accuracy and efficiency in financial analysis
- Collaborate with business leaders to understand their challenges and goals, providing data-driven insights and recommendations that drive strategic decision-making
- Identify opportunities to leverage data to improve product offerings, customer experience, and operational efficiency
- Deliver machine learning models for use cases that have high impact on real world business applications and fundamentally change business processes
- Validate and assess the performance of developed models regularly, ensuring their accuracy, stability, and effectiveness over time
- Implement post-processing and monitoring systems to track model performance and detect deviations, providing timely feedback to maintain model integrity
- Create clear and concise data visualizations and reports to communicate complex findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Translate analytical results into actionable business insights and present findings to senior management in a compelling and easily understandable manner
Our take
Lightspeed provides restaurateurs and retailers with the simplest way to run their businesses at full potential. It helps entrepreneurs offer their customers positive and memorable experiences by taking care of the day-to-day management aspects of their business.
Around 75,000 businesses processing over $17 billion in transactions annually use Lightspeed’s restaurant POS software and omnichannel retail solution to manage inventory, customer preferences, sales and reporting — all from one centralised platform. Headquartered in Montreal, Lightspeeds team is distributed across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, now serving over 150,000 locations worldwide.
Lightspeed POS maintains a unique edge over other companies of its type because it has secured the legal rights for the sole use of certain technologies. It has two registered patents in computing, calculating categories. These patents certify that Lightspeed POS is the sole owner of this intellectual property, which means that no other companies can use them.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
35% female employees
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- With Lightspeed PX, you can enjoy flexible paid time off and up to 2 months remote per year with our hybrid work policy
- Equity options, because this is your company too
- Contributions to your pension plan. Your future matters
- Training opportunities to grow your skills and career
- Health and wellness credit so you feel your best
- Time off to volunteer and give back to your community
- Interest groups, from #coffee_pals to sponsored sports teams
- Computer purchase program to get your personal Macbook
Company values
- We make it matter.
- We make it happen.
- We make it together.
- We make it human.
- We make it about the customer.
- We make it data driven.
Company HQ
Old Montreal, Montreal, QC
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Leadership
Dax Dasilva
(Executive Chair)Founder of Never Apart, previously Developer of Bitmovers. Studied Computer Science, Art History, and Religious Studies at The University of British Columbia. Served as CEO for Lightspeed for 17 years until 2022.
JP Chauvet
(CEO, not founder)Co-founded Chardonnat and served as CEO of Atex and as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for both Nstein Technologies and IXIASOFT.
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