Credit Strategy - Risk Lead

SoFi SoFi · Fintech · New York, NY · Risk Management

This role focuses on developing and implementing credit risk strategies for SoFi's lending products. It involves analyzing data, architecting pre-screen and underwriting strategies, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to control risk and drive revenue. The ideal candidate has a strong background in consumer lending, data analysis, and quantitative modeling.

What you'd actually do

  1. Innovate… Bring your brightest ideas to building risk strategies. This means you will architect the pre-screen and underwriting strategies.
  2. Data Driven… Your deep analysis will power the future of lending with an optimal real-time data ecosystem – including multi-product internal, bureau, third-party, and alternative data sources and uses.
  3. Control the Risk and Drive Performance Outcomes … Understand credit risk and develop approaches to mitigate loss and responsibly grow revenue. Monitor the performance of strategies and portfolios. Document and communicate results and escalate issues as necessary. Identify gaps/opportunities and drive actions.
  4. Grow, Grow, Grow!… Be inspired by dynamic leaders and our rapidly growing business. We want YOU to be an inspired leader of tomorrow, so we are recruiting the best, brightest, and passionately quantitative team members.

Skills

Required

  • 4+ years of related experience
  • Business acumen and work experience in the consumer lending business (loans or credit cards)
  • Direct experience in the credit strategy analytical life cycle, including strategy and decision tree development, presentation, implementation validation, and post-implementation monitoring
  • Proven analytical skills in conducting sophisticated analysis using customer performance data, bureau attributes, and other 3rd party variables to solve business problems
  • Proficient skills in Excel, SQL and Python
  • A demonstrated ability to synthesize and communicate analysis to business partners and senior management
  • High motivation to drive results, eager to learn, and able to work collaboratively in a fluid environment
  • Knowledge/skills in analytical and modeling techniques such as Decision Trees, regression, logistic regression, A/B Testing, and Tableau

Nice to have

  • 4+ years of consumer lending credit strategy work experience
  • Experience in analyzing and testing credit strategies or models to meet the fair lending requirements
  • Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) with a quantitative major such as Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or Computer Science

What the JD emphasized

  • consumer lending business
  • credit strategy analytical life cycle
  • sophisticated analysis
  • fair lending requirements