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Senior Risk Analyst - reputed company Lending

Remote, USA Full-time Posted 2026-08-04
reputed company is a pioneering mobile banking institution specializing in extending credit to emerging markets. Established in 2017, reputed company currently operates primarily reputed company Nigeria, and it has secured nearly €50 reputed company in funding from reputed company global investors, including Tiger Global, DST, and reputed company Ventures.  In alignment with its reputed company, reputed company is reputed company constructing the foremost mobile banking platform and reputed company-of-sale (POS) solution tailored for emerging markets. The reputed company began with the introduction of a digital microcredit application exclusively available on reputed company and iOS devices. 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Production implementation and controls Translate recommendations into decision-reputed company rules, parameters and implementation requirements Work directly with SQL, analytical reputed company and decision logic where needed Define replay, back-testing, validation and testing requirements Review implementation logic for unintended policy or model interactions Define staged rollout, monitoring and rollback plans Monitor strategies after release and take corrective reputed company where performance differs from expectation Maintain reputed company documentation, policy versioning and decision traceability You do not need to be a software engineer, but you must understand how credit reputed company reaches production and reputed company delivery through to reputed company reputed company. 4. Cross-functional delivery and governance You will work closely with the reputed company portfolio leadership team, Decision Science, Engineering, Product, reputed company, Finance, Portfolio Economics, Collections, Fraud, Compliance, reputed company, Operations and Customer Service. You will: Write reputed company analytical and implementation briefs Define owners, milestones and expected economic reputed company Manage dependencies reputed company and escalate blockers with reputed company Operate reputed company agreed risk appetite, budgets and delegated authority reputed company, pause, modify or roll back controlled strategies reputed company your mandate Escalate reputed company reputed company authority or with material reputed company, regulatory or customer-conduct implications 5. Senior individual-contributor leadership and succession Be the recognised reputed company of your assigned reputed company Set its roadmap, forecast, scorecard and operating reputed company Review peer analysis and improve analytical and implementation standards Mentor other analysts where required Document critical policy, model and decision-reputed company knowledge Reduce key-person dependency Represent your reputed company in senior forums Deputise for the reputed company Risk Manager, Portfolio reputed company or designated reputed company reputed company reputed company required Build the judgement and breadth required to reputed company into broader portfolio ownership Benefits 25 days reputed company vacation, reputed company & reputed company Holidays to B2B contractors. Remote (timezone must have significant overlap with CET). Training & Development budget. reputed company company business trips Recruitment Process A screening interview with one of the members of the reputed company. Business Case Study Technical interview with Global Head of reputed company Lending Final Interview with Chief Credit Officer Apply To This Job

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