iwoca

Credit Strategy Analyst

iwoca

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: LondonUnited Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £50,000 - £70,000 per year

About the role

  • Lead the monthly monitoring of credit models and portfolio performance to ensure outcomes align with the risk appetite.
  • Own the strategic analyses of credit thresholds, providing evidence-based recommendations to expand or tighten lending.
  • Re-architect and maintain risk and performance dashboards to provide stakeholders with real-time visibility into portfolio health.
  • Identify and monitor shifting fraud behaviours to ensure the platform remains secure as it scales.
  • Collaborate on high-impact projects, such as launching invoice finance expansions and cross-sell initiatives.
  • Analyse seller profitability by segment to identify the most successful cohorts and optimise the lending strategy.

Requirements

  • Analytical background, demonstrated through academic qualifications in a STEM field (e.g., Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering) or equivalent professional experience.
  • Proven commercial experience in credit risk or lending strategy, ideally within fintech or SME lending.
  • Proficiency in SQL and Python for data manipulation and ad-hoc analyses.
  • Experience using major data visualisation tools (such as Looker, Tableau, or PowerBI) to translate data into actionable insights.
  • Bonus: Experience with invoice finance or B2B payments.
  • Experience working in a cross-functional risk or product team.
  • Experience working with machine learning models.
Benefits
  • Medical insurance from Vitality, including discounted gym membership
  • A private GP service (separate from Vitality) for you, your partner, and your dependents.
  • 25 days’ holiday, an extra day off for your birthday, the option to buy or sell an additional five days of annual leave, and unlimited unpaid leave
  • A one-month, fully paid sabbatical after four years.
  • Instant access to emotional and mental health support.
  • 3% Pension contributions and share options.
  • Generous parental leave and a nursery tax benefit scheme to help you save money.
  • Cycle-to-work scheme and electric car scheme.
  • Two company retreats a year, we’ve been to France, Italy, Spain, and further afield.
  • A learning and development budget for everyone.
  • Company-wide talks with internal and external speakers.
  • Access to learning platforms like Treehouse.
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Hard Skills & Tools
SQLPythondata manipulationdata analysisdata visualisationmachine learning modelscredit risklending strategystatistical analysisportfolio performance
Soft Skills
analytical skillscollaborationevidence-based decision makingproblem solvingcommunication