Kafene

Risk Manager

Kafene

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $95,000 - $140,000 per year

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Leverage multiple, complex data sources such as third-party vendor data, internal performance metrics, and machine learning models to perform quantitative and decision-tree analyses to produce actionable recommendations for new merchant underwriting and assess existing merchant profitability to support healthy business growth.
  • Monitor, investigate, and conduct p &l analysis to optimize merchant underwriting policy and processes to improve merchant experience while controlling merchant risk at scale with a strong sense of ownership and urgency; ongoing collaboration to enable merchant risk operation teams to handle edge cases
  • Design and maintain Sigma reporting and conduct statistical analyses to track merchant engagement and performance across different dimensions to ensure healthy growth and profitability
  • Partner cross-functionally (clear communication + strong collaboration) with sales and operations teams to deliver customized merchant treatments that ensure profitability with smooth sales operations
  • Investigate merchant fraud cases, identify relevant patterns, and implement preventive measures to mitigate risk
  • Learn and leverage analytical tools (Python/R, SQL, etc.) to perform statistical and decision-tree analyses to identify root causes and potential business opportunities.
  • Partner with data and engineering teams to enhance treatment capabilities and monitor implementation quality
  • Communicate findings clearly through summaries, presentations, and process documentation

Requirements

  • Master’s degree in a quantitative discipline such as Statistics, Operations Research, Economics, Engineering, Data Science, or any other STEM major
  • 2+ years of work experience in LTO or the financial industry
  • High-level proficiency in Python, SQL, R, or other data mining and analytical tools
  • Strong sense of ownership, timeline, and collaboration
  • Prior experience in the lease-to-own (LTO) or the financial lending industry, with good P&L analytical experience
  • Familiarity with any decision-tree analysis approach, like pivot table, Knowledge Seeker or Enterprise Miner
Benefits
  • Earn a competitive salary of $95,000-140,000
  • We prioritize your well-being by covering 80% of medical, dental, and vision insurance costs, including coverage for your spouse, children, and other dependents.
  • Begin planning for your future from day one with our 401k plan.
  • We understand the importance of work-life balance. That's why we offer flexible paid time off days starting from day one of your employment.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
data analysisdecision-tree analysisP&L analysisstatistical analysisquantitative analysismachine learningdata mining
Soft Skills
strong collaborationclear communicationsense of ownershipurgencyproblem-solving