Manager - Credit Risk/Research - Analytics

Responsibilities

- The successful candidate will be responsible for developing, analyzing and executing ideas and initiatives designed to achieve business growth & loss mitigation goals.  This responsibility involves driving credit risk policies in any of the following areas – authorizations, underwriting, existing customer management, collections and fraud. 

- The portfolios will range across Partner Card Portfolios (Sears, Retail Private Label & Oil, Macy’s, THD and others).  This position will require working closely with their US counterparts in Retail Serviceto define, analyze, implement, and monitor credit risk strategies.

- To be successful in this role, the applicant needs to have a combination of good analytical and business skills.  Good analytical skills include: ability to clearly formulate analytical hypothesis, perform ad-hoc analysis to support it, communicate results clearly, and understand cause & effect relationships. 

- Good business skills include: execution of business initiatives from analysis through implementation; management of multiple priorities; effective communication; maturity & stability. And most of all, the candidate must demonstrate a passion and a desire to be results oriented.

Candidate Specification:

Technical

SAS: ability to manage very large datasets and manipulate data

Excel: expert in pivots & macros

Power point: ability to create presentations

Knowledge and Expertise:  

- Bachelor’s degree (Master’s or Ph. D. preferred)  in a quantitative discipline: Mathematics, Economics, Operations Research, Statistics or a related field with experience in credit card risk management or equivalent training and experience preferably in the financial services industry. 

Years of Exp: 5 + Yrs Experience in Financial Services/Analytics Industry.

Please share your CV at anisha@pylonmc.com