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Opportunities often don’t wait, and cash flow pressures can appear overnight. To keep going, and growing, SMEs need finance that’s as flexible and responsive as they are.\nThat's why we built iwoca. Our smart technology, data science and five-star customer service ensures business owners can act with the speed, confidence and control they need, exactly when it's needed.\nWe’ve already cleared the way for 100,000 businesses with more than £4 billion in funding. Our passionate team is driven to help even more SMEs succeed, through access to better finance and other services that make running a business easier. Our ultimate mission is to support one million SMEs in their defining moments, creating lasting impact for the communities and economies they drive.\nWe’re looking for a Risk Analyst\nYou'll support & refine our lending strategy within Germany, including supporting new growth initiatives, designing & analysing tests, supporting the development of our scorecards and underwriting strategy, and managing our portfolio risk.\nWorking closely with data scientists, credit analysts and cross functional teams, you’ll solve analytical problems to help us provide small & medium size businesses in Germany with the funds they need to grow.\nThe team\nThe Lending Strategy team decides who iwoca lends to in Germany, and on what terms. Its work covers model development, lending strategy, and portfolio risk. The team works closely with Data Science (credit models), Product, tech teams, Operations Strategy, and our team of Credit Analysts. 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You’ll work with analysts, data scientists, and senior stakeholders to shape iwoca Germany’s lending strategy.\nKey responsibilities include:\nBuild expertise in the credit domain.\n\nDevelop your analytical skills through exposure to different experimental approaches and complex analysis.\n\nPlay a leading role in providing insightful analytics on the risk profile of our lending book and assisting with lending strategy decisions.\n\nPartner with key stakeholders within Team Germany in order to provide credit risk expertise to multi-disciplinary projects.\n\nWork closely with the data science teams to improve our credit assessment scorecards & strategies (both for our automated and manual underwriting processes).\n\nDevelop and maintain reporting dashboards, presenting a clear picture of the state of our lending.\n\nPractice turning data into information, and information into insights, so that you and various stakeholders can deliver improvements with real impact for our customers.\n\nThe requirements\nWe look for people that are smart, humble, motivated and who are always looking to improve.\nEssential:\nA degree in a quantitative field such as Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, or similar.\n\nAbility to analyse data and generate insights to support decisions.\n\nClear written and verbal communication, with the ability to tailor analysis and recommendations to different audiences.\n\nAn analytical mindset with a practical approach to problem solving.\n\nA bucket-load of common sense.\n\nA commitment to using modern tools effectively - including AI - to maximise quality, speed, and rigour, while retaining responsibility for accuracy and outcomes.\n\nBonus:\nExperience in B2B or B2C credit risk lending and strategy.\n\nExperience with SQL and Python\n\nExperience with data visualisation tools like Looker\n\nThe salary\nWe expect to pay from £40,000-£55,000 for this role. 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