Best Egg

Finance / FinServ

SeniorCreditRiskAnalyst–Verifications

$130–150k wilmington, north carolina, united states FULL TIME Remote Friendly
The Brief

“Senior Credit Risk Analyst –Verifications at Best Egg. Skills: Credit risk, Underwriting strategy, Verification analytics, Income verification. Lead verification strategy for personal loan product. Design and optimize use of vendor data, credit bureau data, and internal signals to validate income, evaluate credit risk and improve underwriting decisions”

What You'll Achieve.

Improve underwriting decisions; Influence funding volume and early credit performance; Optimize trade-offs across approval & conversion rates, funding / booked loans, and early delinquency & credit losses; Drive better funding quality and early credit performance; Optimize verification strategy to maximize conversion and funding efficiency; Reduce operating cost

Industry & Context.

Finance / FinServ
Problems you'll solve

Solve problems; Trade-off optimization

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years in credit risk, underwriting strategy, or verification analytics, Hands-on experience with personal loans or unsecured consumer lending, Hands-on experience with credit bureau data, Hands-on experience with income / bank / payroll data vendors, Proven ability to drive data-backed strategy decisions and trade-off optimization, Experience designing or influencing verification or underwriting policies

Nice to Have

Deep experience with income verification vendors and workflows, Familiarity with credit risk, underwriting strategy and first-party fraud, Experience in fintech or high-growth lending environments, Python a plus, R a plus, Experience with Experimentation and Swapset analysis

What You'll Do.

Lead verification strategy for personal loan product

Design and optimize use of vendor data

and internal signals to validate income

evaluate credit risk and improve underwriting decisions

Determine when and how to step up verification across the application funnel

Build and scale income verification strategies for personal loans

Leverage credit bureau + vendor data (payroll

alternative data) to detect income inconsistencies and risk signals

Define verification playbooks

and escalation criteria for manual review

Quantify and optimize trade-offs across approval & conversion rates

funding / booked loans

and early delinquency & credit losses

Design and run A/B tests and champion/challenger strategies

Monitor performance using funnel metrics

cohort/vintage analysis

and risk segmentation

and Credit Underwriting

Turn analysis into clear

high-impact recommendations

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with Product, Data Science, Fraud, and Credit Underwriting; Teamwork

Communication Scope

Open communication drives trust and results; Turn analysis into clear, high-impact recommendations

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