Senior Risk Analyst, Credit

2 weeks ago


Montréal QC, Canada Lightspeed Restaurant Full time

Lightspeed is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior Risk Analyst with previous credit risk modelling experience to join our growing team. As a Senior Risk Analyst, you will play a crucial role in leveraging data-driven insights to enhance our business strategies, drive innovation, and optimize decision-making processes.  The primary role for this position is to help set up various predictive models aimed at the growth of our capital lending product , analyze complex data to develop strategies to mitigate losses and provide actionable insights to support strategic decision-making and ensure regulatory compliance.Data Analysis and Modeling:
Conduct extensive data analysis using statistical and machine learning techniques to identify patterns, trends, and relationships within datasets.
Develop predictive and prescriptive models to forecast market trends, fraud, delinquency, customer behaviour, and other critical business metrics.
Utilize various data sources and data preprocessing techniques to ensure data quality and integrity.
Design, develop, implement and maintain cutting-edge machine learning algorithms and AI solutions to optimize business processes, risk assessment, fraud detection, and portfolio management.
Explore and experiment with state-of-the-art machine learning techniques to improve accuracy and efficiency in financial analysis.
Business Strategy and Insights:
Collaborate with business leaders to understand their challenges and goals, providing data-driven insights and recommendations that drive strategic decision-making.
Identify opportunities to leverage data to improve product offerings, customer experience, and operational efficiency.
Deliver machine learning models for use cases that have a high impact on real-world business applications and fundamentally change business processes.
Model Validation and Performance Monitoring:
Validate and assess the performance of developed models regularly, ensuring their accuracy, stability, and effectiveness over time.
Implement post-processing and monitoring systems to track model performance and detect deviations, providing timely feedback to maintain model integrity.
Data Visualization and Communication:
Create clear and concise data visualizations and reports to communicate complex findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Translate analytical results into actionable business insights and present findings to senior management in a compelling and easily understandable manner.
D. degree in a quantitative field such as Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, or Mathematics. 
Proven experience as a Risk Analyst, preferably in the financial services sector, with a track record of successful project delivery and business impact.
Experience in risk modelling software and tools (e.g., SAS, R, Python, Matlab) and machine learning using libraries such as NumPy, Pandas and sci-kit-learn.
Solid understanding and practical experience with machine learning algorithms, statistical modelling, and data mining techniques (bonus points for experience with ML engineering and/or operations in a production setting).
Familiarity with cloud platforms (we are using GCP) for scalable data processing and analysis, as well as, for machine learning model development and deployment.
Strong knowledge of databases and SQL for data retrieval and manipulation.
Experience with data visualization tools like Looker, Tableau or Power BI to create insightful reports and dashboards.
Effective communication and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
FRM) are an asset.
Join a growing team and help us move to the next level
Constant development of both your skill set and business acumen with limitless growth opportunities
Lots of autonomy, flexible work culture and the possibility of remote work
Shaping the company by joining cultural & technical committees
Tons of growth opportunities into technical or people management roles
Flexible paid time off and remote work policies.
Contributions to your pension plan - RRSP.
Mental health online platform and counselling & coaching services.
Training opportunities to grow your skills and career
Fully stacked kitchen (hot and cold beverages, meals served) 
If we have not directly engaged your company in writing to supply candidates for a specific vacancy, Lightspeed will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Lightspeed welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Lightspeed is building communities through commerce, and we need people from all backgrounds and lived experiences to do that. We were founded in 2005, in Montreal’s gay village and our original members were all part of the LGBTQ+ community. The ethos of our business has been about inclusion from the very beginning, and we strive to provide a workplace where everyone belongs.
Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed's one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financial solutions, and connection to supplier networks.
With teams across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, the company serves retail, hospitality, and golf businesses in over 100 countries.
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