Senior Data Analyst, Risk

About us: Spring Financial is revolutionizing financial access for Canadians, providing smart credit-building, mortgage, and lending solutions. Millions struggle with high-interest debt and limited financial options—we’re here to change that. As one of Canada’s fastest-growing fintech companies, annually we help 1 million customers explore their financing options with ease—online, via text, or over the phone. Our dynamic, innovative team thrives on collaboration, growth, and making a real impact. To learn more about our products please visit our website here: www.springfinancial.ca. NOTE: This is a full‑time, permanent, hybrid position in downtown Vancouver. 3 set days in the office and 2 WFH. Job Overview As a Senior Data Analyst in Credit Risk at Spring, you operate at the intersection of analytics, data engineering, and business strategy. You bring together advanced analytical capability with technical depth to build the insights, pipelines, and frameworks that power our credit decisioning, forecasting, and portfolio monitoring. You take full ownership of the analytical lifecycle, from shaping ambiguous questions to delivering strategic recommendations that influence credit policy, product direction, and financial outcomes. You work across Snowflake, AWS, SQL, Python, BI tools, and AI tooling to uncover insights, modernize data flows, and support high‑quality decision‑making across the organization. What you’ll do Architect and guide the delivery of scalable, reliable data pipelines and analytical workflows supporting credit risk use cases across AWS and Snowflake. Create advanced dashboards and reporting in Tableau, Hex, Power BI, or Qlik Sense for executive visibility and operational monitoring. Analyze credit bureau data, market trends, and internal portfolio performance to surface insights that influence underwriting, pricing, and collections strategy. Lead analytical projects from scoping through delivery, translating complex questions into structured frameworks and actionable recommendations. Modernize legacy data flows, unify batch and streaming sources, and improve data models to support self‑serve analytics and ML initiatives. Collaborate with engineering, analytics, product, and finance teams to clarify ambiguous problems, assess risks, and propose scalable solutions. Use Python and AI tools to perform advanced exploratory analysis, build predictive insights, and validate statistical outputs. Partner with ML and Finance teams to ensure datasets meet the appropriate latency, accuracy, and governance standards. Present findings and strategic recommendations to senior leadership, influencing direction and decisions across credit and product lines. Mentor analysts and contribute to elevating Spring’s analytical rigor, documentation standards, and data‑driven culture. Requirements Proven experience in data analytics with exposure to credit risk, consumer lending, fintech, banking, or financial‑services analytics. Strong proficiency in SQL and Python for analytical workflows, modeling, and exploration. Advanced skills in BI tools such as Tableau, Hex, Power BI, or Qlik Sense, with experience creating reports for senior management. Experience working with cloud data platforms such as Snowflake and AWS. Strong understanding of data modeling, schema evolution, and how pipeline design impacts downstream analytics. Ability to independently lead cross‑functional initiatives and align analytical work with business value. Excellent communication skills and the ability to present insights clearly to senior stakeholders. Comfort using AI tools to accelerate analysis, forecasting, segmentation, and hypothesis generation with appropriate validation. Experience partnering with data engineering, BI engineering, and product teams on data requirements, pipeline improvements, and quality assurance. Experience documenting dashboards, metric definitions, and analytical logic to support transparency and adoption. What We Will Give You Competitive annual salary ranging from $81,500-$107,500, reflective of experience and impact. Comprehensive benefits package, including extended health, dental, and vision coverage — with 100% of monthly premiums covered by the Spring. GRSP matching program to support your long‑term financial goals. Transit‑Friendly Employer (Transit allowance). A modern, collaborative workspace in the heart of downtown Vancouver. Ongoing career growth opportunities Please note: Upon applying, our Talent Acquisition team will review your resume. If you qualify, we will reach out to learn more about your experience and answer any questions you may have about the role, benefits, compensation, and more. Due to high application volume, we may not be able to respond to everyone. Thank you for your interest We appreciate your time and look forward to reviewing your application #J-18808-Ljbffr