Lead Risk Specialist

3 weeks ago


Montreal, Quebec, Canada Lightspeed Full time
Senior Risk Specialist Job Description

Lightspeed is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior Risk Specialist to join our growing team. As a key member of our risk management team, you will play a crucial role in leveraging data-driven insights to enhance our business strategies, drive innovation, and optimize decision-making processes.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop and implement risk management initiatives and strategies to identify, assess, and mitigate risks across all aspects of the customer journey.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver actionable solutions that drive our organization's growth and success.
  • Lead the development and execution of the risk eligibility strategy around risk decisioning.
  • Establish metrics to monitor the effectiveness of risk management initiatives and make data-driven recommendations for improvements of eligibility.
  • Work in collaboration with key technical stakeholders to deliver and improve Data Engineering pipelines as well as Data solutions and architectures for the eligibility process.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Data Analysis, Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Engineering.
  • Minimum 7 years of experience in risk/portfolio management area with a successful track record of success in leading and implementing change in the financial services sector.
  • Minimum 5 years experience in financial services, lending and/or risk management experience with a focus on analytics, retail, commercial and consumer credit risk.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in fintech in risk management.
  • Strong experience in business analysis, business process, data analysis, data mining, data visualization and reporting.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills, analytical thinking, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to explain/communicate complex information to a non-technical audience.
  • Expertise in Python, SQL, and data manipulation using libraries like NumPy, Pandas, and sci-kit-learn.
  • Effective communication and presentation skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.
What We Offer:
  • Amazing benefits & perks, including equity for all Lightspeeders.
  • Constant development of both your skill-set and business acumen with limitless growth opportunities.
  • Lots of autonomy, flexible work culture.
  • Innovation time to explore and learn at work.
  • Shaping the company by joining cultural & technical committees.
  • Tons of growth opportunities into technical or people management roles.
  • Opportunity to join a fast-paced, high-growth company.
  • Opportunity to learn, expand your skill set, forge wonderful relationships and make your mark within the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed family, a true Canadian tech success story.


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