Analyst, Risk Analytics

at  Neo Financial

COME BUILD A BETTER FINANCIAL FUTURE FOR ALL CANADIANS

At Neo, we’re building a more rewarding financial experience for all Canadians.
Life at a rapidly expanding tech startup is demanding, exhilarating, and not for everyone.
From world-class creative minds to brilliant engineers, it’s high-performing people that make Neo a workplace with passion and purpose.

Since being founded in 2019, Neo has built incredible traction and is one of the fastest growing fintechs in Canada.

• LinkedIn’s Top Startup in Canada for 2022 and 2023
• Top-ranked mobile apps and credit cards
• Canada’s top-rated credit card
• Team of 700+ people
• 1M+ customers in 3 years
• 11K+ retail partners

WORKING AT NEO

Joining Neo means betting on yourself and discovering your full potential. As individuals and as a team, we continually challenge ourselves and each other to do our best work. We’re making change happen at a rapid pace — providing endless opportunities to sharpen your skills, expand your knowledge, and find new solutions to complex problems. That means rapid career progression and constant learning opportunities.
The people who thrive at Neo are resourceful, relentless, and want to win. We hold ourselves to high standards, because we’re on a mission that matters — to transform financial services for the better. If that’s what you’re looking for, read on.
We trust, respect, and show up for each other. That means truthful conversations, frequent feedback, and working with people who push you to be your best. We’re evolving quickly as an organization, we work together in person, and the pace of progress isn’t for everyone. That’s why we’re looking for change-makers who love a challenge — who would rather blaze a trail through uncertainty than travel a well-paved road.
Our team members earn meaningful equity in the company through stock options — so Neo’s growth benefits everyone who helps make it happen. That also means taking on more responsibility than you may have had at your last job. We don’t get hung up on job titles or hierarchy — we’re focused on doing what it takes to accomplish our mission.
Check out these videos from our employees to learn more about Working at Neo.

THE ROLE:

Neo is looking for an experienced and data driven individual with strong knowledge of advanced analytical techniques to join our team in Toronto. As a member of our Risk Analytics team, you’ll help to enable a high growth portfolio with sound risk management principles as related to credit risk decisioning. Leveraging your knack for data, you’ll make an immediate impact via development and deployment of advanced analytical techniques across our credit risk decisioning projects. You’ll be contributing to our innovative, strategic, and high-performance team with a mission to improve the financial experience for all Canadians.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

• Lead development and implementation of key credit risk strategies to effectively manage the lending portfolio inline with business objectives; credit risk levers across the entire lifecycle of acquisition, account management, and collections
• Leverage industry leading statistical methods to advance insights into customer risk profiles
• Lead analytical projects requiring extensive analysis of large amounts of data (structured and unstructured)
• Utilize R, Python, SQL to extract and manipulate data and perform statistical analyses that drive value to decision making
• Coordinate across various teams to develop an understanding of areas to which risk analytics are required and identify suitable analytical solutions
• Distill highly complex analytical work into clear communications/presentations for a wide range of audiences
• Implement high-value data visualizations to socialize insights in a clear manner