Senior Credit Strategy Analyst

As a key member of Tala’s global Credit team, you will leverage our large amount of data to analyze, test, and make data-driven recommendations to improve our credit product offering, partnering closely with our product, data science, and in-market team. A critical component of your role will be to derive insights that identify Tala’s highest leverage opportunities for growth and shape our global roadmaps. The results of the initiatives you lead will increase financial access for our customers and drive positive business outcomes.

What you'll do

• Identify new data sources and frameworks to support the evolution of our credit policy and decision-making
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to design our partnership strategy and expand access to more borrowers 
• Contribute to the development of new products and features for various customer segments
• Partner with other functional members of the country team to drive positive customer and business outcomes

What you'll need

• Ability to set and manage own agenda based on business priorities and relative impact
• 2-5 years experience in analytical roles; being comfortable with data is a must
• Previous experience in FinTech, consumer lending, consumer banking, or related industries preferred 
• Proven strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Proficiency in SQL (required) and Python (preferred) 
• Ability to pull, process, and interpret vast amounts of data in a self-sufficient manner
• Ability to use a combination of data, assumptions, and intuition to formulate recommendations
• Ability to navigate the product life cycle - taking an initiative from ideation to implementation
• A curiosity that will enable you to quickly digest the Tala loan product business model
• Comfort working and effectively communicating in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with cross-functional global teams