Staff Credit Risk Analyst

Were on a mission to make money work for everyone.

Were waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking.

After starting as a prepaid card our product offering has grown a lot in the last 10 years in the UK. As well as personal and business bank accounts we offer joint accounts accounts for 16-17 year olds a free kids account and credit cards in the UK with more exciting things to come beyond. Our UK customers can also save invest and combine their pensions with us.

With our hot coral cards and get-paid-early feature combined with financial education on social media and our award winning customer service we have a long history of creating magical moments for our customers!

Were not about selling products - we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo

Staff Credit Risk Analyst

London or Remote (UK) 120000 - 150000 Options Benefits

About us:

Were on a mission to make money work for everyone.

Were waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking.

After starting as a prepaid card our product offering has grown a lot in the last 10 years in the UK. As well as personal and business bank accounts we offer joint accounts accounts for 16-17 year olds a free kids account and credit cards in the UK with more exciting things to come beyond. Our UK customers can also save invest and combine their pensions with us.

With our hot coral cards and get-paid-early feature combined with financial education on social media and our award winning customer service we have a long history of creating magical moments for our customers!

Were not about selling products - we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo

About the team:

Our Borrowing (lending) business is growing rapidly across both existing products and the planned launch of new initiatives. We aim to create a genuine feel-good factor when it comes to personal credit and are looking for driven analytical and creative individuals to help us achieve this goal.

Were expanding our team to support our future growth ambitions. Were looking for a Staff Credit Risk Analyst to help drive the credit and growth strategy across Borrowing. This will be the most senior individual contributor role within Borrowing. You will initially focus on our Flex product where were reinventing credit cards to give customers more visibility and control over their spending. Over time your remit will expand to cover other areas of Borrowing.

Our credit teams are part of our Data Discipline which drives a strong culture of data-driven decision making across the whole company. Were great believers in powerful real-time analytics and empowerment of the wider business. All our data lives in one place and is super easy to use. 90% of day-to-day data-driven decisions are covered by self-serve analytics through Looker which gives analysts the head space to focus on more impactful business questions and analyses.

Join a team where your ideas can rapidly transform into reality leveraging our cutting-edge technology and agile ways of working. Our credit analysts and managers are fully embedded into a product squad alongside Product Managers Engineers Designers Marketers Customer Researchers Data Scientists etc. This enables us to solve customer problems in a fast paced and innovative way.

How youll contribute:

• Lead on strategically important problems applying judgement in areas of organisational or technical complexity.
• Act as a role model within Data contributing to discipline-level strategy and sponsoring data-wide projects
• Share expertise generously mentoring colleagues to build their skills and understanding while contributing to the growth and development of the team
• Work closely with Flex squad leadership to develop and execute an ambitious growth strategy for Flex
• Lead and coach others to develop credit and pricing strategies for our growing range of Flex products and distribution channels
• Collaborate with people from engineering marketing product risk and control to design and deliver new products features and customer journeys
• Collaborate with the machine learning team to maximise value from our internal and external data through cutting-edge ML models
• Promote a culture of proactive high quality analysis and provide thought leadership to drive forward our vision of building a best in class credit function

You should apply if:

What were doing here at Monzo excites you!

• You have extensive experience in unsecured lending ideally including credit cards
• You have a deep understanding of lending economics and have experience developing and deploying underwriting strategies and credit models.
• You have very strong analytical and data capabilities backed up by technical coding skills. SQL is a must-have Python and Looker experience is a plus.
• You have a strong understanding of the regulations that apply to lending in the UK.
• You thrive in a fast-paced environment and are keen for the chance to improve our products and help ship changes to our customers
• You are a strong communicator able to cut through complex problems and articulate decision points particularly to senior leadership.
• You have experience in project management and coordination across teams.
• You have a track record of upskilling others through technical coaching
• You are highly motivated and energised by the idea of bringing a positive impact to our customers and Monzo.

Were on the look out for an L60 Staff Credit Analyst at the moment you can read more in our Data Progression Framework

Locations & flexible working:

Our main tech hub is in London but our data teams are based all over the UK from Brighton to the Western Isles.

We love meeting in person but theres no pressure to come into the office even if youre nearby. Youll do your best work where you feel most comfortable.

We value flexibility connection and wellbeing. Youll have the freedom to work in a way that fits your life whether thats school drop-offs avoiding rush hour or making time for what matters most.

Work the way that works for you at Monzo!

The Interview Process:

Our interview process involves 3 main stages. We promise not to ask you any brain teasers or trick questions!

• Recruiter call
• Initial call with the hiring manager
• Final loop of interviews meeting the team

Our average process takes around 3-4 weeks but we will always work around your availability.

Whats in it for you:

We can help you relocate to the UK

We can sponsor visas

This role can be based in our London office but were open to distributed working within the UK (with ad hoc meetings in London).

We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well at times that suit you and your team.

Learning budget of 1000 a year for books training courses and conferences

And much more see our full list of benefits here

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Equal opportunities for everyone

Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and were making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. At Monzo were embracing diversity by fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us. This is integral to our mission of making money work for everyone. You can read more in our blog 2024 Diversity and Inclusion Report and 2024 Gender Pay Gap Report.

Were an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age ethnicity religion sex sexual orientation gender identity family or parental status national origin or veteran neurodiversity or disability status.

If you have a preferred name please use it to apply. We dont need full or birth names at application stage

Required Experience:

Staff IC