Risk & Analytics Summer Intern at NinjaHoldings in Chicago, IL

NinjaHoldings was founded in 2017 by a team seeking to revolutionize the way everyday Americans interact with financial services. Through our CreditNinja and NinjaCard brands, we empower people overlooked by traditional financial institutions to take control of their finances via a full suite of digital banking and lending products, providing incentives and rewards along the way as we guide them on a path to financial improvement. Through our NinjaEdge brand, we help companies better understand their customers by offering a package of bespoke underwriting, fraud detection, and analytics services. With offices in Chicago, Miami, and around the world through the power of remote work, we are a lean and innovative team always seeking like-minded talent to join us in our fight to disrupt consumer finance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor key funnel and loan performance metrics, reports, and dashboards to evaluate the performance of our products and understand the root causes of changes
• Establish funnel and loan performance metrics and develop automated reporting and alerting using SQL and Python
• Conduct analysis using advanced data analytics to evaluate trends in funnel and loan performance and provide optimization strategy recommendations to improve metrics
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement funnel or underwriting strategy changes, monitor releases, and perform impact analysis
• Analyze A/B testing data for funnel or underwriting optimization experiments, evaluate impact and provide recommendations

Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• Bachelor's in (or junior majoring in) math, statistics, computer science, engineering or related field
• Experience with relational databases and SQL
• Data analysis experience with python
• Experience with data analytics
• Strong quantitative and problem-solving skills with key attention to detail

Additional Pluses:

• Advanced degree in quantitative discipline (e.g., math, statistics, analytics, quantitative finance, engineering, or other quantitative fields)
• Experience with BI reporting tools

Benefits:

• High performing interns will be considered for full-time employment
• Fun, fast-paced work environment
• Dynamic start-up culture
• Ability to make an immediate impact in a growth stage company
• Networking with full-time employees who are well-connected in the Chicago FinTech community
• Convenient downtown Chicago office located in the heart of the city
• Equal opportunity employer

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
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