Credit Risk Analyst in Berlin bei Klarna

On our path to becoming the world’s favorite way to shop, we’re assembling an unparalleled global talent network, accelerating individual careers, and disrupting entire industries. We are on a mission to liberate humanity from all the meaningless time spent managing their purchases and finances, so they can do more of what they love. We’re in search of global talent eager to embrace our atmosphere and defy their own expectations.

Who you are

We are looking for ambitious people with significant drive! We need problem solvers, initiative takers, people that see opportunities and potential to improve. You should be passionate about your job and enjoy a fast-paced international working environment. You will play an important role in taking Klarna to the next level - thus, you should desire to go above and beyond to deliver and grow as an individual. At Klarna we embrace change, you should dare to challenge the status quo and be persistent in doing so.

What will you do

Klarna’s Risk Control function serves as the second line of defense, setting the principles and framework for risk management, facilitating risk assessment and performing independent follow-up. We also promote a sound risk management culture - and in this way enable business - by supporting and educating business line managers and staff. We are looking for analysts to join our teams!

Day to day will see you

• Perform statistical analysis to assess the impact of changes in credit strategy in a rapidly evolving industry
• Proactively and effectively communicating with various stakeholders, discussing the root cause of trends, assessing their impact, and proposing solutions/optimizations.
• Ensure metrics and strategies are fit for purpose in terms of the current credit environment and emerging risks (e.g. macro trends).
• Supporting wider business objectives by providing analytical expertise on new products and markets and collaborating closely with other teams where relevant.
• Ensure adequate controls, monitoring and testing programs are in place.
• Developing as a professional in an entrepreneurial organization provides the opportunity to work with your areas of interest.
• Using analytical tools (e.g. SQL, Python, or similar) to analyze data and problem solve with the end goal of detecting trends and challenging the business.

You should have

• Experience: 1-3 years of background from consulting, investment banking, fintech/payments company, or other high growth organization with experience in a quantitative or analytical role.
• A degree from a university in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or a Business field.
• Excellent track record in optimizing business performance and identifying gaps in business strategy, with a focus on financial services, ideally credit risk.
• Tech savviness with the ability to write rules for credit decisions.
• An understanding of how to perform data extraction and manipulation, as well as programming languages (SQL, R, Python, MatLab, Java, C#, etc.).
• Significant drive and ambition.
• Experience in using structured approaches to problem-solving.
• Fantastic stakeholder management skills.
• A curious mindset - you’ll be someone who loves to question the why!
• Working proficiency and communication skills in verbal and written English.

You might also have

• Strong attention to detail
• Strong conceptual ability
• Significant drive and ambition.

Interested?

Please send us a CV in this application and we will come back to you as soon as possible if we find your profile relevant for the role.