Credit Risk Analyst, North American Underwriter

Kenyan Edu; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe is hiring a Credit Analyst Underwriter to manage a portfolio of large and fast-growing merchants on the North America Strategy Risk team. You will underwrite, assess risk, and partner with Sales, Legal, Treasury, and Finance to enable growth while minimizing credit risk.

The role requires analyzing financial statements, building risk models, and delivering data-driven recommendations. You will interact with CFOs/CEOs of major customers, shaping strategies and risk controls at scale.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience in credit underwriting and risk analysis.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Statistics, or related field.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and ability to evaluate financial statements.
• Ability to transform data into narratives outlining credit risks and mitigation strategies.
• Strong written, verbal, and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with top merchants to evaluate business models and financial statements.
• Provide credit risk recommendations that mitigate exposure while enabling growth.
• Develop a deep understanding of risk across industries, geographies, and operating models.
• Deliver insights to support senior management decisions on onboarding and pricing analyses.
• Support refinement of tools and processes to meet KPIs like loss targets and portfolio coverage.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to support merchants globally.

Skills

Credit underwriting

Financial risk modeling

Cash flow forecasting

SQL

Data visualization

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Statistics, or related fields

Tools

SQL

Job description

Headquarters: Toronto, Remote-Canada

Who we are

About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies-from the world's largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups- use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the team

The Credit team protects Stripe by managing the end-to-end risk of our largest and most complex users. We leverage deep underwriting expertise and data-driven stress heuristics to make informed decisions at every stage of the user lifecycle-from onboarding to loss recovery. Our goal is to enable Stripe's growth by making confident, calibrated decisions on our highest-exposure users.

What you'll do

Stripe handles billions of dollars every year for businesses around the world, and the Risk team plays a critical role in the company’s financial and partnership success. As a Credit Analyst Underwriter on the North America Strategy Risk team, you will underwrite and manage a portfolio of our largest and fastest growing businesses in order to facilitate Stripe's growth objectives while minimizing Stripe's credit risk. This is a high impact role that involves strong cross-functional partnership with Sales, Legal, Treasury, and Finance.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with our top merchants, from successful venture-backed startups to well-established institutions, to evaluate their business models and financial statements.
• Provide tailored credit risk recommendations that mitigate Stripe's exposure, while facilitating partner company growth.
• Help manage the portfolio by developing a deep understanding of risk across industries, geographies and operating models.
• Deliver insights to support senior management decisions, ranging from onboarding strategies to merchant pricing analysis.
• Support the refinement of tools and processes to help the team deliver on key performance indicators, such as credit loss targets or portfolio coverage metrics.
• Work with internal and external partners to support merchants around the world.

Who you are

We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

• 3+ years of relevant experience with knowledge of commercial credit underwriting, financial risk modeling, and cash flow forecasting
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Statistics, or other related fields
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and comfort evaluating financial statements and business models across a range of industries
• Ability to transform business and financial data into cohesive narratives that outline potential credit risks and present dynamic mitigation strategies
• Strong written, verbal, and analytical skills
• Attention to detail while managing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to comfortably interact with the CFOs and CEOs of our top merchants
• Deep empathy for entrepreneurs running a business and motivation to solve problems to empower them

Preferred qualifications

• Strong technical expertise, including demonstrated experience with SQL
• Strong data visualization skills and a passion for data and analysis
• Experience working in tech or other fast-paced, high-growth environments