Associate, Card Risk Strategy

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Chase Card Services in the United States seeks a Card Risk Strategy Associate in the Card Credit Decisioning Unit. You will help expand our credit card portfolio by defining strategies for affluent segments and ensuring sound lending decisions that balance growth with prudent risk.

Collaborate with product, finance and risk teams to define the Credit Box, assess new opportunities, and develop metrics to monitor performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a quantitative discipline.
• 3+ years of relevant experience in direct to consumer lending, originations, and/or retail credit at a large financial services company.
• Exceptional quantitative and qualitative finance and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated strategic thinking and execution skills; ability to proactively identify opportunities to innovate and improve the business.
• Proven experience collaborating across teams and lines of business within large organizations.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to leverage data and anecdotal feedback to structure complex problems and make decisions.
• Proficiency with SAS, SQL, Python, or Tableau analytic tools (other coding languages would be considered).

Responsibilities

• Define the Credit Box in partnership with Product GM’s, Finance, and the second line of defense Credit Risk team
• Lead alignment with Product, Finance, and Risk to define and execute on strategies to achieve credit goals
• Partner closely with product and risk teams in assessing new credit opportunities. Define an execution plan for new credit opportunities
• Set up reviews and processes to ensure we are executing well on our credit box assumptions
• Partner with risk strategies in defining variables that would be included in new credit models and interface with the modeling team on the acquisitions modeling suite and roadmap
• Develop and implement metrics to track acquisitions performance. Lead the report outs for performance monitoring to senior leadership
• Help shape credit policies, underwriting standards, and risk management frameworks
• Ensure adherence to banking regulations and internal controls related to credit risk
• Work with teams across business lines (e.g., risk, underwriting, legal, finance) to balance growth and risk
• Provide approvals or recommendations for complex acquisitions related credit transactions

Skills

Quantitative skills

Analytical skills

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative discipline

Tools

SAS

SQL

Python

Tableau

Job description

Chase Card Services is the leading credit card issuer in the U.S. With over $1 trillion in sales volume, we have been #1 in the industry since 2017. We have also been #1 in outstanding (loans) for more than 10 years and lead in top-of-wallet market share. We serve more than 50 million active accounts across our Chase Branded Cards business, which includes the Sapphire, Freedom, Slate consumer credit cards and Ink small business portfolio, and our Co-Brand Card business.

As a Card Risk Strategy Associate in the Card Credit Decisioning Unit, you will lead efforts to expand our credit card portfolio by developing innovative strategies for affluent, high-line, high net-worth credit segments. You will collaborate with internal teams to ensure sound lending decisions that align with our financial goals and risk appetite. Your work will be pivotal in managing risk-taking activities for card originations, ensuring we continue to grow responsibly. You will play a key role in defining the risk appetite for Card acquisitions, managing credit risk, ensuring sound lending decisions that balance value creation and prudent risk management.

Job Responsibilities:

• Define the Credit Box in partnership with Product GM’s, Finance, and the second line of defense Credit Risk team
• Lead alignment with Product, Finance, and Risk to define and execute on strategies to achieve credit goals
• Partner closely with product and risk teams in assessing new credit opportunities. Define an execution plan for new credit opportunities
• Set up reviews and processes to ensure we are executing well on our credit box assumptions
• Partner with risk strategies in defining variables that would be included in new credit models and interface with the modeling team on the acquisitions modeling suite and roadmap
• Develop and implement metrics to track acquisitions performance. Lead the report outs for performance monitoring to senior leadership
• Help shape credit policies, underwriting standards, and risk management frameworks
• Ensure adherence to banking regulations and internal controls related to credit risk
• Work with teams across business lines (e.g., risk, underwriting, legal, finance) to balance growth and risk
• Provide approvals or recommendations for complex acquisitions related credit transactions

Required qualifications, skills and capabilities:

• A Bachelor’s degree or higher in a quantitative discipline (ex: Finance, Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Operations Research, among others)
• 3+ years of relevant experience in direct to consumer lending, originations, and/or retail credit experience at a complex large-scale financial services business
• Exceptional quantitative and qualitative finance and analytical skills
• Demonstrated strategic thinking and execution skills; insight and ability to proactively identify opportunities to innovate and improve the business
• Proven experience in collaborating across teams and lines of business within large organizations
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to leverage data and anecdotal feedback to structure complex problems and make decisions
• Previous experience with either SAS, SQL, Python, or Tableau analytic tools (other coding languages would be considered)

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the US. We are not able to provide immigration sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time. Final job grade level and corporate title will be determined at time of offer and may differ from this posting.