Lead Credit Risk Analyst - Distressed Merchant Resolutions

Global Payments; Ohio; In loco; USD 110.000 - 150.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Global Payments is seeking a Lead Senior Credit Analyst to join its Credit Risk Team and shape the future of global commerce. You will evaluate sophisticated credit scenarios, structure risk-based solutions and strengthen the risk framework to support business growth.

You will mentor analysts, influence risk-based decisions, and help ensure secure, innovative payment solutions for merchants worldwide.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, statistics, or business.
• Significant experience in credit analysis, risk assessment, or financial underwriting.
• Ability to make independent, data-driven decisions.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.
• Experience mentoring analysts and guiding risk policy.

Mansioni

• Drive sound credit decisions enabling sustainable growth while protecting the organization from risk across complex merchant opportunities.
• Shape risk outcomes by quantifying and mitigating exposure to maintain a high-quality portfolio.
• Influence strategic business decisions with expert credit recommendations balancing objectives and risk.
• Advance credit excellence by strengthening policies, frameworks and risk practices.
• Elevate team capability by mentoring analysts and building a culture of learning and accountability.

Conoscenze

Credit analysis

Data-driven decisions

Risk assessment

Communication

Mentoring

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field

Descrizione del lavoro

Job Description Ready to take your career global? Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for a Lead Senior Credit Analyst to join our ever evolving Credit Risk Team and help shape the future of global commerce. In this role, you’ll serve as a trusted risk expert, helping Global Payments grow with confidence by balancing opportunity and risk across complex merchant relationships and transactions. Your decisions will directly influence portfolio quality, business growth and client success by evaluating sophisticated credit scenarios, structuring risk-based solutions and strengthening our overall risk framework. As a subject matter expert, you’ll have the opportunity to guide strategy, mentor others and help ensure Global Payments continues to deliver secure, innovative payment solutions that power businesses around the world.

What you’ll own

• Drive sound credit decisions that enable sustainable business growth while protecting the organization from financial, operational and reputational risk across complex merchant opportunities.
• Shape risk outcomes by identifying, quantifying and mitigating exposure, helping maintain a high-quality portfolio that supports long-term client and business success.
• Influence strategic business decisions through expert credit recommendations, risk insights and deal structuring that balance commercial objectives with responsible risk management.
• Advance credit excellence by strengthening policies, frameworks and risk practices that improve consistency, compliance and decision quality across the organization.
• Elevate team capability by mentoring analysts, sharing expertise and helping build a culture of continuous learning, accountability and high-performance decision-making.

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Statistics, Business or a related field with strong analytical and financial acumen.
• Significant experience in credit analysis, risk assessment or financial underwriting, including proven success evaluating complex business and merchant relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to make independent, data-driven decisions that balance risk management objectives with business growth opportunities.
• Strong communication and influencing skills with experience explaining complex credit recommendations and negotiating risk-based business terms with diverse stakeholders.
• Proven ability to navigate ambiguity, exercise sound judgment and deliver high-quality outcomes on complex and high-impact decisions.
• It’s a bonus if you have Experience conducting due diligence for portfolio acquisitions, conversions or large-scale merchant onboarding initiatives.
• Experience mentoring, coaching or developing less experienced analysts and serving as a subject matter expert across teams.
• A track record of contributing to credit policy development, risk framework enhancements or process improvements that strengthen business performance and risk management outcomes.

About the team

Our inclusive and global teams win together every day. We’re proud to have the best minds in the industry, who you can learn from as you grow your career. The people, the energy, the connections – it’s unmatched. Come and be part of an ever-evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders. What makes a Globalpayer? Globalpayers think like a client, act like an owner and win as one team. We’re curious and innovative – always finding better ways to deliver impact. We empower each other to make decisions, and it’s our passion that drives excellence in everything we set out to do. Come and be part of an ever-evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders.

Does this sound like you? Then you sound like a Globalpayer.

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At Global Payments (NYSE : GPN), we empower simple, fast, secure payments for everyone. And to do that, we’ve built a complete, worldwide commerce ecosystem that delivers software and services at scale to millions of companies around the world—from ambitious startups to global enterprises. Our team of 27,000 experts is dedicated to your success.

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