Remote Credit Strategy Data Scientist - Risk & Growth

Global Placement Firm; United States; Remote; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Placement Firm is seeking a Credit Strategy Data Scientist to join its fast-growing financial services team. This remote, 12-month contract mid-senior role focuses on predictive modeling and risk mitigation.

You'll partner with cross-functional stakeholders, design data-driven credit strategies, develop dashboards, and communicate insights to executives to support responsible growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math/Statistics or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years in risk analytics, data science, or data analysis, preferably fintech/online payments.
• Proficiency in SQL, Python, and Excel with core data science libraries.
• Experience building dashboards and visualizations (Tableau).
• Ability to analyze large datasets and derive actionable insights.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement data-driven rules to detect and mitigate credit losses.
• Investigate risk cases and identify root causes.
• Refine credit risk strategies across risk categories.
• Collaborate with product and engineering to enhance risk controls.
• Develop dashboards, visualizations, and reports to track KPIs.
• Present data-backed recommendations to stakeholders.

Skills

SQL

Python

Excel

Tableau

Data analysis

Risk analytics

Data visualization

Communication

Dashboards

Big data

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math/Statistics

Tools

Tableau

AWS

RaaS platforms

Job description

Global Placement Firm is seeking a Credit Strategy Data Scientist to join its fast-growing financial services team. This remote, 12-month contract mid-senior role focuses on predictive modeling and risk mitigation.

You'll partner with cross-functional stakeholders, design data-driven credit strategies, develop dashboards, and communicate insights to executives to support responsible growth.