Remote Financial Credit Analyst - FinTech Data Analytics

Cognitive Credit; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20 days PTO

Healthcare

401k

Job summary

Cognitive Credit is seeking an experienced Financial Credit Analyst based in the United States to help build our US credit data set. The role reports to the Head of US Data in New York, NY, and offers flexible remote work in a fintech environment.

You will apply accounting and finance expertise, US GAAP knowledge, and data-management skills to process financial reports, ensure data integrity, and support client inquiries across top investment banks and asset managers.

Qualifications

• Accounting and/or finance qualifications such as CPA or CFA preferred from a Big 4 accounting firm
• Financial statement audit/analysis capabilities; familiarity with creating financial models/reports from scratch
• Strong academic track record, with a background in accounting and/or finance
• US GAAP experience is essential; IFRS experience is useful
• Ability to demonstrate superior work performance, attention to detail, and a commitment to outstanding results
• Good Excel knowledge plus experience with data management
• Passion for technology and learning new tools
• Fluent in English and eligible to work in the US

Responsibilities

• Growing our data by processing financial reports using the Company’s proprietary data extraction system, assembled using cutting-edge machine learning technology
• Analyzing resulting output for accuracy and completeness using internally developed audit tools and techniques
• Monitoring / “owning” your coverage universe to support live data updates during corporate earnings season
• Interacting with our clients, the world’s leading investment firms, to answer questions about data and product functionality; supporting sales and account management teams
• Discussing product priorities and strategic objectives with a management team that has many decades of buy-side and sell-side experience working in intuitional credit markets
• Collaborating with the engineering team to review system performance and identifying opportunities for improvement, including both internal analyst tools and our client-facing application

Skills

CPA or CFA

US GAAP

Financial statement analysis

Excel

Data management

English fluency

Tech-savvy / learning tools

Autonomy

Education

Big 4 accounting background (CPA/CFA)

Job description

Cognitive Credit is seeking an experienced Financial Credit Analyst based in the United States to help build our US credit data set. The role reports to the Head of US Data in New York, NY, and offers flexible remote work in a fintech environment.

You will apply accounting and finance expertise, US GAAP knowledge, and data-management skills to process financial reports, ensure data integrity, and support client inquiries across top investment banks and asset managers.