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FairMoney

Senior Risk Analyst - Android Lending

LocationNigeria
Work moderemote
Typefull-time
DepartmentRisk
Company size11+ people
First seen1w ago
Last seen3d ago
About the company
FairMoney is a pioneering mobile banking institution specializing in extending credit to emerging markets. Established in 2017, the company currently operates primarily within Nigeria, and it has secured nearly €50 million in funding from renowned global investors, including Tiger Global, DST, and Flourish Ventures.
In alignment with its vision, FairMoney is actively constructing the foremost mobile banking platform and point-of-sale (POS) solution tailored for emerging markets. The journey began with the introduction of a digital microcredit application exclusively available on Android and iOS devices. Today, FairMoney has significantly expanded its range of services, encompassing a comprehensive suite of financial products, such as current accounts, savings accounts, debit cards, and state-of-the-art POS solutions designed to meet the needs of both merchants and agents. **FairMoney thrives on its diverse workforce, bringing together talent from over 27 nationalities. This multicultural team drives the company’s mission of reshaping financial services for underserved communities.**To gain deeper insights into FairMoney’s pivotal role in reshaping Africa’s financial landscape, we invite you to watch informative video.
The role
We are hiring a Senior Risk Analyst to own a material credit-strategy workstream within FairMoney’s Android lending portfolio in Nigeria.
This is not a monitoring-only or reporting-only role. It is a hands-on, P&L-impacting credit strategy and succession role.
Job Responsibilities
Workstream economics and planning
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Own the end-to-end performance of your assigned Android workstream
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Build a prioritised strategy and delivery roadmap aligned to the Android annual business plan
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Own the relevant workstream assumptions, monthly forecast and corrective actions
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Review budget-versus-actual performance and explain material variances
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Manage the relevant approval, disbursal, exposure, revenue, risk-adjusted Gross Profit, ECL, FPD, roll-rate, PAR, NPL, customer-value and recoverability metrics
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Identify material risk, economic leakage and profitable growth opportunities
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Quantify expected impact, implementation requirements, dependencies and downside risks
Credit strategy and experimentation
Depending on your mandate, you may design and improve:
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Eligibility, requalification and rejected-customer re-entry
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PD cut-offs and calibration
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Offers, exposure limits, pricing and tenure
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DTI, affordability and income-source treatment
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Top-Up and Consolidation eligibility
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Repeat-customer growth and customer-lifecycle strategy
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High-risk treatments and policy overlays
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Customer routing and graduation logic
Production implementation and controls
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Translate recommendations into decision-engine rules, parameters and implementation requirements
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Work directly with SQL, analytical code and decision logic where needed
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Define replay, back-testing, validation and testing requirements
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Review implementation logic for unintended policy or model interactions
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Define staged rollout, monitoring and rollback plans
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Monitor strategies after release and take corrective action where performance differs from expectation
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Maintain clear documentation, policy versioning and decision traceability
Cross-functional delivery and governance
You will work closely with the Android portfolio leadership team, Decision Science, Engineering, Product, Growth, Finance, Portfolio Economics, Collections, Fraud, Compliance, Legal, Operations and Customer Service.
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Write clear analytical and implementation briefs
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Define owners, milestones and expected economic impact
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Manage dependencies actively and escalate blockers with options
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Operate within agreed risk appetite, budgets and delegated authority
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Scale, pause, modify or roll back controlled strategies within your mandate
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Escalate decisions outside authority or with material legal, regulatory or customer-conduct implications
Senior individual-contributor leadership and succession
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Be the recognised owner of your assigned workstream
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Set its roadmap, forecast, scorecard and operating cadence
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Review peer analysis and improve analytical and implementation standards
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Mentor other analysts where required
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Document critical policy, model and decision-engine knowledge
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Reduce key-person dependency
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Represent your workstream in senior forums
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Deputise for the Lead Risk Manager, Portfolio Owner or designated workstream lead when required
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Build the judgement and breadth required to progress into broader portfolio ownership
Requirements
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4–7+ years in consumer credit risk, credit strategy, lending analytics or portfolio management
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Strong experience in digital unsecured lending, consumer finance, credit cards, overdrafts, BNPL or a related environment
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Evidence of owning a material credit-strategy workstream through analysis, implementation and monitoring
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Strong understanding of PD, LGD, EAD, vintages, roll rates, FPD, PAR, NPL, ECL, pricing, offers, tenure, exposure and NPV
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Strong SQL capability and comfort with Python, R or equivalent analytical tooling
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Experience translating credit strategy into decision-engine requirements or production rules
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Strong written and verbal communication
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Ability to work independently in a fast-moving and ambiguous environment
Benefits
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25 days paid vacation, Sick & Public Holidays to B2B contractors.
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Remote (timezone must have significant overlap with CET).
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Training & Development budget.
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Paid company business trips
Recruitment Process
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A screening interview with one of the members of the Talent Acquisition team.
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Business Case Study
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Technical interview with Global Head of Android Lending
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Final Interview with Chief Credit Officer
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