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Senior Credit Analyst

upgrade$75K — $95K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of business or merchant underwriting experience
  • 2+ years in payments, financial services, or related industry
  • Strong financial analysis skills
  • Team player with high integrity
  • Adaptability to fast-paced changes
  • Detail-oriented with excellent communication skills
  • Proficiency in Google Sheets and Tableau

Responsibilities

  • Verify merchant application information and collect missing documentation
  • Ensure compliance with company policies and relevant laws
  • Comply with regulatory requirements to prevent fraud and money laundering
  • Interpret commercial credit reports to assess risk profiles
  • Analyze financial statements including balance sheets and cash flows
  • Participate in staff meetings to discuss trends and account specifics
  • Recommend process improvements leveraging AI strategies

Benefits

  • 100% paid coverage of medical, dental and vision insurance
  • Flexible PTO
  • Competitive 401(k)
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development
  • Paid parental leave
  • Health & wellness initiatives
Full Job Description
About the Role:

We're looking for a Senior Credit Analyst that will ensure high risk reviews and merchant applications meet verification and program guidelines. We are looking for detailed-oriented individuals with a high level of integrity. In this position, you would spend your day reviewing merchant documentation, analyzing financials including balance sheets and income statements, reviewing trends and decisioning applications. This is a dynamic role partnering with our merchants to provide a best-in-class experience.

What You'll Do:
  • Verify merchant application information, coordinate the collection of missing data and documentation, analyze and underwrites new merchant applications, and re-evaluate existing merchant accounts as requested by the other internal stakeholders
  • Ensure strict adherence to company policies and procedures, Federal and State regulations, and laws.
  • Comply with regulatory requirements, including the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Know Your Customer (KYC) and OFAC guidelines, to support the identification, detection, and prevention of fraud, money laundering and other unlawful activities.
  • Read and interpret commercial credit reports to assess merchant risk profiles
  • Analyze business financial statements including balance, income statement and cash flow.
  • Contribute to regular staff meetings to discuss merchant accounts, trends, losses, etc.
  • Recommend and help implement process improvements to enhance efficiency, consistency, and decision quality-including leveraging AI-driven strategies in the application review process.
  • Bring a flexible mindset - you will be required to adapt to changing policy and procedures on a constant basis while maintaining high-quality work.


What We Look For:
  • 4+ years of business or merchant underwriting experience
  • 2+ years experience in a payments, financial services or related industry
  • Ability to proficiently analyze financial information and identify concerning trends
  • Team player mentality with a high level of integrity
  • Ability to thrive in a changing and fast-paced environment
  • Detail-oriented with excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Proficiency with Google Sheets, Tableau


What We Offer You:
  • Competitive salary
  • 100% paid coverage of medical, dental and vision insurance
  • Flexible PTO
  • Competitive 401(k)
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development
  • Paid parental leave
  • Health & wellness initiatives

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About upgrade

Upgrade is an online lending platform that offers personal loans and credit monitoring services. The company was founded in 2016 by Renaud Laplanche, the former CEO of LendingClub. Upgrade offers personal loans with fixed rates and terms ranging from 36 to 60 months. The company also provides credit monitoring and credit education tools to help customers improve their credit scores. Upgrade has raised over $142 million in funding and has originated over $3 billion in loans.
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Size
1,000 employees
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Founded
2016

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