Lead Credit Risk Analyst, Credit Card originations - HSBC (Chicago, IL)

Lead Credit Risk Analyst - Credit Card originations: be on the cutting edge of the industry!

Location: Chicago, IL, Portland OR, or Salinas, CA.

A lead analyst is a key member on Credit Risk Policy team leading analytical initiatives related to credit underwriting and business innovations. The position is responsible for driving the business analysis and business cases in support of the growth and profitability of a top national retailer private label and credit card portfolio with $5 billion in total receivables.

The individual will accomplish the following job functions:

• Develop strategies for private label or credit card decisioning and line assignment strategies for a portfolio with more than 2 million accounts booked per year. Aid in the development of challenger underwriting decision logic, multiple account decision logic, and underwriting strategies for new populations.
• Work with Finance team to evaluate the risk/return profile of the targeted populations and identify key performance drivers to meet the corporate established return requirements. Assist Finance team by providing loss forecast assumptions leveraging the historical performance and planned strategy changes for each targeted segment.
• Drive the development of business solutions, including the use of new scores, data, models and technologies that will increase the profitability of new originated accounts.
• Design and write mainframe and PC technical programs for statistical analysis of portfolio performance and monitoring. Leverage and optimize existing tracking systems to provide informative reporting to senior management and recommend new initiatives and strategy changes.
• Communicate and document processes and analysis results. Prepare and deliver presentations to senior management and to various business groups, including Finance, Marketing and Compliance.

The candidates should have 2+ years of financial services industry experience. Candidates with exceptional track record from other industry in an analytical or consulting role will also be considered. The individual will need to show strong technical skills with proficiency in MS Excel, SAS or other comparable statistical/database programs or programming languages. He should also have strong presentation and communication skills. Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, operations/engineering or equivalent is required. Masters in similar quantitative discipline preferred.

The HSBC Group (www.hsbc.com) is one of the largest and most strongly capitalized banking and financial services organizations in the world. HSBC provides a comprehensive range of financial services through an international network of approximately 9,500 offices in more than 79 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. The Group employs in excess of 223,000 individuals throughout the world.

HSBC Card Services (part of HSBC Group) is a top 10 credit card issuer in the US, and manages the GM Card, Sears Card, Best Buy Card, among other private label and credit card portfolios, with total receivables of about $29 billion.

Contact: mike.m.furutani [at] us.hsbc.com

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Senior Analyst, Market Research Analytics - Takeda (Deerfield, IL)

Uniquely Takeda…it’s a commitment to helping people worldwide.

At Takeda, we’re building our company the right way by putting people first. It’s a commitment to the patients we serve and to the employees who share our passion for making a difference. We’re working together to improve life worldwide. And we’re inviting you to join us.

We have an excellent opportunity for a Senior Analyst, Market Research Analytics at our corporate headquarters in Deerfield, IL.

You will perform the following functions in this key role:

• Serve as internal consultant to provide leadership in areas of critical business need, including project planning, meeting management, and presentation of analysis from secondary market data sources.
• Work closely with brand teams, sales and finance to provide business critical insight and coordination of cross-functional teams.
• Lead others in the performance of secondary market data analyses in the areas of market forecasting, segmentation, customer targeting and program ROI.
• Lead the team development of a deep understanding of specific therapeutic areas including current and future market trends, and adds significant insights into future market direction.
• Apply model building and coding skills to conduct various kinds of analysis on market dynamics such as resource allocation and forecasting using techniques such as optimization, regression, and Monte Carlo simulations.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and timelines simultaneously.
• Prepare and give presentations to senior management on matters concerning market planning and analysis, product selection, and changing business environment.
• Ability to use market knowledge to guide senior teams' strategy.
• Manage vendors on analytic plans, methodologies, and final deliverables.
• Lead recruiting efforts for new analysts.
• Responsible for mentoring associate analysts and providing performance feedback.

You must possess the following requirements and experience to succeed in this position:

• Bachelor's degree in an analytical field such as statistics, operations research, management science, industrial engineering, economics, math, etc.
• Minimum of 4 years market research or quantitative experience.
• Complete understanding and application of quantitative principles, concepts, practices, and standards surrounding the use and manipulation of secondary market data sources.
• Extensive knowledge of market research principles and practices including industry.
• Project planning and management skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Vendor and budget management.
• Basic people and team management skills including measuring and delivering performance feedback.
• Ability to manage internal and external resources (people, information, technologies, time, and capital); allocate resources appropriately, given organization, group and individual goals and objectives to align with business goals.
• Knowledge of coding techniques in SAS and VBA, and advanced Excel skills.
• Proficient in one or more of MS Office, MS Access, VBA, SPSS, or SAS programming.

Email your resume to mflaskamp@tpna.com and start a quality career with Takeda!

We are an equal opportunity employer.
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