at Equifax Inc. in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Reporting to the Director of Credit Strategy Consulting, the Statistical Analyst will be responsible for performing a variety of quantitative analyses for Equifax members, or prospective members, financial and non-financial institutions, across the U.S. Working with other Analytics professionals, Sales, Operations, and I.T. staff, and with management.
This position provides extensive opportunity for the right individual to be creative, grow, learn new things, and advance professionally. Intelligence, dedication, and the ability to work in an unstructured environment are the keys to success in this position.
What you'll do
- Analyze the predictiveness of Equifax's scores and risk models for specific institutions
- Analyze the predictiveness of institutions' own scores, models and current credit/risk practices
- Evaluate the effectiveness of various methods of combining multiple scores and models, using alternative credit decisioning strategies, calculating the resulting economic impact, and presenting the findings to the institutions
- Work with institutions to help develop special datasets to be used to build custom scores and models
- Participate in the production of custom consulting analytics for clients
- Design of new periodic statistics, proof of concept tools, score analysis, and customized research for clients
- Be able to explain complex analyses and findings to internal stakeholders and external customers
- Work on a variety of other projects, as they arise
- Travel: up to 10% (e.g. once per month, usually a day trip or one night stay)
What experience you need
- College degree with a quantitative major (mathematics, statistics, computer science, engineering) or a business/economics major with significant quantitative coursework
- 2-5 years of professional experience are required
What could set you apart
- Master's Degree
- High level of mathematical ability and logical thinking
- Fluent English and strong verbal and written communications skills
- Knowledge of SQL, SAS, R or programming languages
- Experience working in credit/risk, data analytics, or financial services roles
- Coursework or practical experience with Accounting and Statistics
Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity
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