Data science intern analyzing HR data and developing predictive models and AI solutions. Supporting iA Financial Group’s insurance, savings, and wealth management business.
About the role
- Analytics Lead building operational analytics for Affirm’s international lending expansion. Driving growth, profitability, experiments, and cross-functional decisions with SQL and Python.
Responsibilities
- Establish and evolve the operational analytics framework for new international markets
- Identify opportunities through analysis and product sense to enhance user experience, growth, and profitability
- Own business problems end to end and translate insights into recommendations and optimization strategies
- Define success metrics, generate insights and hypotheses, track performance, and create dashboards and reports
- Develop scalable analytics solutions and data models
- Design actionable experiments to validate product-market fit and economic viability
- Translate findings into narratives and business cases for leadership
- Lead weekly cross-functional metric reviews and investigate significant metric shifts
- Partner with Product, Risk, Finance, Commercial, and Operations
- Build cross-functional relationships and act as a trusted advisor
- Mentor and guide junior analysts
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in a quantitatively rigorous subject area such as statistics, mathematics, finance, or economics
- 5+ years of proven success in a cross-functional analytical role
- Strong understanding of consumer lending and credit industry, including lending economics, portfolio performance, and credit metrics
- Experience supporting international lending markets, particularly Europe and/or APAC, highly desirable
- Ability to balance growth objectives with profitability and develop data-driven growth strategies
- Practical and theoretical knowledge of A/B testing
- Experience with SQL and statistical analysis using Python
- Experience balancing multiple workstreams and prioritizing an analytics roadmap
- Hands-on experience using AI-powered tools such as Cursor, Claude, or similar assistants
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to influence technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to partner across Product, Risk, Commercial, Finance, and Operations
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and ambiguous environment
- Previous experience mentoring and guiding junior analysts
Benefits
- Monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending
- 100% subsidized medical coverage for employees and dependents
- Dental and vision coverage for employees and dependents
- Flexible time off
- Generous holiday calendars
- Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) allowing employees to buy Affirm stock at a discount
- Remote-first work flexibility
- In-person onboarding experience
- Inclusive interview process with accommodations for candidates with disabilities
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