Capital Markets Data Analyst

YouLend
London
11 months ago
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About Us

YouLend is the preferred global embedded financing platform for many of the world’s leading e-commerce sites, tech companies and payment services providers such as Amazon, eBay, Shopify, Mollie, Dojo, Paysafe, Just Eat Takeaway and Takepayments. Our software platform and APIs enable our partners to offer flexible financing products, in their desired branding, to their merchant base. With YouLend's AI-driven credit risk assessment solutions, more merchants and SMEs than ever can receive fast, flexible and affordable funding. We operate in 9+ geographies across the UK, EU and the US.

We believe that the future of financial services will be delivered by customer-oriented tech companies that embed financing in their customer journeys, and we are building the solutions that will power that future.

The Role:

To meet the growing demand for our technology and services, we are now seeking Capital Markets Data Analyst to join our Finance/Capital Markets team. Being one of the fastest growing Fintech businesses globally we are looking for exceptionally talented and self-motivated individual who has a desire to build a career within the Company.

Requirements

  • Develop and shape key metrics that drive insights into YouLend’s capital mandate portfolios and influence strategic decisions
  • Create impactful dashboards using cutting-edge visualization tools to automate and streamline asset monitoring for internal and external stakeholders
  • Collaborate with data-engineering teams to design and build database structures, empowering seamless automation and efficiency
  • Uncover trends in behaviour, enhancing cash flow modelling and forecasting to support YouLend’s ABS transactions and drive innovation in financial solutions
  • Actively participate in provide support through due-diligence processes during capital-raise events

Essential Skills:

  • 2+ years of experience in data analytics, preferably within the Finance/Fintech/ABS sector
  • Strong academic background including at least a Bachelor’s degree (Mathematics, Engineering, Statistics, Computational Finance) or equivalent
  • Strong hands-on experience with SQL, Python
  • Experience with data visualisation tools, e.g Tableau
  • Dbt (Data build tool) experience would be beneficial (but not required)
  • Exceptional communication skills to help deliver insights to diverse stakeholders

Desirable:

  • Financial Transaction experience
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Detail oriented, outcome and process focused
  • You are independent, ambitious, and self-motivated and looking to make an impact

Benefits

Why join YouLend?

  • Award-Winning Workplace: YouLend has been recognised as one of the “Best Places to Work 2024” by the Sunday Times for being a supportive, diverse, and rewarding workplace.
  • Award-Winning Fintech: YouLend has been recognised as a “Top 250 Fintech Worldwide” company by CNBC.

We offer comprehensive benefits package that includes:

  • Stock Options
  • Private Medical insurance via Vitality
  • EAP with Health Assured
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
  • Modern and sophisticated office space in Central London
  • Free Gym in office building in Holborn
  • Subsidised Lunch via Feedr
  • Deliveroo Allowance if working late in office
  • Monthly in office Masseuse
  • Team and Company Socials
  • Football Power League / Squash Club

 

At YouLend, we champion diversity and embrace equal opportunity employment practices. Our hiring, transfer, and promotion decisions are exclusively based on qualifications, merit, and business requirements, free from any discrimination based on race, gender, age, disability, religion, nationality, or any other protected basis under applicable law.

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