AVP, Portfolio Credit Analytics (L10)

Role Title:AVP, Portfolio Credit Analytics (L10)

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Company Overview:Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) is a premier consumer financial services company delivering one of the industry’s most complete digitally enabled product suites. Our experience, expertise and scale encompass a broad spectrum of industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, outdoors, pet and more.

• We have recently been ranked #2 among India’s Best Companies to Work for by Great Place to Work. We were among the Top 50 India’s Best Workplaces in Building a Culture of Innovation by All by GPTW and Top 25 among Best Workplaces in BFSI by GPTW. We have also been recognized by AmbitionBox Employee Choice Awards among the Top 20 Mid-Sized Companies, ranked #3 among Top Rated Companies for Women, and Top-Rated Financial Services Companies.
• We provide best-in-class employee benefits and programs that cater to work-life integration and overall well-being.
• We provide career advancement and upskilling opportunities, focusing on Advancing Diverse Talent to take up leadership roles.

Organizational Overview:

Credit Team decisions credit actions across the lifecycle of a customer – from acquisition to account management to collections and recovery – we work towards managing credit and fraud losses and elevating customer experience through powerful and proprietary insights on customer risk and credit behaviors. The actionable insights are driven by access to numerous alternative data sources, new age technologies, focused strategies, emerging algorithms, and predictive precision. Spread across 10 pillars the credit team in India caters to the entire gamut of decision sciences, from data management to model development to strategy design, and bringing it all to life through technology, and managing within the guardrails of our regulatory requirements. As part of the team, you will have access to unique product propositions, functional and leadership training, interaction with executive leadership team and a myriad of diverse perspectives.

Role Summary/Purpose:

AVP, Portfolio Credit Analytics will be responsible for providing end to end analytical support and solutions to PCMs supporting multiple clients that are part of American Eagle, Sweetwater, J.Crew and other Lifestyle/Diversified clients within the DV&L platform space. The role requires collaboration with Strategy, Infrastructure, Client, Finance and Marketing teams to provide analytical support, development and implementation of new strategies, products, and capabilities. It further requires a deep understanding of products, data, processes and the use analytical methods/tools for credit risk evaluation, delinquency/loss mitigation and portfolio monitoring as well as providing guidance to junior level resources as needed.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partnering with various PCMs to understand analytic needs and provide insight and recommendations to support portfolio growth and loss mitigation.
• Develop and support best-in-class analytic solutions/algorithms for assigned clients with minimum guidance.
• Ability to solve business problems independently as well as coordinate and lead credit tasks in cross functional projects.
• Identify the key trends associated with portfolios using advanced analytics and help the business to deploy necessary strategies to mitigate credit losses.
• Study and analyze existing business trends and provide actionable insights to Portfolio Credit Managers and senior leadership on-ways to increase profitability.
• Support tracking and reporting of champion/challenger tests including preliminary analysis of the performance of the different strategies.
• Work cross-functionally to support the implementation of new products and capabilities.
• Work on multiple projects simultaneously and manage projects independently across portfolios.
• Coach analysts in various business/technical aspects, establishing priorities and coordinating work.
• Investigate and resolve various customer and client issues.
• Expand support to other PCMs and team members based on need.
• Perform other duties, as necessary.

Required Skills/Knowledge:

• Bachelor's degree with quantitative underpinning (i.e., Data Science, Computer Science, Risk, Accounting, Business, Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering) with 4+ years of experience in consumer and/or commercial Credit/Risk, or Analytics role. OR in lieu of a degree, 6+ years of experience in Programming/Analytics ideally in support of Risk, Credit, Finance, Accounting, Consumer Lending, or other relevant professional experience.
• 4+ years of experience in SAS, SQL and other Analytical tools.
• Ability to work with large or complex datasets.
• Experience working with cross-functional project teams.
• Experience presenting to senior leadership.
• Excellent analytical and presentation skills.
• Provide guidance to analysts as needed.
• Strong PC proficiency (Microsoft Suite, including: Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Provide guidance to analysts as needed.
• Strong self-starter balanced with desire to achieve team goals.
• Ability to handle sensitive issues with uncompromising integrity and confidentiality.

Desired Skills/Knowledge:

• Experience developing Consumer Credit Risk or Fraud Strategies
• 2+ years of experience in Tableau
• 4+ years demonstrated success developing and delivering analytics solutions.
• Proven analytical and decision-making skills
• Strong presentation skills with ability to interact with all levels of the organization and external clients/partners. 
• Ability to independently manage processes, Self-motivated and drive continuous process improvement
• Strong communications, problem solving skills & attention to detail.
• Experience presenting to senior leadership teams.
• Demonstrated ability to apply strategic thinking toward tactical execution.
• Experience working with cross-functional project teams.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Bachelor's degree with quantitative underpinning (i.e., Data Science, Computer Science, Risk, Accounting, Business, Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering) with 4+ years of experience in consumer and/or commercial Credit/Risk, or Analytics role. OR in lieu of a degree, 6+ years of experience in Programming/Analytics ideally in support of Risk, Credit, Finance, Accounting, Consumer Lending, or other relevant professional experience.

Work Timings:

This role qualifies for Enhanced Flexibility offered in Synchrony India and will require the incumbent to be available between 06:00 AM Eastern Time – 11:30 AM Eastern Time (timings are anchored to US Eastern hours and will adjust twice a year locally). This window is for meetings with India and US teams. The remaining hours will be flexible for the employee to choose. Exceptions may apply periodically due to business needs)
We are proud to offer flexibility at Synchrony. Our way of working allows you the option to work from home or workspaces in our Regional Engagement Hubs—Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Pune, Kolkata, or Delhi/NCR.
Occasionally you may be required to commute or travel to Hyderabad or one of the Regional Engagement Hubs for in person engagement activities such as business or team meetings, trainings, and culture events.

For Internal Applicants:

• Understand the criteria or mandatory skills required for the role, before applying
• Inform your manager and HRM before applying for any role on Workday
• Ensure that your professional profile is updated (fields such as education, prior experience, other skills) and it is mandatory to upload your updated resume (Word or PDF format)
• Must not be any corrective action plan (Formal/Final Formal LPP)
• L8+ Employees who have completed 18 months in the organization and 12 months in their current role and level are only eligible.
• Employees at L8+ can only apply for this opportunity.

Grade/Level: 10

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