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Senior Risk Data Analyst at Chipper Cash

Chipper Cash

Senior Risk Data Analyst at Chipper Cash. Please ensure you read the job requirements before applying for this position.

Chipper is the largest mobile cross-border money transfer platform in Africa. We are a small passionate team, dedicated to expanding financial inclusion in some of the global regions most in need of accessible, interoperable, easy-to-use, and affordable financial services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Risk Data Analyst

Location: Nigeria

About the Job

  • We are looking for a Senior Risk Data Analyst to join our Risk Analytics team as we continue our amazing growth trajectory.

What you will be doing

  • We are looking for analysts that can quickly answer data requests, create accessible and clean reports, and are proactive in suggesting process improvements.
  • Generally, we are looking for motivated and curious learners who are ready to roll up their sleeves and enjoy solving problems proactively.
  • You’ll also work closely with our analytics engineers to operationalize analyses and create democratize-able data in business intelligence tools, as well as our data scientists to scope and communicate findings and impact from advanced statistical models.
  • You will be working on ad-hoc analytical projects that will power effective and long-term solutions for business problems.

Responsibilities

  • Here are some examples of projects that you might work on:
  • Fraud analysis and prevention – Working with various teams to help to uncover fraudulent transactions and users within the Chipper platform.
  • Anti-Money Laundering – Building complex queries and rule-sets to detect suspicious transaction patterns and user networks within the Chipper platform.
  • Data engineering – Improving resiliency of data pipelines and architecture in order to gain insight and perform in-depth data analysis.

Job Requirements
What you should have:

  • 4+ years’ work experience as a data analyst / data engineer
  • Excellent SQL skills and experience querying data warehouses like Snowflake or BigQuery
  • Experience working in BI tools such as Looker, Tableau, or Qlikview and experienced in creating meaningful visualizations for business users
  • ​​Basic to intermediate knowledge of R/Python; familiarity with statistical methods
  • Experience with anti-financial crimes systems, technologies and processes, especially AML transaction monitoring and fraud typologies and rules
  • Great communication and people skills. You’re able to translate business problems into analytical solutions and communicate information, ideas and concepts clearly and with empathy for our users and colleagues
  • A proactive, curious, and self-driven mindset. You follow through on items without being micromanaged when given appropriate direction. If something doesn’t look right, you dig deeper and ask why?
  • You’re an organized person that can plan, organize and manage timelines effectively.

What we would love to see

  • Experience transforming raw data with ETL tools such as dbt or Fivetran
  • Previous experience in LookML.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

  • If you feel you are a fit, please apply because we would love to hear from you. It means a lot to us that you have taken the time to read through our job description so thank you for your time.  We wish you all the best in your job search.
  • We hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status.
  • Chipper Cash is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.