Credit & Analytics Intern

Branch Overview 

Branch delivers world-class financial services to the mobile generation. With offices in the United States, Nigeria, Kenya, and India, Branch is a for-profit socially conscious company that uses the power of data science to reduce the cost of delivering financial services in emerging markets. We believe that everyone everywhere deserves fair financial access. The rapid spread of smartphones presents an opportunity for the world’s emerging middle class to access banking options and achieve financial flexibility. 

Branch’s mission-driven team is led by the founder and former CEO of Kiva.org. The company presents a rich opportunity for our team members to drive meaningful growth in rapidly evolving and changing markets. In 2019, Branch announced its Series C and has garnered more than $100M in funding with investments from leading Silicon Valley firms including Andreessen Horowitz, Trinity Capital, Foundation Capital, Visa, and the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

We value diversity and are committed to providing an inclusive working environment where human beings of all backgrounds can thrive. 
 

Job Description

You will help solve analytical problems across the organization and propose product changes to improve company profitability and growth.
 

What this team does:

• Propose data driven product changes to improve customer experience and company profitability. Partner with product and engineering teams to implement your solution into production
• Build and maintain portfolio monitoring dashboards to guide the business strategy for the growing lending portfolio 
• Collaborate with the Marketing team to assess and evaluate existing and new channels of growth. Evaluate the effectiveness of marketing campaigns and maintain a performance tracker.
• Conduct ad-hoc analysis to identify underlying explanations for changes in portfolio performance, develop data-driven solutions, and evaluate expected portfolio impacts
• Collaborate with data science, product, and engineering to propose hypothesis testing to improve risk and profitability
• Work with the Security team on strategies to mitigate fraud.
• Develop statistical models to assist in fraud mitigation and user segmentation for capital markets transactions and financial data analysis
• Support the marketing, Capital markets and product teams with their data needs
   

Qualifications

• Working Knowledge in SQL and Python/R/Metabase
• Previous Internship Experience preferably in Analytics/Strategy 
• Experience analyzing, visualizing and communicating impactful insights
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
• Enthusiasm for working across cultures, functions, and time zones
• You are in your Final year of College

• Mission-driven, fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment
• Competitive internship package
• A collaborative, transparent and flat company culture
• Remote work
• Monthly WFH stipend
• Other benefits include; team meals, virtual social events and in person meet ups
• Opportunity to work and interact with a global team