Performance Analyst
Pagaya Investments
About Pagaya
Pagaya is a global technology company making life-changing financial products and services available to more people nationwide, as it reshapes the financial services ecosystem. By using machine learning, a vast data network and a sophisticated AI-driven approach, Pagaya provides comprehensive consumer credit and residential real estate solutions for its partners, their customers, and investors. Its proprietary API and capital solutions integrate into its network of partners to deliver seamless user experiences and greater access to the mainstream economy. Pagaya has offices in New York and Tel Aviv. For more information, visit pagaya.com.
About the Role
We are looking for an ambitious Data Analyst, who wants to make a strong impact by conducting diverse analyses and research projects, influencing core business decisions, working at a fast pace, demonstrating creative thinking, and clearly communicating insights to both technical and executive stakeholders.
This individual will join the research department, and will be part of a team that has both data scientists and data analysts, focusing on the company's core credit products and collaborating closely with the production environment.
In this role, you will monitor the company’s KPIs and analyze the company portfolio risk and performance and develop risk mitigation and performance optimization solutions using ML and statistical tools while considering diverse metrics and dimensions. You will be a primary contributor to Pagaya’s portfolio management forum, delivering data-driven recommendations that enhance decision-making.
In this role you will join one of the key teams with high impact and influence on Pagaya's production and performance
Responsibilities
- Track company’s KPIs and financial metrics to evaluate portfolio risk and performance, identifying trends, anomalies, and actionable insights.
- Perform detailed analyses, design and implement data-driven solutions for optimizing the portfolio's risk and performance, using data science tools, Python and SQL.
- Work in a short life-cycle research and development environment.
- Generate and validate hypotheses in unexplored areas.
- Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, analysts, and partnerships to ensure data availability and accuracy, receive inputs for ML methodologies and infrastructure use and take into account initiative changes from partners.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems Management, Computer Science, or other quantitative disciplines is required.
- 3+ years of experience as an Analyst.
- SQL and Python proficiency (Pandas/NumPy).
- Experience with BI tools and dashboard development.
- Capacity to multitask and prioritize effectively, thriving in high-pressure environments.
- Ability to step outside of an existing process and redefine it and the capability to implement processes where one is lacking.
- Comprehensive understanding of ML, statistical modeling, and data science metrics- An advantage.
- Experience with finance and consumer lending - an advantage.
- Experience with Looker - An advantage.
- Highly independent, fast learner, self-motivated, and autodidact.
Our Team
Pagaya was founded in 2016 by seasoned research, finance, and technology entrepreneurs, and we are now 500+ strong in New York, Los Angeles, and Tel Aviv.
We move fast and smart, identifying new opportunities and building end-to-end solutions from AI models and unique data sources. Every Pagaya team member is solving new and exciting challenges every day in a culture based on partnership, collaboration, and community.
Join a team of builders who are working every day to enable better outcomes for our partners and their customers.
Our Values
Our values are at the heart of everything we do. We believe great solutions are built through a great community.
- Advance Inclusion- We create a world where everyone can win, designing systems that better represent people and generate sustainable value for our employees, partners and investors.
- Be Accountable Together- We proudly own our actions and our results, taking initiative to ensure our work gets over the finish line as a team.
- Continuously Learn- We challenge ourselves for the sake of getting better as individuals, as teams, and as an organization to deliver for our partners.
- Debate and Commit- We respectfully and openly debate to strengthen our ideas and build shared conviction - once we decide, we go all in, together.
- Dream Big and Act- We boldly tackle complex problems, pressure-test solutions in real-time, and adapt with speed and energy.
More than just a job
We believe health, happiness, and productivity go hand-in-hand. That's why we're continually looking to enhance the ways we support you with benefits programs and perks that allow every Pagayan to do the best work of their life.
Pagaya is an equal opportunity employer. Pagaya is encouraging diversity and actively seeking applicants from all backgrounds, as are committed to creating a diverse workforce together with an inclusive environment for all. Employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, skills, and business needs.