Job Description

: Role Summary/Purpose: You will have the opportunity to work on major business initiatives in the Strategic Risk Credit Analytics team that contribute to Synchrony Financial's growth and productivity objectives. This role enables you to work directly with the business in catering to the end-to-end analytical needs. You will have the opportunity to work with cross-functional teams and leverage state of the art tools (viz., SAS, Python, R, Tableau, SAS E Miner, Model builder suite of products) along with managing projects This position is remote, where you have the option to work from home. On occasion we may request for you to commute to our nearest office for in person engagement activities such as team meetings, training and culture events. To ensure the safety of our colleagues and communities, we require employees who come together in-person to be fully vaccinated. We’re proud to offer you choice and flexibility. Essential Responsibilities:

• Develop and support Best-in-class analytic solutions/algorithms for Credit loss Prevention Strategy teams across Account management functions as required
• Identify the key trends associated with credit loss using advanced analytics and help the business to deploy necessary strategies
• Leverage internal and external customer and account information – use numerical, computational and operations research techniques
• Analytics will cover a broad spectrum of account management areas such as Credit Line Increase programs, Credit line decrease, Authorizations
• Communicate findings and analytic recommendations to Strategy owners and senior leadership.
• Support tracking and reporting of strategy champion/challenger tests including preliminary analysis of the performance of the different strategies.
• Facilitate "Lessons Learned" session at close of each project. Follow through on action items to ensure "Best Practices" are incorporated into future projects.
• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned

• Degree in following Majors – Mathematics/Statistics, Operations Research, Economics, Computer Science/Engineering or other quantitative majors
• Minimum 5+ years’ Consumer Credit experience in Analytics
• At least 3+ years hand on experience in Advanced Analytics.
• Working knowledge of Logistical/Linear/Regressions CHAID/CART/Clustering techniques, Optimization (LP, NLP, Integer Programming), Simulation & Neural network tools.
• Working knowledge of SAS, Python/R, SQL, Unix, Excel. Tableau, SAS E Miner would be a plus
• Strong Team Player in cross-functional environment and excellent problem solving skills
• Strong written/oral communication skills.
• For Internal Applicants: Understand the criteria or mandatory skills required for the role, before applying.
• Inform your Manager or 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 (First Formal/Final Formal, PIP)
• Employees who have completed 18 months in organization and 12 months in current role and level are only eligible.
• Last annual performance rating should at least be Critical talent.
• Level 8+ employees can apply

• Exposure to Big Data technologies
• Knowledge of R/Python and other open source tools.
• Working knowledge of credit bureaus.
• Work experience in a US financial institution or bank.
• Systems Implementation experience.
• Knowledge of US, Canadian credit bureau data