Data Analyst 2

The Company

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. 

We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.

We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards.  Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade. 

Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day.  We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.

Job Summary:

We are looking for Senior Data Analyst with experience in managing new payment product launch as well as payment risk management for the Large Enterprise (LE) portfolio. This position resides in the Global Fraud Prevention organization that supports various business lines in optimizing risk and revenue to enable profitable business growth within risk appetite.

This role combines strategy, analytics, operational practices, and business insights into one. Day-to-day duties include data analysis, monitoring and forecasting, creating the logic and implementing risk rules and strategies, providing requirements to data science and technology teams on attribute, model and platform requirements, and communicating with global stakeholders to ensure we deliver the best possible customer experience while meeting loss rate targets. The work is fast paced and intellectually challenged to solve complex business problems.

Job Description:

Scope of Responsibility:

• Design, develop and maintain data driven solutions for LE risk management. Makes sound decisions that balance risk, user experience and financial performance
• Develop and automate tracking functionality that monitors volume and solution efficacy
• Partner with Product and Business Unit organization to meet Product launch roadmap deadlines as well as rising roadblocks
• Presentation to senior management within Risk and Business Unit, even external Partners on core strategy changes, integration requirement or risk management best practice
• Managing conversion rate, loss target and customer experience
• Job Requirements:
• Strong analytical skills with hands on experience on predicative modeling, data mining, as well as analyzing large, multi-dimensional data sets
• Fluent in SQL/ R / Python/ Notebooks/ Teradata or other relational database languages is a must
• Experience with one or multiple following will be highly desirable: Jupyter, Hadoop/Hive, BigQuery
• Polished communication and influence skills to collaborate with cross functional teams. Presenting in a clear and concise manner and reach alignment on how to execute risk strategies
• “Can-do” attitude, energetic personality, ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment to meet deadlines
• Must handle multiple priorities with a strong attention to detail and should possess strong analytic and problem solving skills
• Excellent writt