Senior Credit Analyst
Requirements
- Visa
- Sponsorship available
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Senior Credit Analyst at Monzo, the individual will focus on shaping credit strategies for the company's lending products, particularly credit cards, through data analysis and strategic recommendations. Key skills include a strong grasp of credit card economics, proficiency in SQL, and experience with profitability modeling. This position is ideal for someone with a background in unsecured lending and a collaborative mindset, capable of navigating a fast-paced, cross-functional environment. Monzo's emphasis on flexibility and a customer-centric approach highlights its commitment to innovative financial solutions.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about a month ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Monzo's career page.
- Monzo has 67 other open roles including Integrated Marketing Lead, Business Banking, Product Marketing Lead, Core Banking, Director of Product Design, Payments.
- 2370 active Python roles on Joblaze right now.
- 1039 active SQL roles on Joblaze right now.
- 149 active Looker roles on Joblaze right now.
- Salary band is below the typical range for Data Science (median ~$179,500).
Quick facts
- Is the Senior Credit Analyst role remote?
- It's hybrid — Monzo expects some on-site time in Cardiff, London or Remote (UK).
- What's the salary range?
- Monzo lists £76,500–£95,000 for this role.
- Where is the role based?
- Monzo is hiring for this position in Cardiff, London or Remote (UK).
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: SQL, Looker, Python.
- Does Monzo sponsor work visas for this role?
- Yes — the posting indicates visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Monzo targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Credit Analyst role at Monzo.
From the original posting
🚀 We’re on a mission to make money work for everyone.
We’re waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking.
After starting as a prepaid card, our product offering has grown a lot in the last 10 years in the UK. As well as personal and business bank accounts, we offer joint accounts, accounts for 16-17 year olds, a free kids account and credit cards in the UK, with more exciting things to come beyond. Our UK customers can also save, invest and combine their pensions with us.
With our hot coral cards and get-paid-early feature, combined with financial education on social media and our award winning customer service, we have a long history of creating magical moments for our customers!
We’re not about selling products - we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo ❤️
📍Cardiff, London or Remote (UK) | 💰 £76,500 to £95,000 + Incentive Awards tied to your performance + Benefits | Data Team, Borrowing
Our team⭐
Our Borrowing business is growing rapidly across both existing products and a range of new initiatives. From credit cards and loans to emerging lending products, we’re building solutions that give customers greater control, transparency, and flexibility in how they manage their finances.
If you’re interested in using data to understand lending performance, improve decision-making, and support the development of credit strategies, this role offers the opportunity to work on meaningful problems with clear business impact.
This is a high-impact, cross-functional environment where you’ll work closely with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Finance, and Risk & Control to drive sustainable, profitable, and responsible growth across our lending portfolio.
You’ll operate at the intersection of credit risk, commercial performance, and customer experience, helping ensure Monzo’s borrowing products remain competitive, scalable, and aligned with strong customer outcomes.
🔑You’ll play a key role by...
As a Senior Credit Analyst, you’ll play a critical role in shaping Monzo’s credit strategy across credit card products. Your responsibilities will include:
- Design and refine credit underwriting and limit strategies to optimise risk and growth
- Analyse portfolio performance (arrears, utilisation, revenue, losses, vintage curves) and identify actionable insights
- Build and interpret NPV and profitability models to inform strategic decisions
- Develop segmentation frameworks to identify revenue and risk pressure points
- Lead analytical deep-dives into portfolio trends and emerging risks
- Partner with Product and Engineering teams to design and test new features and strategy changes
- Evaluate the commercial and customer impact of pricing, eligibility, and limit decisions
- Present clear, structured recommendations to senior stakeholders
- Support regulatory and governance requirements, ensuring strategies align with policy and risk appetite
Locations & flexible working:
Our main tech hub is in London, but our data teams are based all over the UK — from Brighton to the Western Isles.
We love meeting in person, but there’s no pressure to come into the office, even if you’re nearby. You’ll do your best work where you feel most comfortable.
We value flexibility, connection, and wellbeing. You’ll have the freedom to work in a way that fits your life, whether that’s school drop-offs, avoiding rush hour, or making time for what matters most.
Work the way that works for you at Monzo! 💼
🤩 We’d love to hear from you if…
You have:
- Experience in unsecured lending, ideally within credit cards
- A strong understanding of credit card economics (APR, utilisation, interchange, revolving behaviour, cost of funds, losses). Experience of modelling rewards cards is a plus.
- Experience building or influencing credit strategies (e.g. underwriting, limit management, pricing)
- Strong analytical and data capabilities, backed up by technical coding skills. SQL is a must-have, Python and Looker experience is a plus
- Experience working with NPV models, profitability analysis, and portfolio forecasting
- Confidence communicating complex analysis clearly to non-technical stakeholders
- Experience collaborating cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment
- An interest in balancing risk, growth, and customer outcomes
We're on the look out for L40 Senior Credit Analysts at the moment, you can read more in our Data Progression Framework
🙌 What’s in it for you
💰£76,500 to £95,000 + Incentive Awards tied to your performance + Benefits
✈️ We can help you relocate to the UK
✅ We can sponsor visas
📍This role can be based in our London office, but we're open to distributed working within the UK (with ad hoc meetings in London).
⏰ We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, at times that suit you and your team.
📚 Learning budget of £1,000 a year for books, training courses and conferences
➕ And much more, see our full list of benefits here
Interview process:
Our typical process is structured as:
- Recruiter call
- Initial hiring manager call
- Take-home task
- Final interviews - (3x) including case study, role-specific, and behavioural interviews
Our average process takes around 3-4 weeks but we will always work around your availability.
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Equal opportunities for everyone
Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we’re making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. At Monzo, we’re embracing diversity by fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us. This is integral to our mission of making money work for everyone. You can read more in our blog, 2026 Diversity and Inclusion Report and 2025 Gender Pay Gap Report.
We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.
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