What you'll dowe are looking for a credit risk expert to help shape how clara manages and scales risk in latin america.you'll work closely with a high‐performing team of risk specialists, data scientists, and business partners to build predictive credit models and enable high‐quality, data‐driven decision‐making.this role is instrumental in aligning credit strategies with business goals.you'll drive innovation across our risk frameworks, help design and monitor model performance, and ensure clara's credit operations remain robust, scalable, and compliant.your work will directly impact business growth, resilience, and the health of our credit portfolio.key responsibilitieslead and support the development of regulatory and non‐regulatory credit risk models (e.g. expected credit losses)drive innovation in predictive analytics and modeling frameworks that enhance decision‐making and operational efficiencyown the risk mis: monitor credit policy performance, model outcomes, and portfolio trendscollaborate across operations, finance, and data teams to align risk strategies with broader business prioritiesensure model monitoring, backtesting, and recalibration routines are best‐in‐classprovide clear insights and recommendations to senior leadership on portfolio performance and risk exposurecontinuously improve data and modeling processes for scalability, accuracy, and compliancemaintain rigorous standards of data quality, documentation, and model governancequalificationsacademic background in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, computer science, or similarproven experience in credit risk management in latin american marketsstrong proficiency in sql and data visualization tools such as metabasedeep familiarity with predictive modeling, risk reporting, and model performance evaluationexperience building and maintaining credit risk methodologiesfluency in english and portugueseexcellent cross‐functional project management and communication skillsnice to haveexperience in fintech, especially in fast‐paced or early‐stage environmentsexposure to credit card and payments ecosystemsfamiliarity with latin american regulatory frameworks for credit lossesexperience supporting financial audits and compliance documentationworking knowledge of slack, notion, or similar collaboration toolsunderstanding of financial conciliation or operational finance processesspanish proficiency or interest in learningbenefitscompetitive salary and stock options (esop) from day onemulticultural team with daily exposure to portuguese, spanish, and englishannual learning budget and internal accelerated development pathshigh‐ownership environment: fast decisions, rapid learning, raising the bar togethersmart, ambitious teammates – low ego, high impactflexible vacation and hybrid work model focused on results#j-*-ljbffr