Portfolio Analyst

Connexus Credit Union - Who We Are:

Serving members across all 50 states, Connexus Credit Union is a member-focused cooperative that is proud to return profits to member-owners through high yields for checking accounts and deposit products, as well as competitive rates on our loans. We are a remote first employer with the majority of our employees residing in the upper Midwest.

As an employer we foster collaboration and high performance to achieve excellence. We holistically care for and develop our employees to thrive personally and professionally. We are proud to share our success with our employees and those we serve.

Connexus offers an Amazing Benefits package:

• 25 days of paid time off and 10 paid holidays
• 16 hours of paid Volunteer Time Off
• 401K Retirement with up to 6% employer match
• Excellent Health, Dental, Vision insurance, including multiple plan options
• Health Savings Account with generous employer contributions
• Employer paid Life insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Tuition Reimbursement from $4,000 - $7,000 per calendar year
• Robust Learning and Development program that includes an annual professional development stipend

About the Role:

This Portfolio Analyst role sits at the intersection of Credit Risk and Enterprise Risk, driving analytics and insights that directly influence lending strategy, portfolio performance, and risk governance. The position focuses on advanced portfolio analysis, forecasting, and early warning indicators to identify emerging risks and optimize loan performance across products and segments. The analyst partners closely with cross-functional leaders and presents executive- and board-level insights through dashboards, reporting, and scenario analysis. This is an ideal opportunity for a data-driven risk professional, looking to make a visible impact in a highly collaborative, strategic role.

Responsibilities:

Portfolio Analytics & Monitoring

• Analyze delinquency, charge-offs, loss trends and concentration across lending portfolios including detailed review based on collateral type, geography, product, and borrower characteristics.  
• Monitor portfolio performance against risk appetite, forecasts, and budget. 
• Identify and escalate emerging risk trends/signals and behavioral shifts in delinquency, charge-offs, concentrations, underwriting standards, policy exceptions and overall loan portfolio performance to ensure the health of Connexus lending portfolios. 
• Conducts quantitative and qualitative analysis to support risk-related decision-making processes including new lending programs.

Reporting & Executive Insights

• Develop and maintain wholistic risk dashboards, heatmaps, early warning indicator (EWI) metrics and reoccurring performance reports that provide clear, timely, and actionable insights across all Connexus lending portfolios.
• Translate data into clear, actionable insights including recommendations for action to Enterprise Risk or Credit Risk leadership. 
• Support business unit partners and management with ad hoc reports as needed.  
• Support executive and board level reporting requests on recoveries, risk exposure and trends as needed.  

Forecasting & Scenario Analysis

• Develop proactive analysis and modeling including stress tests, static pool analysis, scenario analysis and drill down reporting to identify emerging risks within Connexus loan portfolios.  
• Model impact of strategy changes, policy shifts, or economic conditions on Connexus loan portfolios. 
• Partner with Finance on budget planning and variance analysis. 

Governance, Compliance & Data Integrity

• Ensure reporting accuracy and data integrity across systems. 
• Support audits, exams, and model validation requests as needed.
• Maintain documentation for assumptions, methodologies, and metrics. 
• Manage and maintain the loan analytics platform (nCino), including data integrity and system optimization.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements related to risk management.
• Assist in maintaining and updating risk management and lending policies, procedures and job aides ensuring alignment with industry best practices and organizational objectives. 
• Assist VP of ERM with facilitation of the Enterprise/Credit Risk Committee meetings, including agenda preparation, reporting, and documentation.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with first line of defense business partners including Collections/Recovery, Institutional, Direct and Indirect Lending, Loan Operations, Vendor Management, Compliance, Finance, Data, and IT to ensure continuity and accuracy of reporting and analysis.
• Support evaluation, maintenance, and development of third-party vendor relationships. 
• Contribute to test-and-learn initiatives and continuous improvement efforts. 

Position Requirements:

• This position is Remote.
• Bachelors Degree, or commensurate experience is Required.
• 3+ years’ experience in credit risk, portfolio risk, or financial services analytics is Required.         
• Prior experience working in a consumer loan underwriting, operations or processing role within a bank or credit union is Required.
• Experience with SQL, Tableau, Power BI, Looker, nCino or similar BI tools is Required.
• Proficiency within Microsoft Office Suite with advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills is Required.

Connexus Credit Union's Employer Recognitions:

• 2026 Best Place to Work in IT, Computer World

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans/41 CFR 60–1.4, 41 CFR 60-1.35