Job Description

Why Lendela?
At Lendela, we're a fast-growing fintech serving the dynamic markets of Singapore, Hong Kong, and beyond. We're at the forefront of transforming financial services with smarter, faster, and more data-driven decisions. Joining us means you'll be part of a high-impact team where data drives business strategy daily.
If you're curious, meticulous, and passionate about turning data into meaningful impact, you'll thrive here.

• Join a growing data team and shape the company's data-driven direction
• Work closely with stakeholders across marketing, product, and operations to drive measurable business outcomes
• Contribute to exploratory analyses and hypothesis testing to identify new growth or efficiency opportunities, providing data-driven recommendations to management.
• Be part of an international company with bold ambitions to transform the financial services industry

What you'll do
We're looking for someone who can be counted on to solve business problems with data, from framing the question to delivering actionable insights. You'll work with raw datasets to build clean, reliable data pipelines, conduct deep-dive analyses, and deliver dashboards and models that drive decision-making.
You'll also play a key role in collaborating with stakeholders -- translating questions into analysis plans, challenging assumptions, and communicating insights that inspire action.
You'll thrive in this role if you're the kind of person who questions assumptions, double-checks data quality, and believes that how you communicate insights is just as important as the insights themselves.
Your journey at Lendela
Month 1-2:

• Familiarize yourself with Lendela's data infrastructure, business processes, and existing analytics ecosystem.
• Take over ownership of selected data assets or dashboards.
• Begin supporting business teams with analytical solutions and performance insights.

Month 3-5:

• Lead key analytical projects end-to-end -- from scoping to delivery.
• Contribute to strategy discussions by framing hypotheses, identifying relevant data, and presenting findings clearly.
• Collaborate closely with teammates to improve data reliability and analytical processes.

Month 6 onwards:

• Take full ownership of complex, cross-functional data projects.
• Act as a thought partner to stakeholders -- proactively identifying opportunities for optimization or experimentation.
• Mentor junior team members and help shape best practices in analytics and data science across the company.

Requirements for this role

• 3-5 years of experience in data science, analytics, or a related field, preferably in a fast-paced environment or startup.
• Proficient in Python or R for data wrangling, analysis, and automation; comfortable with SQL for querying and joining datasets.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to think critically and challenge assumptions using data.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills -- able to engage non-technical audiences, explain findings clearly, and build consensus.
• Curious, independent, and structured -- comfortable navigating ambiguity and aligning data work with business impact.
• Passionate about driving results through data, not just building models or dashboards.
• Based in Kuala Lumpur. (Open to local Malaysian candidates only.)

About Lendela
Founded in 2018, Lendela is a fast-growing fintech on a mission to simplify financing and enable greater financial access. Our platform matches borrowers with personalised loan options through a simple application, empowering borrowers with choice and transparency while offering an alternative to the cumbersome and opaque traditional lending landscape.
Since our inception, we have facilitated over 400,000 loan applications alongside more than 100 lending partners. In 2023, we successfully raised US$5 million in an oversubscribed Series A to scale our unique model across Asia Pacific. Our backers include Singlife co-founder Walter de Oude's Chocolate Ventures as well as prominent Singapore-based VC firm Cocoon Capital. Lendela currently serves customers in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Australia.
Why join us?
Your growth is our success: We believe that when you get to achieve your potential, consumers, investors, and the team all win. This is why we're as invested in the company's success as we are in yours, and joining us means that you'll be working alongside people who genuinely want you to be the best you can be.
We're in an industry with massive growth potential and huge challenges to solve: The global lending industry is vibrant, varied, and ripe for exponential growth -- and we're riding it hard. We have a significant advantage in APAC and are well-placed to solve the problems in the industry today. Joining us means that you'll be at the forefront of this transformation.
We're global and diverse: We operate across four exciting markets and are home to dozens of subject matter experts who honed their expertise in some of the world's most recognisable companies. This means that you'll get to work with diverse teams, expose yourself to game-changing ideas, and grapple with challenging problems every day.
We're driven by what works: We're guided by data in whatever we do, and we measure the results of every decision we make to ensure we're constantly optimising for our business objectives. Joining us means you'll get to embrace this data-driven way of working alongside true champions of it, aligning your growth with the outcomes you achieve.
Founded in 2018, Lendela is a fast-growing fintech on a mission to simplify financing and enable greater financial access. The platform matches borrowers with personalised loan options through a simple application, empowering borrowers with choice and transparency while offering an alternative to the cumbersome and opaque traditional lending landscape.
Since its inception, Lendela has facilitated over half a million loan applications alongside more than 100 lending partners.
In 2023, Lendela successfully raised US$5 million in an oversubscribed Series A to scale its unique model across Asia Pacific. The company's backers include Singlife co-founder Walter de Oude's Chocolate Ventures as well as prominent Singapore-based VC firm Cocoon Capital.
Lendela currently serves customers in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Australia.

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