About this Underwriter, Colombia role at Tryjeeves
Jeeves is the stablecoin-native banking platform for global enterprises. Thousands of companies across 35 countries run their corporate cards, payments, treasury and spend on one platform, with more than $5B in annualized volume, payouts to 190 countries, and one of the fastest-growing stablecoin payment networks in the world. BMW, H&M, Lululemon, Burger King, Kavak and XP are among them, and more than 80% of customers use multiple Jeeves products.
We chose hard problems on purpose.
We hire for one thing: relentlessness. A strong motor that keeps going when the problem has no playbook. You'll know in your first week if Jeeves is right for you. For the right people, it's the steepest learning curve of your career.
Jeeves has raised more than $400 million in equity funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, CRV, Coinbase Ventures, GIC, AllianceBernstein, CoinFund and others.
If you want to rebuild how money moves across borders, come build it with us.
What You'll Do:
Credit Analysis & Underwriting
Analyze new corporate card applications from Colombian startups and SMBs, reviewing financial statements (DRE, balanço), bank data, bureau reports and our internal model score
Prepare clear credit recommendations — proposed limit, key risks, mitigants — for review and approval
Explain how the model score and the non-model parts of your assessment fit together, in writing and verbally
Research borrowers and their industries to understand what could affect their ability to pay
Work a share of the daily application queue within agreed turnaround times
Portfolio Monitoring
Run periodic reviews of existing accounts, including limit increase and decrease requests
Track portfolio health (utilization, payment behavior, delinquency) and flag accounts that need attention
Partner with Collections on accounts showing early signs of stress
Keep account files and credit memos organized so any teammate can pick up a decision
Working With AI
Use AI tools to support your analysis, and verify their outputs against source data
Suggest and help build improvements to our AI workflows as you see what works and what doesn't
Business Continuity & Process
Build enough context on the Colombia book to cover the queue and key accounts when our senior underwriter is out
Help document underwriting guidelines, decision rationale and recurring edge cases
Suggest improvements that make the underwriting process faster or more consistent
Help evaluate new Colombian data sources (bureaus, Open Finance data, receivables data) alongside the team
Cross-Functional Partnership
Give Sales and Account Management clear, timely answers on applications and limits — including the reasoning behind a "no"
Join customer conversations when more financial information is needed to make a decision
Share what you see in the Colombia market with the wider Credit & Risk team
Minimum Requirements:
2–4 years of experience in credit analysis, underwriting or credit risk in Colombia — at a bank, fintech, FIDC, credit bureau, factoring company or similar
Hands-on experience reading and analyzing Colombian company financial statements and building a view on repayment capacity
Working familiarity with Colombian credit data sources such as Serasa, Boa Vista, SCR (Banco Central) or similar
Experience conducting conversations with clients to clarify questions regarding the financial and risk information provided for analysis.
Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills — comfortable building a simple analysis from raw data
Experience using AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini in your analytical work, and curiosity about using them more
Can write a concise credit recommendation that a non-credit colleague can follow
Fluent in Portuguese and professionally fluent in English (written and spoken) — English is how we work across regions
Based in Bogotá and able to work hybrid from our Parque de la 93 office
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience underwriting SMB or commercial credit (as opposed to consumer only)
Exposure to corporate cards, payments, working capital or other revolving credit products
Some experience with SQL, Python or BI tools for pulling and analyzing portfolio data
Experience at a high-growth startup or fintech
Degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business, Engineering or a related field