Matej Urban

Matej Urban

Financial Analyst

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Risk Manager at AREA42

  • Education

    • Gymnazium Nad Stolou

      1997 - 2005
    • Sentinel High School, US Monatana

      2003 - 2004

      Activities and Societies: varsity soccer, Missoula Ski team

    • Maastricht University

      2011 - 2012
      Master’s Degree Financial Economics- Asset Pricing M.Sc.

      Areas of education: Empirical Analysis of Financial Markets, Fixed Income Management, Risk Management, Financial Markets and BankingMaster thesis: Testing the Predictability of Asset Returns with Constant and Variable Volatility

    • Charles University in Prague

      2005 - 2008
      Bc. Economics Bachelor

      Areas of education: Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, History of Economic Thoughts, Institutional Economics, Economic Policy, Public Finance, International Trade, Accounting

    • Charles University in Prague

      2008 - 2011
      Master’s Degree Financial Economics, Banking Mgr.

      Activities and Societies: 2008 – 2009 Joint Master´s Programme in Economics at CERGE-EI in Prague Areas of education: Banking, Corporate Finance, Financial Markets Instruments, Financial Management, Portfolio Analysis, International Finance, advanced Econometrics, Microeconomics, and MacroeconomicsMaster thesis: Optimal Investment Portfolio with Respect to the Term Structure of the Risk-Return Tradeoff

    • Maastricht University School of Business and Economics

      2009 - 2010
      Erasmus Finance and Econometrics

      Areas of education: Stochastic Processes, ECB and Monetary Policy, Corporate Finance, Institutional

  • Experience

    • EEIP, a.s.

      Sept 2011 - Jan 2017
      Financial Analyst

      EEIP is a Czech consulting company providing services in areas of mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and corporate finance. Furthermore it specializes on delivering financial/economic analyses for both public and corporate clients.Financial specialist- M&A, valuation, financial modeling- Restructuring- Investment analysesFinancial risk assessment- Leader of the project evaluating risk of financial institutions offering consumer credit- Credit assessment for corporate clientsManagement consulting- Process and personnel audits- Business analyses- Strategy- Analyses of market potentialMarket and sector analyses- Regulatory impact assessments- Macroeconomic analyses and policy recommendations- Competitiveness reports, export strategy- Methodologies for public sector- Data analyses Show less

    • Home Credit International

      May 2017 - Jul 2019
      Risk Analyst

      Country manager responsible for underwriting and antifraud in Home Credit Philippines and Home Credit Indonesia.Overviewed the portfolio of Home Credit Indonesia and Home Credit Philippines from Headquarter as country manager – approving new products, helping countries with fulfillment of common projects from headquarter, validation and approval of UW strategies.Successfully delivered multiple modeling projects to countries in the group (Indonesia, Philippines, Kazakhstan) in areas of credit scoring, early warning system for antifraud, process review and proposal of online UW strategies. Show less

    • Home Credit Indonesia

      Jul 2019 - Aug 2020
      Head of Online Underwriting

      - Risk costs of online products decreased 5 times and became less risky than traditional low risk offline channels during my lead of online underwriting department.- Implemented scoring models utilizing new internal and external data in multiple UW stages that enabled big improvements in predictability of models (Gini performance doubled) and savings in costs for external data (costs per contract decreased 3 - 5 times in all online products).- Built the team of online underwriting analysts that became independent experienced analysts at the end of my engagement with Home Credit Indonesia. Show less

    • Twisto

      Nov 2020 - Jun 2022
      Credit Risk Manager

      - Head of credit underwriting for the Czech Republic (underwriting, limit management)- Leading Data science team, risk process and the team of analysts responsible for risk analytics and reporting in all risk functions (credit risk, fraud, collections) of the group- Applied dynamic scoring that enabled better monetization of customer base by targeted limit increases, lead development of new scorecards that improved quality of underwriting- Building risk processes and underwriting workflows in new markets. Transfer of knowledge and best practices to local credit risk managers Show less

    • Terms.Tech

      Jul 2022 - now
      Risk Manager
    • AREA42

      Jul 2022 - now
      Head of Risk & Data
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • An entire MBA in 1 course

      Udemy: Online Courses
      Aug 2020
    • Basic Managerial Certification

      SPPI
      Nov 2019
    • Commercial Credit Analysis

      Udemy
      Jul 2020
    • Productivity & Time Management

      Udemy
      Aug 2020
    • SAS Miner training

      SAS
      Jan 2017
    • Python training

      ICT Pro s.r.o.
      Jan 2018