SAS certificate for credit risk

[pamelahw]

Hi, I am a credit risk analyst in a bank and would like to get a SAS certificate to help on my analytical work. Which one should I start with?  

[Mark2010 · Accepted solution]

 Credit risk is all about modeling and prediction. While we don't have a credential with 'credit risk' in the title, there are a few options that you could pursue depending on your experience and goals.

If you anticipate working with dirty data that requires cleaning, manipulating, and transforming - a SAS programming credential makes sense. If you are going to do this a lot, then consider the Base Programming Specialist (A00-231 Exam). If only a little, then the Programming Associate (A00-215) is more appropriate. Many people start their SAS certification journey with a programming credential.

If rather, you want to focus more directly on the analytics/statistics, a good place to start is the Statistical Business Analyst (A00-240). Here you show a solid foundation in statistics + linear and logistic regression which form the backbone of modeling techniques.

From there, there are a couple options that really get into more advanced modeling techniques (Decision Trees, Neural Networks, ensemble models). From a traditional SAS 9.4 perspective, there is the Predictive Modeling using Enterprise Miner (A00-255) credential. For the SAS Viya perspective, there is the Machine Learning Specialist (A00-402)  credential.  

And for the truly ambitious, take a look at the AI & Machine Learning Professional program, a track to earn 4 credentials in advanced SAS data science techniques.

[Ksharp]

The most important model in credit risk field is Credit Score Card Model.

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