SmartBiz Loans
San Francisco
51-200 employees
We’re on a mission to equip every entrepreneur with reliable access to smart capital.
Director, Strategic Analytics
Director, Strategic Analytics
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2021 Top Small Business Lending Platform Award by LendIt Fintech
Overview
SmartBiz is on a mission to transform small business lending.
SmartBiz is the leading AI-powered small business financing platform equipping entrepreneurs with access to the right capital at the right time. To date, we’ve connected borrowers with more than $9 billion in funding while increasing efficiency for our network of banks and trusted lending partners. More than 230,000 entrepreneurs have utilized our platform to access the funding they need to grow, with 60% of loans made to minority, women, or veteran-owned businesses.
Director, Strategic Analytics
The Strategic Analytics team delivers key business insights and analysis related to strategic, operational, and financial performance across the Company. In this newly created, high profile role, you will manage, coach, and develop a team of five analysts. You will have significant visibility throughout the company, and will be reporting into the Chief of Staff, who reports directly into the CEO.
You will be responsible for managing ongoing reporting and analysis of customer, partner, and internal operational data, monitoring business performance, understanding trends, identifying operational efficiencies and business opportunities, and ensuring we use data proactively to inform and drive our decision-making.
You are an exceptional leader and communicator who builds strong relationships. Success in this role requires combining strong business acumen with analytics know-how. You will define metrics, measure performance, investigate behavior, diagnose root causes, develop dashboards/reports, conduct in-depth analysis, and present the story, insights, and recommendations at the executive level.
You should be both hands-on with the details and excited about seeing the big picture. Success in this role will ultimately be measured by business impact and the positive development of your Strategic Analytics team.
How You Will Make An Impact:
- Proactively identify and surface opportunities to increase efficiency and improve operations. Example areas of project focus are: lead generation, funnel conversion, sales processes, customers success, capacity planning, product offering
- Define metrics that are independent, holistic, accurate, encourage the right behaviors, and are aligned with company strategy and objectives
- Coordinate with a variety of areas across the company, such as Operations, Product Management, Data Science, FP&A, IT, and various other team leaders
- Interface with executive stakeholders to prioritize and present work and to meet expectations for timelines, accuracy, quality, and overall business impact
- Manage, coach, and develop a team of five analysts focused on functional areas throughout the organization
What We Are Looking For:
- 5+ years of experience in business intelligence, data analysis, analytics, or a similar strategic business function
- 3+ years of management experience
- Prior experience in FinTech / financial services / management consulting
- Both a strong background in technical fields (math, science, finance, engineering, or statistics) and natural business acumen
- Advanced degrees and/or MBA are a plus
- Experience with BI tools (Mode, Tableau, PowerBI, etc.)
- Excel mastery, expert in SQL, experience with R, Python, SAS, or MATLAB
- Exemplary presentation skills with PowerPoint / Google Slides
- Ability to explain complex issues simply and intuitively, and willingness to challenge assumptions, communicate limitations, and flag blind spots
- You must be a world-class individual contributor as well as manager; you will not be here just to tell other people what to do
Opportunities & Benefits We Will Provide:
- Clear path to an IPO and an opportunity to help us through the journey to becoming a public company
- Opportunity to help redefine small business banking
- Competitive salary and equity in a fast-growing start-up
- 100% paid medical, dental, and vision benefits for you and your dependents
- 100% paid life and disability insurance
- 401k plan
- Work from anywhere in the United States; we're a fully distributed company, and we provide the tools, culture, and support to make your work setup work for you
More About SmartBiz:
- 60% + of the loans funded by our banks are for women-owned, minority, or veteran businesses
- American Banker's Best Places to Work in Financial Technology in 2017, 2020, and 2021
- TechBullion named SmartBiz as one of the 5 Best Fintech Companies to Work For in 2019
- #313 on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. in 2018
- Named one of the Best Places to Work and one of the Bay Area’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies by the San Francisco Business Times
- A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau and rated "excellent" by review websites TrustPilot, Consumer Affairs, and Google
The company has raised $47 million in venture funding. Investors include Venrock, Investor Growth Capital, and First Round Capital.
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SmartBiz Loans is an Equal Opportunity employer and proud to provide equal employment opportunity to all job seekers without regard to any status protected by applicable law.
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