Strategy & Operations Associate, Enova
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3+ days a week in office
AI-driven financial credit provider
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AI-driven financial credit provider
1001+ employees
Open for applications
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
Enova's mission is to help hardworking businesses and individuals get access to fast, trustworthy credit through its AI-driven credit solutions.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or Finance. Our S&O team comes from a variety of backgrounds but are successful because of their ability to problem solve and think analytically
- 4-7 years of tangible work experience dealing with process improvement, management consulting or data analytics
- Demonstrate strong analytical thinking through excellent written and oral communication skills
- Skilled in negotiating, influencing others, analytical thinking, leading others, and executing and implementing projects
What the job involves
- As a Strategy & Operations Associate, you will directly support one of Enova’s core P&Ls and tackle projects that ensure Enova is operating at peak performance, and continuously improving so our customers can have the best possible experience
- Rojects can range from short-term immediate impact projects, like automating a business process, to long term strategic initiatives, such as a new product launch
- The best part? Our team is big enough to have the resources to successfully scale the business, but small enough that a single associate has the autonomy to make a meaningful impact
- That means you can make your mark
- Manage initiatives that focus on driving new projects, processes improvements and customer experience enhancements
- Anticipate bottlenecks, provide management escalation, prioritize and execute projects, balance business needs vs. technical constraints, ensure quality, and drive bottom line results
- Own end to end projects from initial recommendation through implementation/execution and assurance of successful business impact
- Build and cultivate relationships with cross-functional teams within the organization
- Evaluate vendor proposals, negotiate with external partners and collaborate with internal tech development teams to ensure that projects meet business requirements
- Run ad hoc projects that are often data intensive and require comfort with numbers to make decisions
Our take
Providing customers with quick access to credit is important for fintech companies to survive in today's financial landscape of open banking, but this is made difficult by high credit rejection rates from banks. However, these decisions are generally made by human assessments of data which are limited due to the complexity of the modern financial landscape. AI-driven solutions, able to analyse vast amounts of data almost instantly to derive accurate credit risk assessments, present room for improvement in the lending industry.
Enova provides a platform called Colossus that leverages AI and machine learning-enabled analytics to provide businesses and individuals with fast, reliable, and trustworthy credit. The company achieves this by partnering with banks and sharing its data analysis solutions, helping to identify opportunities for credit when they would otherwise be missed. There is definitely a market for its product: over 8 million customers have funded almost $50 billion through the platform to date.
Enova has grown strongly in recent years based on the rapid uptake of its product. As the macroeconomic climate remains volatile, businesses will increasingly come to rely on Enova's AI-based solutions to help them manage credit risk and navigate an increasingly complex lending environment.
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Company benefits
- Hybrid roles entail working in-office from Tuesday to Thursday, with the choice to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays
- Health, dental, and vision insurance including mental health benefits
- 401(k) matching plus a roth option (U.S. Based employees only)
- PTO & paid holidays off
- Sabbatical program (for eligible roles)
- Summer hours (for eligible roles)
- Paid parental leave
- DEI groups (B.L.A.C.K. @ Enova, HOLA @ Enova, Women @ Enova, Pride @ Enova, South Asians @ Enova, APEX @ Enova, and Parents @ Enova)
- Employee recognition and rewards program
- Charitable matching and a paid volunteer day…Plus so much more!
Company values
- Customer first: We listen to our customers’ needs and create products that solve real problems. We deliver beyond expectations, treating our customers the way we want to be treated
- Best answer wins: We believe innovative ideas and solutions can come from anywhere. That’s why we make sure the best answer wins — no matter who it’s coming from.
- Operate as an Owner: The entrepreneurial spirit runs strong at Enova. We encourage team members to think big and move fast and use resources like they’re their own
- Accountable for Results: We’re a data-driven company, and we use that data to add value and create results. We set our expectations high and do what we say we are going to do
- Top Talent and Teamwork: Enova is a place for the best and brightest, from all walks of life and parts of the world. We work in small, focused teams that encourage diversity of thought
Company HQ
Chicago Loop, Chicago, IL
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Leadership
David Fisher
(CEO, not founder)Before joining Enova as CEO, they were the CEO of optionsXpress and CFO at Potbelly Sandwich Works, Prism Financial and RBC Mortgage.
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