Senior Analyst, Avant

Cyber Threat Operations Center

Salary not provided
Mid and Senior level
Chicago
Avant

Personal credit FinTech

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Avant

Personal credit FinTech

501-1000 employees

FintechB2CPersonal financeLendingCredit cardsFinancial Services

Job no longer available

Salary not provided
Mid and Senior level
Chicago

501-1000 employees

FintechB2CPersonal financeLendingCredit cardsFinancial Services

Company mission

To empower every customer with innovative solutions designed to help them reach their goals.

Company mission

To empower every customer with innovative solutions designed to help them reach their goals.

Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

-3% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

Many Americans with below average credit scores are caught in a bind: they're unable to improve their score, and simultaneously cannot access traditional loans. Avant's alternative is to offer credit options that are powered by machine learning and based upon a large database that helps to manage risk.

For its users, the company offers a quick credit decision and speedy access to any allotted funds. It has issued over $8 billion in loans to date, and has also expanded its business through the acquisitions of ReadyForZero in 2015 and Zero Financial in 2021.

This expansion has enabled Avant to reach towards its goal of offering a whole suite of products in a single platform, such as loans, credit cards, and deposits. Although there are many FinTechs looking at ways to remove the barriers that people with low credit scores face when trying to take out loans, this expansion to banking products should help Avant to stand out.

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Benefits

  • WFH stipends for our remote employees
  • Fun in-office and virtual social events
  • Summer fridays
  • Lunch allowance (Fooda) and in-office snacks
  • Generous paid parental leave
  • Access to LinkedIn Learning for professional development
  • Choice of great medical, dental, and vision insurance plan options
  • 401(k) Match
  • Unlimited paid time off
  • Flexible work environment
  • (And who doesn’t love the swag)
  • No meeting wednesdays - (a.k.a. planned time to Get Sh!t Done)

Company values

  • Authenticity. We show up to work as our whole selves and make sure others can too
  • Collaboration. We can only succeed when we do so as a team
  • Problem-Solving. The harder the problem, the more satisfying the solution
  • Customer. We are all owners of the customer experience
  • Initiative. Plan. Adapt. Get Sh!t Done

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Dec 2022

$125m

GROWTH EQUITY VC

Sep 2015

$325m

SERIES E

Total funding: $779m

This company has top investors

Leadership

Al Goldstein

(Co-Founder & Executive Chair)

They worked for a year at Deutsche Bank before founding Pangea Properties in 2008, and Avant in 2013. They have been Chair since, alongside founding Amount, Spring Labs, and StoicLane.

Paul Zhang

(Co-Founder & CIO)

Having studied at the University of Illinois, they spent a year as a Software Engineer at CashNetUSA and Enova Financial. They founded Debteye in 2011, before starting Avant in 2013, serving first as CTO then Chief Architect, CTO again and finally CIO.

Has been with the business since 2013, working in a range of positions including Head of US Servicing, Head of Operations and COO - before becoming CEO in 2021. Previously spend a decade at Superfund Asset Management.

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