IT Manager, Avant
Personal credit FinTech
Job no longer available
Personal credit FinTech
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To move financial lives forward.
Role
Who you are
- 6+ years of industry experience with a focus on Information Technology or Engineering
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline required
- 4+ years of people management experience
- Not afraid to roll up your sleeves and jump in to support the team
- ITIL Certification
- Experience with hybrid AD and AAD environment
- Must be able to support Mac and PC environments
- Experience with enterprise systems such as GWS, Intune, Jamf, Slack, AWS, Tanium, and other enterprise services
- Experience with writing and executing Powershell scripts
- Vendor Management experience, including building relationships and reviewing contracts
- Experience recruiting and developing talent
- Knowledge of of Agile best practices
- Ability to develop strong relationships with both your team as well as internal stakeholders
- Experience working in financial services or another highly regulated industry
What the job involves
- We are looking for a hands-on IT Manager to manage the day-to-day operations of our IT Administration group
- In this role, you will be responsible for supporting the strategic roadmap and drive execution on initiatives that will unlock value for the business
- You will work in close collaboration with a variety of business units including, but not limited to, our IT Help Desk, InfoSec, and Infrastructure teams
- Lead and manage a high performing team of systems engineers, providing guidance and support to ensure high-quality work and effective communication within the team and with other departments
- Synthesize proactive suggestions by incorporating feedback and ideas team that aligns to the high level goals
- Support and maintain system, software, hardware, and user connectivity
- Design, develop, and deploy policies and procedures to ensure adherence to security standards
- Identify inefficiencies, functional overlap, synergies and opportunities; implement solutions and close gaps
- Recruit, train, and coach employees.
- Provide technical leadership
- Identify and deliver on changes to the operating model with a focus on measuring outcomes
- Deliver a high quality, self-service output to the business
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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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Dec 2022
$125m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Sep 2015
$325m
SERIES E
Total funding: $779m
Company benefits
- Choice of great medical, dental, and vision insurance plan options
- 401(k) Match
- Unlimited paid time off
- Flexible work environment
- Generous paid parental leave
- Lunch allowance (Fooda) and in-office snacks
- WFH stipends for our remote employees
- Access to LinkedIn Learning for professional development
- No meeting wednesdays - (a.k.a. planned time to Get Sh!t Done)
- Summer fridays
- Fun in-office and virtual social events
- (And who doesn’t love the swag)
Company HQ
River North, Chicago, IL
Leadership
Al Goldstein
(Co-Founder, Chair & CEO)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.
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