Associate of Competitive Strategy, SoFi
$76.8-144k
+ Bonus
Mobile & online personal finance services
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Mobile & online personal finance services
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$76.8-144k
+ Bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help people reach financial independence to realize their ambitions.
Role
Who you are
- To be successful in this role, you will draw from your creative thinking, problem solving and financial skills as well as your attention to detail and high degree of ownership
- 2+ years of work experience in a top-tier consulting firm, investment bank, sell-side research firm, buy-side investment management research firm, or high growth business in an analytical capacity
- Familiarity with financial services and/or consumer technology companies in private and/or public sector
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to distill information into clear takeaways
- An ability to build strong cross functional relationships and to work collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders
- Inquisitive nature, strong attention to detail and a positive, problem-solving attitude
- Strong analytical, organizational skills and project management skills
- Deep expertise in Microsoft Office and Google Suite
- Ability and willingness to work on periodic time-sensitive projects that may require attention outside of typical business hours
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or other relevant field
What the job involves
- The Competitive Strategy Team provides Executive Management with strategic insights to advance SoFi’s strategy of being the one-stop shop for financial services and its mission of helping members get their money right
- As an Associate on the Competitive Strategy team, you will monitor the competitive and macroeconomic landscapes, and you will develop thoughtful analysis to present to leaders from across the business
- This position will put you at the heart of the company, working on high priority efforts, identifying opportunities to advance the business and solve challenges that arise
- You will develop an expert understanding of the financial services and technology industries and build a strong network across the company
- Monitor and analyze industry, competitor and macroeconomic trends and advancements
- Become an expert on SoFi’s business model and product offerings
- Develop thoughtful analysis and recommendations for management
- Calculate and analyze market sizing to influence the company’s strategy
- Work closely with Investor Relations on the company’s communications strategy
- Help prepare materials for both internal and external presentations
- Provide quarterly coverage of competitor earnings, conferences, and news
Our take
SoFi started by offering ways for students to secure better financial terms on their loans, and now offers a huge range of personal finance products, including bank accounts, loans, mortgages, investment advice, and investment opportunities. Many customers find they have to go to multiple financial service providers to meet all their finance needs, but SoFi overcomes this issue by putting it all in one place.
Its goal, to cover all the financial bases, sets them apart from many of the traditional banks and even some of their digital competitors, such as Avant, which has chosen to focus on providing credit alternatives. Although it is operating in a competitive market with a lot of big players such as Monzo, Revolut, and Starling, the company has managed to raise huge amounts of funding to support its rapid expansion.
SoFi has focussed on global expansion, moving outside the US, and has made a series of acquisitions to support this - including a Hong Kong-based investment app called 8 Securities. After going public on the New York Stock Exchange via a SPAC merger in June 2021, the company has continued to evolve and release more mission-oriented services into its roster, and strengthened its lending capabilities through a $350 million post-IPO loan. To date, the company has sold over $15 billion in personal loan collateral and continues to strengthen its offering.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jan 2021
$369.9m
LATE VC
May 2019
$500m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $2.7bn
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health, vision, dental, life insurance, and disability benefits
- Generous vacation and holidays
- Paid parental leave for eligible employees
- 401(k) and education on retirement planning
- Tuition reimbursement on approved programs, up to $5,250 per year
- Monthly contribution up to $200 to help you pay off your student loans
- Great health & well-being benefits including: telehealth parental support, subsidized gym program
- Flexible time off
- Fertility and family planning options
- Free financial classes
Company values
- Put our member's interests first – if we take care of our members' interests, it will best serve our interests.
- Run after problems – we must build a culture of people who run after problems in order to ensure we execute with excellence and “things” do not fall through the cracks.
- Embrace diversity, everyone should feel welcome, included and able to contribute – diversity is a differentiator and our team should reflect society. We should continue to encourage and celebrate diversity.
- Get to the truth and make principle-based decisions – we can only make the best decisions if we have the right data, all of the perspectives, and if we align on the guiding principles.
- Make your footprint bigger than your foot – selfless acts are critical to elevate beyond the impact of our collective individual efforts.
- Do the right thing, if you're not sure, do the harder thing – our business is built on trust and integrity, which requires both adhering to the letter of the law and regulations and doing the right thing for the company and our members..
- Set ambitious goals, be gritty, be accountable - we must hold ourselves and others accountable for delivering our business objectives, for our culture, and for our member.
- Take care of other people and help them grow - our people are our greatest differentiator, if we take care of our people, they will take care of our members.
- Iterate, learn, innovate - we are all responsible for innovation and we must embrace data-driven decisions.
- Be SoFi missionaries - our products, our services, our brand, and our business must be durable over the long term to achieve our mission—be a missionary.
- Don’t forget to smile - our ambition is contagious: it makes us smile to see people inside and outside of SoFi succeed.
Company HQ
The East Cut, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Anthony Noto
(CEO)Graduated from the U.S. Military Academy after being a telecommunications officer and captain in the U.S. Army. Has worked as Head of Gobal Telecommunications, Media and Technology at Goldman Sachs, been the COO of Twitter, and also the CFO of the National Football League.
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