Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Earnest empowers ambitious professionals to make confident financial decisions and build the life they envision. The Senior Business Operations Manager will drive cross-functional alignment and execution across lending business units while conducting analytical deep dives to guide executive decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Drive cross-functional alignment and execution across our lending business units, serving as the core connective tissue between business leaders and Product, Marketing, Risk, Finance, and Data Analytics
- Conduct high-leverage analytical deep dives and advanced financial modeling to identify performance drivers, run scenario analyses, and guide executive decision-making
- Own and maintain the quality of critical corporate operating cadences, including weekly business reviews, monthly business reviews, and board material preparation
- Coordinate annual corporate and strategic planning processes, managing cross-functional timelines, inputs, and deliverables
- Act as a versatile internal consultant, shifting smoothly across portfolio management, deep analytics, and operational tracking as organizational priorities scale
- Build a long-term foundation toward a general management track within Earnest’s lending business units
Skills
- Recent MBA graduate, or equivalent relevant professional experience in strategic finance, investment banking, corporate strategy, or financial services
- Exceptional financial modeling and analytical capabilities, with a proven ability to autonomously build scenarios and translate complex data sets into strategic recommendations
- A high-ownership self-starter who thrives when operating without a fixed lane and feels energized by fast-paced, ambiguous environments
- Outstanding relationship-building and communication skills, with a track record of effectively influencing cross-functional teams and executive stakeholders without direct authority
- Prior experience in fintech, consumer lending, or capital markets, with a solid grasp of asset-class mechanics or lending operations
- Direct experience supporting or interacting with corporate development, strategic finance, or asset liability management (ALM) teams
- Familiarity with structured business review frameworks (WBR/MBR) and hands-on exposure to business unit P&L management or forecasting
Benefits
- Health, Dental, & Vision benefits plus savings plans
- Mac computers + work-from-home stipend to set up your home office
- Monthly internet and phone reimbursement
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
- 401(k) plan to help you save for retirement plus a company match
- Robust tuition reimbursement program
- $1,000 travel perk on each Earnie-versary to anywhere in the world
- Competitive days of annual PTO
- Competitive parental leave
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