Forward Financing

Risk

• Conduct and manage third-party risk assessments, including initial due diligence and ongoing vendor monitoring
• Collaborate with internal teams to create and maintain security policies, standards, and procedures
• Assist with risk analysis to identify, evaluate, and track organizational risks
• Support the annual SOC2 audit by gathering evidence, coordinating with stakeholders, and tracking findings
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of the GRC program aligned with business objectives
• Promote security and risk awareness through communication and collaboration
• Use artificial intelligence and machine learning tools to automate routine tasks, identify patterns, and improve GRC efficiency
• Conduct internal audits of systems and processes
• Address ambiguous or unfamiliar problems and develop skills to solve them

GRC Analyst

• Conduct and manage third-party risk assessments, including initial due diligence and ongoing vendor monitoring
• Collaborate with internal teams to create and maintain security policies, standards, and procedures
• Assist with risk analysis to identify, evaluate, and track organizational risks
• Support the annual SOC2 audit by gathering evidence, coordinating with stakeholders, and tracking findings
• Contribute to developing and maintaining the GRC program in alignment with business objectives
• Promote security and risk awareness through clear communication and collaboration
• Use artificial intelligence and machine learning tools to automate routine tasks, identify patterns, and improve GRC process efficiency
• Conduct internal audits of systems and processes
• Address ambiguous or unfamiliar problems, ask clarifying questions, and develop skills to solve them

Data Scientist

• Set the technical vision for data science at Forward Financing
• Drive the highest-impact and most ambiguous data science initiatives from concept to production
• Shape the multi-year data science roadmap
• Define how models are built and deployed across the organization
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to senior leadership
• Lead design, development, and deployment of complex, high-stakes statistical and machine learning models
• Lead end-to-end delivery from problem framing and model design through deployment, monitoring, and iteration
• Lead technical strategy and architecture for the modeling ecosystem, including credit risk, pricing, and loss forecasting
• Partner with Portfolio Strategy, Engineering, Product, Underwriting, Sales, and Collections to identify opportunities and influence business strategy
• Define and enforce standards for model development, validation, code quality, and documentation
• Make organization-wide technical design decisions
• Mentor data scientists at all levels, including senior and lead team members
• Communicate technical concepts, tradeoffs, and business implications to executives and non-technical stakeholders
• Represent data science in strategic planning
• Architect and evolve production machine learning pipelines and monitoring frameworks

Principal Data Scientist

• Set the technical vision for data science at Forward Financing
• Shape the multi-year data science roadmap
• Lead design, development, and deployment of complex, high-stakes statistical and machine learning models
• Drive flagship data science initiatives from problem framing and model design through deployment, monitoring, and iteration
• Lead technical strategy and architecture for the modeling ecosystem, including credit risk, pricing, and loss forecasting
• Partner with senior leaders across Portfolio Strategy, Engineering, Product, Underwriting, Sales, and Collections
• Identify high-value opportunities and influence business strategy with data
• Define and enforce organization-wide standards for model development, validation, code quality, and documentation
• Serve as technical authority on design decisions
• Mentor data scientists at all levels, including senior and lead team members
• Communicate technical concepts, tradeoffs, and business implications to executives and non-technical stakeholders
• Represent data science in strategic planning
• Architect and evolve production machine learning pipelines and monitoring frameworks
• Ensure models are reliable, scalable, and continuously improving

Operations

• Oversee business support operations
• Monitor and manage business operations support teams to ensure timely, high-quality services
• Report to the Senior Closing Manager
• Collaborate with leaders from Operations, Quality and Continuous Improvement
• Interact with team members across Sales, Underwriting, and Compliance
• Manage production capacity and performance of local operations while ensuring high quality
• Promote a culture focused on SLAs and operational excellence
• Manage relationships across organizational areas
• Guide and coach team members
• Plan and track production goals and staffing plans
• Identify and implement operational efficiencies
• Refine and improve KPIs to measure and drive performance
• Develop, support, and promote a healthy and safe work environment
• Serve as a strong brand ambassador for the company culture

Operations Manager – Closing

Total Rewards

• Design a comprehensive 3-year global benefits strategy with differentiated offerings across leadership tiers
• Research and deploy market-data-driven localized compensation bands
• Evaluate Long-Term Incentive Plan enhancements and program options for high-performing individuals
• Partner with Finance to maximize incentive program ROI
• Overhaul compensation structures to align with changing managerial and individual contributor structures
• Update job leveling, incentive compensation frameworks, and compensation growth programs
• Serve as principal compensation advisor to leadership, HRBPs, and Talent Acquisition
• Leverage advanced market insights and internal equity modeling
• Lead annual compensation cycles, including merit, bonuses, and equity refreshes
• Optimize workflows within the compensation technology stack, including Rippling, CandorIQ, Pave, and Payscale

GRC Analyst

GRC Analyst

Principal Data Scientist

Principal Data Scientist

Operations Manager – Closing

Lead Analyst, Total Rewards