Head of Corporate Development & Strategy

Overview

Reliance Financial is a privately held, growth-focused originator of small-business financing products. We provide financing up to $15,000,000 for closely held companies, venture-backed startups, publicly traded corporations, and private equity portfolio companies. Backed by family office capital and a strategic partnership with an institutional specialty finance firm, we are scaling rapidly and launching new business lines globally.

This role will lead corporate development, strategic initiatives, and operational scaling efforts, as a part of the executive team to drive the company’s next phase of growth.

This role will be a hybrid with some in office time required at our new Toms River New Jersey office.

• Identify, evaluate, and execute acquisitions of funding platforms and related businesses
• Support global expansion initiatives (Canada currently in progress; additional markets to follow)
• Develop and execute strategic partnerships and new distribution channels

• Lead strategic hiring initiatives across underwriting, portfolio management, and originations
• Design organizational structure to support scale and new product lines
• Partner with leadership to recruit and onboard high-impact talent

• Analyze and improve performance across origination, underwriting, servicing, and capital markets
• Drive process improvements, automation, and systems implementation
• Build scalable infrastructure to support increased deal volume and new verticals

• Origination — deal sourcing strategy, partnerships, channel development
• Underwriting — credit policy, risk frameworks, approval processes
• Operations — workflow optimization, systems, automation
• Servicing — portfolio monitoring, collections strategy, treasury
• Capital Markets — new capital sources, structured financing, investor relationships
• New Business Lines — incubation and launch of affiliated financial products and services

• Lead high-impact, cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution
• Evaluate new markets, products, and business lines with full financial analysis
• Build and optimize internal systems across origination, underwriting, and servicing
• Partner with senior leadership to define and implement company-wide strategy
• Drive revenue growth through new channels, partnerships, and product expansion

• 5–7 years of experience in private credit, specialty finance, fintech, consulting, or structured finance
• Strong financial modeling, analytical, and strategic thinking capabilities
• Experience evaluating businesses, markets, or investment opportunities
• Proven ability to manage complex, cross-functional projects
• Highly entrepreneurial with a strong bias toward execution
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment