Strategy & Operations Analyst

Title: Strategy & Operations Analyst

Function: Consumer Lending, Originations

Reports to: Head of Growth

Level: Associate / Analyst

Location: Addison, TX (4 days/week in-office)

Please note:

This position is open to candidates within commuting distance to the DFW metro area only. Applicants must reside in Texas and be authorized to work in the United States. Applications from candidates outside of Texas will not be considered at this time. While we appreciate interest from all applicants, Braviant Holdings is unable to sponsor visas at this time.

Founded in 2015 and based in Chicago, IL, privately held Braviant Holdings, LLC is a leading provider of tech-enabled consumer credit products that combine breakthrough technology and cutting-edge machine learning to transform how people access credit online. Our next-generation approach to lending reduces credit barriers and creates a Path to Prime helping millions of underbanked consumers build credit history, reduce their cost of borrowing, and take control of their personal finances.

Braviant has been named multiple times to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies and has been recognized as a Best Place to Work.

We are a lean team of approximately 40 people who move fast and hold ourselves accountable for real outcomes. Everyone here rolls up their sleeves — including this role.

We’re looking for a sharp, execution-oriented strategist to join our Growth team and help drive performance across consumer lending originations. This is a high-impact individual contributor role sitting at the intersection of strategy and operations – you’ll own the analysis, shape the roadmap, and roll up your sleeves to make things happen.

You’ll work directly with the Head of Growth and partner closely with Marketing, Engineering, and Credit/Risk to identify growth opportunities, optimize acquisition channels, and build the operational infrastructure that lets our originations scale. If you thrive in a lean environment where you write the playbook as you go, this role is for you.

• Execute on the originations roadmap across direct mail, digital, and partner/affiliate channels – tracking progress, flagging blockers, and keeping initiatives moving

• Build business cases to support channel expansion & testing

• Define and track OKRs/KPIs for originations performance; surface actionable insights on a regular cadence

• Own funnel and conversion reporting end-to-end – build, maintain, and improve dashboards that drive daily decision-making

• Identify operational bottlenecks across the origination funnel and design scalable process improvements

• Create and maintain process documentation and SOPs that help the team move faster and more consistently

• Translate analytical findings into clear recommendations and communicate them effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Translate business needs and originations priorities into clear, structured requirements for the engineering team – write requirements, define acceptance criteria, and document workflows to ensure engineering builds the right things in the right order

• Own UAT (user acceptance testing) for originations-related releases – validating that what ships matches what was requested, support launch planning and go-to-market execution for initiatives

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or Finance.

• 2-4 years of experience in strategy, operations, management consulting, investment banking, or a high-growth fintech/startup environment

• Background in financial services, consumer lending, or a closely adjacent industry preferred

• Demonstrated track record of owning cross-functional projects from analysis through execution

• Experience translating business problems into functional requirements, user stories, or product specs for an engineering or development team

• Strong SQL skills – you’re comfortable writing queries to answer your own questions without waiting on a data team

• Experience with BI tools (Looker, Tableau, or equivalent); able to build and maintain dashboards…