Brex Inc

Underwriting Senior Analyst

Brex Inc$74K — $92K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a related field
  • 1+ years of experience in underwriting, credit risk, or financial analysis
  • Proficiency with Google Sheets, Excel, and BI tools for data analysis
  • Understanding of GAAP/IFRS standards and bank/financial statement analysis
  • Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Experience working cross-functionally with diverse teams

Responsibilities

  • Assess credit quality for business credit card customers
  • Review bank and financial statements to underwrite customers
  • Handle intermediate-level underwriting escalations
  • Identify and recommend improvements to underwriting processes
  • Track and communicate key underwriting metrics to stakeholders
  • Build relationships with teams across Risk, Sales, Engineering, and Product
  • Serve as a subject matter expert in underwriting processes

Benefits

  • Hybrid work environment with a minimum of three office days per week
  • Up to four weeks of fully remote work per year
  • Opportunity for mentoring and collaboration within the team
  • Potential for growth and learning through cross-functional projects
  • Engagement with diverse teams in a dynamic industry environment
Full Job Description
What you'll do

As an Underwriting Senior Analyst, your goal is to ensure our underwriting processes run smoothly and efficiently for our cards products. You'll exercise judgment within established underwriting frameworks to resolve moderately complex cases involving multiple contributing factors. This is a role that requires strong communication, time management, and teamwork. You will implement solutions to uplift processes and engage cross-functionally with our Sales, Customer Experience, Engineering and Product teams to contribute to meeting organizational goals.

Where you'll work

This role will be based in our New York City office. We are a hybrid environment that combines the energy and connections of being in the office with the benefits and flexibility of working from home. We currently require a minimum of three coordinated days in the office per week, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. As a perk, we also have up to four weeks per year of fully remote work!

Responsibilities
  • Assess the credit quality in terms of our business credit card customers' ability to repay
  • Review bank statements and financial statements to underwrite Brex customers
  • Handle intermediate-level underwriting escalations requiring deeper investigation into applicant financials or edge-case scenarios
  • Review existing underwriting processes and proactively identify and recommend improvements that align underwriting outcomes with broader organizational goals
  • Track and communicate key underwriting metrics (e.g., approval rates, turnaround time, loss rates) to stakeholders in a clear and meaningful way
  • Build and maintain relationships with key partners across Risk, Sales, Engineering, and Product to drive underwriting initiatives forward
  • Serve as a subject matter expert within your area of underwriting, executing with high precision and actively helping to up-level those around you
  • Contribute to the ongoing learning and success of your team and the company by sharing knowledge through mentorship, collaboration, and aiding in documentation

Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics or related field
  • 1+ years of experience in underwriting, credit risk, financial analysis, or a related field
  • Passionate about credit and underwriting decisions on commercial exposures for small to large businesses
  • Understanding of GAAP/IFRS accounting standards and bank/financial statement analysis
  • Familiarity with quantitative credit risk models, probability of default and loss given default concepts
  • Proficiency with Google Sheets, Excel, and Hex (or similar BI tools) for data extraction and analysis
  • Deep familiarity with underwriting/credit tooling used to investigate and resolve escalations
  • Strong analytical rigor and attention to detail
  • Customer centric and passionate about thinking through customer needs and working with them while balancing risk exposures
  • Experience working cross-functionally with teams such as Sales, Customer Experience, Engineering, or Product, with strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to communicate technical problems in an elegant and tactful way

Bonus Points
  • Familiarity with banking regulations and global markets
  • FinTech, Big 4, Accounting or other financial experience preferred

Compensation

The expected salary range for this role is $74,128 - $92,660 USD. However, the starting base pay will depend on a number of factors including the candidate's location, skills, experience, market demands, and internal pay parity. Depending on the position offered, equity and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package.

About Brex Inc

Brex is a financial services company that offers credit cards and cash management accounts to technology companies. Brex was founded in 2017 by Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Brex offers a credit card designed specifically for startups, which does not require a personal guarantee or deposit. The company also offers a cash management account that allows businesses to manage their finances in one place. Brex has raised over $300 million in funding from investors including Y Combinator, Peter Thiel, and Max Levchin.
Learn more about Brex Inc
Size
500 employees
Industry
Founded
2017

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