Analyst, Decision Engine (Portfolio Strategy)

Forward Financing is a financial technology company focused on providing capital to small businesses. The Analyst will support the optimization and integration of the decision engine into process flows, assisting with risk assessment and offer drafting. The role involves implementing and testing workflows, validating data integrity, documenting requirements, and collaborating with Pricing, Risk, and Engineering teams.

Responsibilities:

• Own the implementation of new process flows, rule changes, and logic updates within the third-party decision engine (e.g., Taktile)
• Execute testing for new decisioning parameters and A/B tests to ensure accuracy before full deployment
• Running historical what-if simulations using historical observations in the decision engine
• Validate data flows between third-party vendors and internal core applications, ensuring stability and accuracy
• Collaborate with business stakeholders (Pricing, Risk, etc.) to document requirements for process improvements
• Help maintain documentation for business processes related to decision logic, A/B testing specifications, etc
• Work closely with the technology and engineering teams to ensure that decision engine process flows are compatible with the Company’s core apps

Requirements:

• Experience in an analytical and product support function, preferably in FinTech, lending, or a high-growth financial services environment
• Direct experience working with and optimizing a decision engine (e.g., Taktile, FICO Blaze, Provenir, Lendflow, GDS Link or similar complex rules/scoring engines) is required
• Strong proficiency in SQL, Python and Excel is required
• Familiarity with lending lifecycles (MCA, SMB, or Credit) or logic/rules engines is preferred but not required
• A proven ability to troubleshoot complex data issues and a willingness to learn technical systems
• Coachable, detail-oriented, and ready to engage in a high-growth environment
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field