Vendor Management Analyst
Avant is a high growth financial technology company, dedicated to lowering the barriers of borrowing for all consumers. Since 2012, Avant has secured more than $4 billion in funding and connected customers to over $5 billion through 800,000 transactions and counting. Through big data and machine learning, Avant’s mission is to provide better access to responsible financial products. Avant has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, TechCrunch, Fortune, Bloomberg, and has raised over $600 million of equity capital. Visit www.avant.com, for more information.
Job Description
This role is responsible for overseeing elements of operational vendor management across the vendor lifecycle. This role will serve as a central point person between various Operations Functional Owners, Legal, Compliance, InfoSec and other cross-functional teams to centrally carry out the tactical activities required for proper vendor oversight.
What you do at Avant:
- In the event Avant wishes to explore a new vendor relationship, assist the Functional Owner in drafting RFPs, consolidating responses, following up with prospective partners, and assisting with evaluation exercises
- For onboarding of new relationships, provide project management ownership to ensure all vendor onboarding requirements are fulfilled
- During the implementation of new relationships, own the coordination of all aspects of the setup including connectivity, user configurations, invoicing, reporting, governance, and various other elements of the relationship
- Identify opportunities in Avant’s internal vendor management processes and work to proactively address them in collaboration with leadership and cross-functional teams
- Build central repositories for operations vendor information and draft procedures related to vendor management where they may not already exist
- Provide central ownership over tactical elements of vendor maintenance for existing relationships including, but not limited to, the following:
- Track the timing of periodic audits and coordinate across teams to ensure completion
- Review invoicing for accuracy, coordinate approvals and submissions to finance, monitor consolidated vendor expenses, and archive all documentation
- Monitor contractual renewal dates and bring upcoming renewals to the attention of Functional Owners, assisting with any renegotiating exercises
- Oversee the user management process for any licensed products
- Maintain centralized quick reference documentation for Operations Vendors, including information around term, service summaries, pricing, primary POCs, and other key information
Why you are a fit for Avant:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills
- Excellent communication skills and a track record of being able to collaborate professionally and with influence across multiple internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to proactively and independently carry out the execution for complex projects in a fast paced environment
- Strong interpersonal, analytical, conflict resolution and problem-solving skills
- Entrepreneurial, self-driven, and strong desire to develop new skill sets
- Highly proficient with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word (or Google platform equivalents)
- Experience managing third party relationships
- Financial services or contact center experience
Why Avant is a fit for you:
At Avant, we believe our values make a difference:
We value, support, and help each other grow
We are committed to active inclusion and diversity
We are transparent and believe the best idea wins
We succeed when our customers succeed
We get sh!t done… responsibly
And we keep it fun!
We believe that ideas are more important than titles, everything is more fun together, everyone drives change, and everyone is an owner. While we believe the perks and benefits that we offer are terrific, nothing excites us more than having the ability to collaborate with intelligent, highly-motivated and talented people on challenging problems as we work to change the face of online lending.