Lead Analyst, Business Operations & Strategy
The Lead Analyst, Business Operations & Strategy at Figure is a pivotal role that bridges strategic planning and operational execution within the company's Lending and Digital Assets divisions. Figure is a blockchain-native capital marketplace specializing in the origination, funding, sale, and trading of tokenized assets, with over $30 billion in loans originated to date. The company is recognized for its innovative approach to real-world asset tokenization and has received triple-A ratings from S&P and Moody’s on multiple loan securitizations.
In this role, the Lead Analyst will be responsible for supporting business planning and execution across the entire company, including quarterly planning, goal-setting, and ongoing performance tracking against goals. They will lead executive reporting (weekly, monthly, quarterly), ensuring leadership has a clear, consistent view of volume, pipeline health, economics, and key operating metrics. Additionally, the Lead Analyst will drive critical components of budgeting and forecasting, partnering with Finance to translate strategy into forward-looking plans and identify risks and opportunities early. They will create high-impact analyses on complex, ambiguous questions, framing problems, synthesizing data, and delivering clear recommendations to senior leadership. The role also involves serving as a connective layer across Finance, GTM, Product, Capital Markets, and Data, aligning stakeholders and ensuring decisions are grounded in shared facts. Furthermore, the Lead Analyst will refine frameworks and operating tools (dashboards, scorecards, planning templates) that improve visibility, accountability, and decision velocity, and scale the operating model as the business grows, identifying gaps, simplifying processes, and helping leadership stay focused on what matters most.
Candidates should possess a BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience, with at least 3 years of experience in investment banking, management consulting, strategy, or business operations at a high-growth company; investment banking experience is highly preferred. Strong analytical skills with the ability to move quickly from data to insight to recommendation, including the ability to build and refine models, are essential. Proven ability to work cross-functionally and influence without authority, including with senior stakeholders, is required. Excellent organizational and project management skills, with the ability to own multiple high-stakes workstreams in parallel, are necessary. High judgment, intellectual curiosity, and comfort operating in a fast-moving, constantly evolving environment are important. Experience supporting or partnering with sales, GTM, or revenue teams is beneficial. An interest in digital assets, capital markets, and/or DeFi is a plus.
The compensation package includes a base salary ranging from $118,800 to $178,200 per year, a 25% annual bonus target paid quarterly, and company equity in the form of RSUs. This role offers a unique opportunity to operate at the intersection of fintech and blockchain, providing exposure to both a scaled lending platform and a rapidly evolving digital assets business.
Figure is recognized as one of Forbes’ Top 50 Fintech Companies and CNBC’s World’s Top Fintech Companies. The company offers a dynamic and innovative work environment, with opportunities for growth and development in the rapidly evolving fintech and blockchain sectors.