If you read the below description and feel this position excites you, but your experience does not add up 100%, we encourage you to still apply and tell us why! We look forward to learning what makes you passionate and purposeful. 

Credit Operations Associate (Levelset Capital)

Levelset helps thousands of contractors secure billions in construction payments each month. Clunky document requirements and complex construction payment laws slows payment to 83 days on average. This locks up capital and causes cash pain for millions of contractors, 98% of which are SMBs that don’t always have access to traditional sources of capital. Levelset wants to break this cash crunch for small contractors by integrating capital products into our platform and finding new ways to extend credit using our unique data assets, backed by expertise in lien rights to secure payment.

About The Role:

The Credit Operations team is responsible for all money going out and coming in for Levelset Capital’s Materials Financing Product. The Credit Operations Associate will play a key role in underwriting and collections and helping our program scale. In this role, you will learn the keys to credit, underwriting, and collections. You will be responsible for organizing and managing the document flow from underwriting submission to funding. This person will work with Levelset Capital Sales and our customers to gather information and documents needed to make deals happen.

What You’ll Do: 

• Pull information from Levelset data and other research sources to develop a credit profile for an applicant and project.
• Assist with the completing of the Credit Approval Matrix for team review. 
• Prepare documents for customer signature and follow-up with the customer and suppliers to ensure information is accurate and all documents are signed correctly. 
• Call on customers for document and payment status.
• Assist with the collection of fees, finance charges and repayment of the invoices to insure our lien rights are protected. 

What You Bring 

• An understanding of the construction payment process, familiarity with Levelset a plus
• Experience in research as it relates to property, applicant information and project details. 
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills. Ability to communicate effectively with the team, customer and suppliers.
• Experience with property research
• Eagerness to grow with a department that offers unlimited potential for growth

About Levelset

Levelset has been named one of the "Best Places to Work" by New Orleans CityBusiness three years in a row for our mission-driven culture and commitment to internal and external growth. Backed by venture funding, we are growing rapidly and looking for new exciting team members to add their unique talents to our mission. We empower contractors to always get what they earn, and our software platform makes lien rights, payment paperwork, and compliance in the construction industry simple and stress-free, so contractors and suppliers can get paid faster, have easier access to capital, and less surprises.

Levelset is venture-backed by Horizons Ventures, S3 Ventures, Altos Ventures, and Brick & Mortar Ventures. Levelset is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, with offices in Austin, Texas, and Cairo, Egypt, and is 200+ employees strong. 
 

Why Levelset

• We’re a rapidly growing team working on interesting and worthwhile problems
• With a newly distributed workforce, we make engagement and employee wellness even more of a priority. We want you to love your job! 
• We believe professional growth (i.e. building your skills) is essential. Working here provides the opportunity for increased responsibility, continuous learning, and more.
• We have a very welcoming culture that starts at the top with our CEO.
• Nothing is a secret here, we think honesty and transparency create a productive workplace.
• Recognition for hard work and demonstrating our core values is important to us.

Benefits

• Competitive health benefits, including mental, emotional, and behavioral health benefits and an easy to use Employee Assistance Program.
• Flexible sick & personal leave policy needed for health, family, and parenting during this tough time.
• Open vacation policy without a cap on the number of days-off. We do require employees to take a minimum of 5 days off in a row each year. 
• Subsidized International Travel: We subsidize international travel starting at 6 months, and increasing each year
• Equity, per company’s general stock grant plan 
• 401k account through Betterment which allows you to seamlessly save money for retirement directly from your paycheck
• Learning and Development Opportunities: In the spirit of our core value to Learn Enough, we offer a book reimbursement program. If you share what you learned from a book with the team, we'll reimburse you for it. We also provide ample room for learning and development opportunities through Coursera online courses, outside speakers, and opportunities to learn skills from your colleagues.

Levelset is committed to providing an environment where any and all people feel welcome, respected, and free to be their authentic selves. We welcome applicants of all gender identities, sexual orientation, educational background, religion, ethnicities, veteran status, and citizenships.

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