Come Grow with Us
Finance… banking… weighty stuff, right? But serious finance doesn’t have to be solemn and staid. If you’re ready for a fresh new approach and a dynamic entrepreneurial environment, Blue Bridge may be the place for you. Let’s stand out from the crowd.
Welcome to the Family
At Blue Bridge we’re serious about small business lending, but we also know the value of matching accomplishment with levity. We offer a casual work environment and treat each other like family. We’re a true team. We care about each other, our company and the small businesses we serve daily.
Ready to Make an Impact?
People join Blue Bridge because they want to accomplish something meaningful and concrete, and they want to make a difference in other people’s lives. The work we do matters. We’re in the business of strengthening the U.S. economy by helping to build small business. We offer something special. If you think you do, too, we want to talk to you.
Welcome to the Family
At Blue Bridge we’re serious about small business lending, but we also know the value of matching accomplishment with levity. We offer a casual work environment and treat each other like family. We’re a true team. We care about each other, our company and the small businesses we serve daily.
Ready to Make an Impact?
People join Blue Bridge because they want to accomplish something meaningful and concrete, and they want to make a difference in other people’s lives. The work we do matters. We’re in the business of strengthening the U.S. economy by helping to build small business. We offer something special. If you think you do, too, we want to talk to you.
Welcome to the Family
At Blue Bridge we’re serious about small business lending, but we also know the value of matching accomplishment with levity. We offer a casual work environment and treat each other like family. We’re a true team. We care about each other, our company and the small businesses we serve daily.
Ready to Make an Impact?
People join Blue Bridge because they want to accomplish something meaningful and concrete, and they want to make a difference in other people’s lives. The work we do matters. We’re in the business of strengthening the U.S. economy by helping to build small business. We offer something special. If you think you do, too, we want to talk to you.
Integrity
We take care of people. We deliver on promises. To put it simply, we do the right thing – for our customers and for each other. We are honest, trustworthy and truly accountable.
Respect
On our team, you’ll be more than an employee – you’ll be an integral part of the conversation. We give and earn respect by genuinely valuing the input of our colleagues and customers.
Moxie
A company needs some spunk if it’s going to change the formula for the finance industry. We have the courage to step outside the box. We like to call it, “Sophisticated grit.”
Teamwork
Blue Bridge is a team of consummate performers and inspirational leaders. We seek and find the best in every individual on this team. We achieve and move forward as a collective effort, committed to both personal and business success.
Drive
We’re passionate about facilitating the growth of small business, to strengthen the U.S. economy. Our employees thrive on the opportunity to deliver an exceptional customer experience and truly make a difference.
Levity
We take our work seriously, but jeez… we don’t have to take ourselves too seriously. After all, we’re not saving lives – just the U.S. economy. Will you fit in? Take this quiz to find out: Complete the line, “All work and no play make ____.” (Hint: the answer includes the word “dull”!)
We are committed to recruitment and employment practices that provide equal opportunity to all applicants and employees.
Current Openings
We have a national presence, with main offices in Reston, VA and Buffalo, NY. An additional branch office is located in Lake Wylie, SC.
Opportunities are open right now for you to make an impact at a fast-growing, enterprising young company.
Start here!
Lead Sales Associate
Why Blue Bridge Financial?
Financing Small Business and Big Dreams – America was built by small business owners with big dreams – like yours.
Our mission is to speed and facilitate business growth through fast, straight-forward financing services. We offer personalized funding solutions and quick credit approvals to small businesses nationwide, across a broad array of industries.
We are changing the conversation around financing. We believe that it’s not about the money, but about what money can do for small business, the breakthroughs it creates, and the dreams it helps build. We’re here to shatter the business paradigm of dry, faceless, and rigid business practices with innovation, an upbeat outlook, and the cultivation of new ideas.
Blue Bridge is an Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Company, and has won Buffalo’s Business First prestigious Fast Track award. We are one of the leading specialty finance firms in the country.
Our strategies and operations are backed by extensive financial services expertise and the deep experience of our leadership team. We are focused on hiring top-talent; we know every hire counts and in a small entrepreneurial company each employee directly impacts and facilitates our success. People join Blue Bridge because they want their work to have an impact on America’s small businesses and an influence in directly helping to grow a specialty finance lender that is intent on doing things a little different. The work we do matters; if this resonates with you, you just might be our next impactful hire.
Position
Are you a proactive sales professional who can find common ground with a customer quickly? Do you like to collaborate daily with others to achieve group successes and company growth?
Blue Bridge Financial, an equipment finance company, has an exciting opportunity for a Lead Sales Associate in our Reston, VA office. At Blue Bridge Financial, we’re a unique collection of diverse people with a common goal to facilitate business dreams through financing services. We offer personalized funding solutions and quick credit approval to small businesses nationwide, across a broad array of industries. We are expanding our sales team and are seeking a highly motivated, qualified and experienced associate to lead a team and to develop business relationships.
Through this opportunity, you will be provided with access to current leads, new contacts and existing customer databases. You will also be encouraged to seek out and develop your own network of potential leads. Support will be provided to maximize your opportunities in a team-based approach to the sales process.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Oversee a newly created team of call center personnel responsible for handling inbound leads and outbound strategies.
- Working with company management in recruiting sales associates, setting goals and monitoring progress, including call volume, lead developments and closing metrics.
- Assist in developing digital marketing and outbound list-based calling strategies to drive origination volume
Qualifications/Skills/ Education/Experience
- 3+ years sales experience in a call center setting is desired but not required.
- Excellent computer skills, CRM sales software experience a plus.
- Highly motivated and target driven with a proven track record in sales.
- Excellent selling, communication and negotiation skills.
- Lending experience is a plus but not necessary.
- Bachelor degree or equivalent preferred but not required.
This job description is subject to change and may be amended based on management need and business demands.
Sales Associate
Why Blue Bridge Financial?
Financing Small Business and Big Dreams – America was built by small business owners with big dreams – like yours.
Our mission is to speed and facilitate business growth through fast, straight-forward financing services. We offer personalized funding solutions and quick credit approvals to small businesses nationwide, across a broad array of industries.
We are changing the conversation around financing. We believe that it’s not about the money, but about what money can do for small business, the breakthroughs it creates, and the dreams it helps build. We’re here to shatter the business paradigm of dry, faceless, and rigid business practices with innovation, an upbeat outlook, and the cultivation of new ideas.
Blue Bridge is an Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Company, and has won Buffalo’s Business First prestigious Fast Track award. We are one of the leading specialty finance firms in the country.
Our strategies and operations are backed by extensive financial services expertise and the deep experience of our leadership team. We are focused on hiring top-talent; we know every hire counts and in a small entrepreneurial company each employee directly impacts and facilitates our success. People join Blue Bridge because they want their work to have an impact on America’s small businesses and an influence in directly helping to grow a specialty finance lender that is intent on doing things a little different. The work we do matters; if this resonates with you, you just might be our next impactful hire.
Position
Are you a proactive sales professional who can find common ground with a customer quickly? Do you like to collaborate daily with others to achieve group successes and company growth?
Blue Bridge Financial, an equipment finance company, has an exciting opportunity for a Sales Associate in our Reston, VA office. At Blue Bridge Financial, we’re a unique collection of diverse people with a common goal to facilitate business dreams through financing services. We offer personalized funding solutions and quick credit approval to small businesses nationwide, across a broad array of industries. We are expanding our sales team and are seeking a highly motivated, qualified and experienced associate to lead a team and to develop business relationships.
Through this opportunity, you will be provided with access to current leads, new contacts and existing customer databases. You will also be encouraged to seek out and develop your own network of potential leads. Support will be provided to maximize your opportunities in a team-based approach to the sales process.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Responsible for handling inbound and outbound calls.
- Ability to build and maintain a customer data base through sales, loan extension and merchant referrals.
Qualifications/Skills/ Education/Experience
- 1 year sales experience in a call center setting preferred, but not required.
- Excellent computer skills, CRM sales software experience a plus.
- Highly motivated and target driven individual.
- Excellent selling, communication and negotiation skills.
- Lending experience is a plus, but not necessary.
- Bachelor degree or equivalent preferred, but not required.
This job description is subject to change and may be amended based on management need and business demands.
Capital Markets Analyst
Location: Reston, VA
Functional Reporting: Senior Vice President of Finance
FLSA Status: Exempt, Full-Time
Opportunity Overview:
The ideal candidate for this position will work directly with the head of Capital Markets and cross-functionally with the Accounting team to prepare, package and sell specialty finance portfolios to investors and bank professionals. In this role, strong relationship, analytical and organizational experience is essential for success. Experience in specialty finance markets, data management and loan accounting are essential for this position.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Overall responsibility for management of Company loan portfolio sales efforts
- Development of loan sale strategies to maximize Company liquidity and profitability
- Responsible for development and management of Company network of loans servicing relationships
- Management of Company loan portfolio presentation and market placement
- Lead company Capital Markets Committee, comprised of Company senior management
- Make recommendations on Company product development in addressing market demand
- Responsible for development of internal reporting on capital markets activities
- Management of monthly portfolio servicing reports
- Management of Company provided quarterly loan loss allowance reporting
- Responsible for management of Company loan sales contracts
- Participation in Company loan pricing determination
- Responsible for generating ad-hoc analysis related to company performance and portfolio management
- Serve as point of contact for loan sales partners
- Work cross functionally to improve and enhance the loan sale process across the company
Knowledge/Skills/Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree from accredited college
- 3-5 years of experience in Capital Markets Finance or related field.
- Current participation in loan sales activities
- Experience with U.S. specialty finance market
- Experience in data management and reporting.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office products including Excel, Word and Power Point.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Some minimal travel required; 10%
This job description is subject to change and may be amended based on management need and business demands.
Sr. Project Manager
LOCATION: Reston, VA
FUNCTIONAL REPORTING: VP of Technology
FLSA STATUS: Non-Exempt, Full-Time
DESCRIPTION
Blue Bridge Financial, an equipment finance company, has an exciting opportunity for a Sr. Project Manager to join our team at the Reston corporate office. At Blue Bridge Financial, we’re a unique collection of diverse people with common goal to facilitate business dreams through financing services. We offer personalized funding solutions and quick credit approvals to small businesses nationwide, across a broad array of industries. The ideal candidate will have strong research skills and desire to work in an exciting and fast paced environment.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Overall management responsibility for core system upgrades, system and/or data conversions, functional system improvements, system integrations and ongoing system enhancements and fixes
- Develop project deliverables
- Create and manage project plans to support deliverables
- Create and manage project budgets
- Create and manage RAID logs
- Manage internal and external teams to reach timely and effective project milestones
- Act as liaison between internal users and external service providers
- Manage system enhancements and fixes
- Manage external contractors on an as needed basis
- Develop & execute training to end users
- Overall responsibility for product development projects including but not limited to the design and implementation of commercial finance products and operational efficiency project
- Jointly with General Counsel provide oversight and recommendations to Blue Bridge regarding regulatory and compliance changes that may impact the product portfolio
- Oversee responsibility for state expansion
QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS/EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor’s Degree from accredited college, university or experience equivalent
- Ability to lead a team and work independently
- Ability to develop key deliverable expectations and create work plans to accomplish objectives
- Ability to think analytically about data received as well as high attention to detail
- Flexibility in prioritizing workload, being able to changed to a completely different task suddenly and functioning as part of a group
- 5+ years of project/program management
- Strong leadership skills
- Ability to get up to speed quickly in new situations
- Ability to effectively communicate complex issues to non-technical staff and executive level management
- Deep understanding of the specialty finance underwriting process from submission to issuance including clearance, risk evaluation, pricing, quoting, binding and issuance
- General understanding of policy administration, rating engines, underwriting workflow and content management
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills as well as interpersonal skills
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office products including Excel, Word, and Outlook
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial culture with a flat management structure
- Results-oriented, entrepreneurial mindset, uncompromising integrity, and leadership skills
- 5+ years in Commercial Equipment or Specialty Finance Industry a plus
- PMP or Scrum Master Certification a plus
This job description is subject to change and may be amended based on management need and business demands.
Business Analyst
LOCATION: Reston, VA
FUNCTIONAL REPORTING: VP of Technology
FLSA STATUS: Non-Exempt, Full-Time
DESCRIPTION
Blue Bridge Financial, an equipment finance company, has an exciting opportunity for a Business Analyst to join our team at the Reston corporate office. At Blue Bridge Financial, we’re a unique collection of diverse people with common goal to facilitate business dreams through financing services. We offer personalized funding solutions and quick credit approvals to small businesses nationwide, across a broad array of industries. The ideal candidate will have strong research skills and desire to work in an exciting and fast paced environment.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Document work procedures (SOPs)
- Actively participate and facilitate in requirements gathering sessions
- Gathering, documenting & evaluating system requirements (business specifications) & recommend solutions
- Documenting and following up n important actions and decisions from meetings
- Preparing necessary presentation materials for meetings
- Ensuring project deadlines are met & determining project changes
- Providing administrative support as needed
- Undertaking project tasks as required & developing project strategies
- Ensuring documentation is maintained appropriately for each project
- Preparation and execution of test plans, test scenarios and test cases
- Supporting technology and product team members and management as needed
- Create and mange RAID logs
- Support project with the management of internal and external teams to reach timely and effective project milestones
- Act as a liaison between internal users and external service providers
- Support system enhancements and fixes
- Support external contractors on an as needed basis
- Develop & execute training to end users
- Assist with website tracking, analytics tools and data collection tasks related to Blue Bridge’s digital marketing
- Administrative duties and operational needs related to Blue Bridge’s marketing
- Research and development of creative ad materials, landing pages, data analytic reports as needed to successfully run Blue Bridge’s digital marketing
- Lead and support the sales, credit and funding teams to identify and manage the most successful, cost efficient campaigns.
- Manage and execute online digital campaigns including but not limited to SEO, Facebook lead ads, Goggle ads, and Paid search.
QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS/EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor’s Degree from accredited college, university or experience equivalent.
- Ability to lead a team and work independently.
- Ability to develop key deliverable expectations and create work plans to accomplish objectives
- Able to research and evaluate data to make informed decisions and solve problems
- Ability to multi-task and adapt to fast-paced and changing environment
- Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail
- Ability to function as a part of a group sometimes passing work back and forth to complete common goal
- Flexibility in prioritizing workload, being able to change to a completely different task suddenly
- Ability to work under pressure and in a fast paced environment
- Strong drive to achieve personal and corporate goals
- Ability to take ownership and follow up on issues
- Exceptional communication skills (verbal, written, presentation)
- Process Oriented
- Ability to get up to speed quickly in new situations
- Ability to effectively communicate complex issues to non-technical staff and executive level management
- Deep understanding of the specialty finance underwriting process from submission to issuance including clearance, risk evaluation, pricing, quoting, funding, issuance and post issuance processes
- Deep understanding of lease or loan administration, underwriting workflow, and content management
- Knowledge of SEO, Paid Search, Google Analytics, Google Ads, Facebook Lead Ad
- Working knowledge of Vision Commerce, TURBO, LeasePlus systems (Nice to Have)
- Outstanding interpersonal skills
- Ability to facilitate meetings and drive attendees to achieve meeting objectives
- Ability to work with project and business constraints such as time & scope (previous work in a consulting role is desirable)
- Demonstrated ability to plan, prioritize, and organize multiple tasks simultaneously
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial culture with a flat management structure
- Results-oriented, entrepreneurial mindset, uncompromising integrity, and leadership skills
- Strong negotiation, consultative and facilitation skills with the ability to effectively interact with all internal and external stakeholders
- Strong analytical, decision making and problem solving skills
- 5+ years in Commercial Equipment or Specialty Finance Industry
This job description is subject to change and may be amended based on management need and business demands.
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