Decision Engine Analyst – Portfolio Strategy & Optimization

Forward Financing; Ontario (CA); On-site; USD 63,998 - 81,775; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

RRSP match

Paid parental leave

Wellness reimbursement

Professional development budget

Job summary

Forward Financing, a fintech company, seeks an Analyst to optimize and integrate decision engine workflows. You will collaborate with Pricing, Risk, and Engineering to implement new processes and ensure accurate decisioning.

Ideal candidates have strong SQL/Python/Excel skills, experience with decision engines, and a background in FinTech or lending. This remote-first role offers solid total rewards and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Decision Engine Implementation & Testing: Configure new process flows, rule changes, and logic updates within the third-party decision engine.
• QA & Testing: Execute testing for new decisioning parameters and A/B tests to ensure accuracy before full deployment.
• Backtesting: Run historical what-if simulations using observations in the decision engine.
• Data Integrity: Validate data flows between third-party vendors and internal core applications, ensuring stability and accuracy.
• Cross Functional Collaboration: Gather requirements with Pricing, Risk, etc. to document process improvements.
• Process Documentation: Maintain documentation for decision logic and A/B testing specs.
• Technology Liaison: Ensure decision engine flows are compatible with core apps.

Skills

SQL

Python

Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science

Tools

Taktile

FICO Blaze

Provenir

Lendflow

GDS Link

Job description

Forward Financing, a fintech company, seeks an Analyst to optimize and integrate decision engine workflows. You will collaborate with Pricing, Risk, and Engineering to implement new processes and ensure accurate decisioning.

Ideal candidates have strong SQL/Python/Excel skills, experience with decision engines, and a background in FinTech or lending. This remote-first role offers solid total rewards and growth opportunities.