WFM Real-Time Analyst

Flex; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited paid time off

Company equity

401(k) plan with company match

Job summary

Flex, a FinTech company based in New York City, is seeking a Workforce Management Real-Time Analyst to enhance the rent payment experience through AI-driven insights. This role focuses on operational validation and decision-making to manage real-time anomalies and staffing effectively.

The ideal candidate must have at least 2 years of relevant contact center experience, proficiency in WFM tools, and a Bachelor’s degree. Benefits include competitive salaries, unlimited paid time off, and a company equity program.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in a contact center environment, preferably with WFM Real-Time Analyst experience.
• Ability to interpret and validate AI-generated outputs — comfort with imperfect information is essential.
• Clear, concise communicator able to convey complex data insights to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and respond to real-time anomalies across all channels and BPO partners.
• Own staffing decisions and validate AI-generated recommendations.
• Drive reporting without it consuming your day, focusing on accuracy and context.

Skills

Contact center experience

WFM tools proficiency

Advanced Excel skills

Pattern recognition

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Statistics, Mathematics, Operations, or related field

Tools

Zendesk

Tymeshift

SQL

Job description

Flex is a growth-stage, NYC headquartered FinTech company that is creating the best rent payment experience. It’s hard to believe that it’s 2026 and paying rent on time is expensive, inflexible, and difficult. We’re here to change that! Flex enables our users to pay rent throughout the month on a schedule that better fits their finances and budget. Our mission is to empower as many renters as possible with flexibility over their most significant recurring expense. After deliberately keeping a stealth profile as we built up unprecedented investor support and an enthusiastic user base, we are looking for motivated individuals to help us keep our mission growing. Will you be a part of the team?

About the job

Flex is a growth-stage, NYC headquartered FinTech company creating the best rent payment experience. We're here to change the fact that paying rent is still expensive, inflexible, and difficult. Our mission is to empower as many renters as possible with flexibility over their most significant recurring expense. We are looking for motivated individuals to help us keep that mission growing. Will you be a part of the team?

About the Role

The Vendor Management team is seeking a sharp, action-oriented Workforce Management Real-Time Analyst to operate at the intersection of human judgment and AI-powered intelligence. This is not a traditional monitoring role. In this environment, AI agents continuously ingest data across channels, BPO partners, and systems — surfacing anomalies, modeling risk, generating draft recommendations, and automating routine report outputs. The RTA's value lies in operational validation, real-time decision-making, and translating AI-surfaced insights into precise, coordinated action.

If you are energized by fast-moving operations, comfortable acting on imperfect information, and motivated to drive outcomes rather than just document them, this role is built for you.

What You'll Do

Monitor and respond to real-time anomalies across all channels and BPO partners. The AI surfaces and prioritizes variance automatically — your job is to review, apply operational context, and act with speed and precision.

Own staffing decisions at the moment. AI-generated SLA risk models project performance across 1, 2, 4, and 8-hour horizons and auto-assemble OT recommendation packages. You validate the assumptions, present recommendations to the Vendor Management team, and make the call.

Manage the exception queue. The AI detects and routes exceptions to BPO Team Leads with context — you intervene on cases requiring human judgment, whether that's escalation nuance, repeated patterns, or policy edge cases.

Drive reporting without it consuming your day. Reports are generated automatically from all source systems. You review for accuracy, add operational context, and share — reports become a daily byproduct rather than a daily task.

Own the variance narrative. When the AI flags a deviation and proposes likely causes, you validate against real-time operational knowledge, refine the analysis, and own what gets communicated to stakeholders.

Be the first line of defense on emerging issues. When contact volume patterns suggest something is wrong, the AI generates an issue brief automatically — hypothesized cause, affected systems, teams to loop in. You review, validate, and surface the signal to Vendor Operations leadership and CXPO partners so the right resources can be directed to incident response. This connects directly to our proactive harm remediation process and is the highest-leverage intervention point in the role.

Operate at full intensity during Bill Pay cycles. The window surrounding monthly payment processing drives the highest contact volume and the narrowest margin for error. You'll lead real-time operations through these periods, managing surge staffing decisions, accelerated escalation timelines, and coordinated BPO response across all active partners.

Key Qualifications

• 2+ years in a contact center environment; previous WFM Real-Time Analyst experience preferred
• Proficiency in WFM tools (Zendesk, Tymeshift, or similar)
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, complex formulas); SQL and data analysis tools a plus
• Familiarity with AI agent workflows and automation tooling; direct experience working alongside AI-powered systems in a contact center environment strongly preferred
• Ability to interpret, validate, and push back on AI-generated outputs — comfort with imperfect information is essential
• Strong pattern recognition across volume, SLA, and quality dimensions
• Ability to monitor AI channel performance indicators — including containment rate, deflection, and recontact patterns — and surface meaningful signal to CXPO partners who hold direct line responsibility for AI content and workflow management
• Clear, concise communicator — able to convey complex data insights to non-technical stakeholders and produce exec-ready handoff reports
• Experience working across BPO partners and internal teams (Engineering, Product, Quality, Training)
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Statistics, Mathematics, Operations, or related field

Life at Flex

We understand that it takes a diverse team of highly intelligent, curious, determined, empathetic, and self-aware people to grow a successful company. Our HQ is in New York City, but we have employees located throughout the US, Australia, Canada, and South America. We are growing quickly, but deliberately, with a focus on building an inclusive culture. We take great pride in being an equal opportunity workplace.

Offices

Roles posted in New York, San Francisco, and Salt Lake City are hybrid positions with on-site expectations of 2-3 days per week in our local offices. For candidates outside of these areas, you may be eligible for our relocation assistance program.

Benefits

For full-time U.S. employees we offer: competitive medical, dental, and vision, company equity, 401(k) plan with company match, unlimited paid time off + 13 company paid holidays, parental leave, free Flex subscription.

For full-time non-U.S. employees, we offer: competitive compensation + company equity, unlimited PTO.

Compensation

Flex takes a market-based approach to pay, ensuring compensation is commensurate with a candidate's experience and our internal leveling guidelines. For candidates located in our Tier 1 (NYC/Bay Area) and Tier 3 (Salt Lake City) markets, the base salary pay range for this role is below. Flex utilizes a geographic pay differential based on a cost of labor index. If you are located outside of the cities listed below, your starting pay will be adjusted to align with the market conditions of your specific geographic zone. Please speak with your recruiter for additional information regarding the specific range for your location.

Tier 1 (NYC/Bay Area)

• $92,000 — $115,000 USD

Tier 3 (Salt Lake City)

• $72,000 — $90,000 USD