Start or grow a meaningful career at Pursuit
Who We Are
Pursuit is a community-focused lender that provides small businesses with affordable loans and resources so that they can reach higher, transform and grow. That transformation may start with an individual borrower, but ultimately extends into the broader community, taking shape as new employment opportunities, economic development and positive change.
What We Do
For more than 65 years, we have been 100% invested in the success of our clients. Pursuit offers a suite of innovative financing products designed to expand access to capital for small businesses. Our range of loans and lines of credit range from $10,000 to $5.5 million for businesses ready to make their next big investment. We have designed our application processes and loan terms with more flexibility than traditional banks. Our signature loan programs include commercial real estate financing, general business funding, and fast business funding through a digital platform. We leverage deep, long-term relationships with banks and community partners to serve clients in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
What We Offer
A collaborative environment of mission-focused professionals dedicated to helping communities and economies grow through business lending. We seek individuals who want to blend a career in financial services with a career serving others. Pursuit extends its employees competitive salaries and a range of benefits including, including but not limited to:
- Health Insurance, generous employer premium contribution
- Fully paid Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
- Generous 401(k) match
- Flexible spending account
- Holiday and Paid Time Off
- Educational assistance after two years of employment
- Summer work hours
How We Help
We believe that when local businesses thrive, they provide good, stable jobs, recycling the money they spend back into the community to help it grow. Our loans are offered with affordable rates to ensure that our clients can continue growing and positively impacting their neighborhoods. While compelling founders’ stories are what drive us every day, we are proud to work with small businesses at scale:
- $4+ billion lent, $1.2 billion in the last 5 years
- $2 billion portfolio of small business loans
- 70,000+ jobs created
- 10,000+ loans to small businesses
- 10,000+ hours of advisory and educational services
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws regarding nondiscrimination.
To apply for an open role, please email a resume and cover letter to [email protected]. For general employment inquiries please contact Toniann Datello, human resources director, at [email protected].
Openings
Location: Albany, NY
Job Type: Employee – Full Time
About the Job:
We seek to hire a Financial Analyst in our Albany, NY office. The Financial Analyst is responsible for performing document risk management on loan requests, evaluating and verifying collateral on all secured loans, and preparing reports and findings.
Position Specifications:
- Associates degree in a related field, required
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Candidates must be detailed oriented and be able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
- SBA loan experience and commercial underwriting experience preferred
- Prior banking experience desired
- Covid-19 vaccination required.
- Final candidates must be able to pass all pre-employment screenings, including a background, criminal and credit check, and drug testing
We will give preference to and provide training for veterans interested in a career in finance/banking provided that the applicant has completed at least two years of college with a concentration in finance
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding nondiscrimination. We provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital sexual orientation, citizenship status, or protected veteran status.
Location: Albany, NY
Job Type: Employee – Full Time
About the Job:
We seek to hire a Portfolio Analyst in our Albany, NY office. The Portfolio Analyst is responsible for working with existing clients on modifications needed throughout the term of the loan. The analyst will identify the request and provide solutions to the client that are allowed within the loan program guidelines. The analyst will use their analytical skills to review financial statements, work with different departments within the organization to ensure borrower remains in compliance with policies, document the changes, and provide a written summary to Senior Management with their recommendations.
Position Specifications:
- Associate degree in a related field required
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Candidates must be detailed oriented and be able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
- SBA loan experience and commercial underwriting experience preferred
- Prior banking experience desired.
- COVID-19 vaccination required.
- Final candidate must be able to pass all pre-employment screenings, including a background, criminal and credit check, and drug testing
We will give consideration to and provide training for veterans interested in an administrative career, provided that the applicant has completed at least two years of college with an accredited institution.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding nondiscrimination.
Location: Buffalo or Syracuse
Industries: Financial Services
Job Type: Employee – Full Time
Title: Senior Associate
About the Position:
The Senior Associate is responsible for working directly with banks, business service organizations, associations, chambers of commerce, economic/community development organizations, professional service firms, lending organizations, and others to secure client referrals and acquire loan customers. The geographic focus for the position is upstate New York – specifically Western New York or Central New York.
This position will also be responsible for assisting with business advisory services, which include pre- and post-loan technical assistance. The Senior Associate will work with members of the Pursuit business advisory team on an ongoing basis to help assess client needs and pair them with services to help them grow.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Maintain expert familiarity with Pursuit Community Finance products and those of its affiliates.
- Maintain a network of community partners, bankers, and referral partners, and secure new channels for client acquisition.
- Engage in strategic networking to develop new partners and clients.
- Quickly understand business conditions, conduct business assessments and be able to provide feedback and guidance to potential clients on the appropriateness of various products.
- Nurture and advise clients to help resolve access to capital barriers, with a focus on loan readiness, loan packaging, and addressing challenges to accessing capital.
- Conduct follow-up assessments and check-ins with clients.
- Manage engagements to ensure quality service and work, together with other staff, to ensure that all Pursuit goals and funder goals are met or exceeded.
- Develop new ways to engage clients in consulting services and business advisory offerings.
- Manage reports and IT systems related to tracking and reporting on consulting engagements.
- Work with other staff to develop content that provides value to small business owners, especially Pursuit borrowers.
- Support efforts related to new grant proposals and reporting to funders, including monitoring and measuring program outcomes as needed.
- Additional position related duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.
Position Specifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Master’s degree in business administration, public administration, or related field a plus.
- Clear communication, sales, presentation & interpersonal skills.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in small business lending/credit, business development in financial services industry, economic/community development, or related field.
- Multilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.
- Covid-19 vaccine required
- Final candidates must be able to pass all pre-employment screenings, including a background, criminal and credit check, and drug testing.
Essential Functions:
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Ability to manage deliverables and goals effectively.
- Ability to travel and visit clients primarily in the Buffalo or Syracuse, NY regions.
We will give consideration to and provide training for veterans interested in an administrative career provided that the applicant has completed at least two years of college with an accredited institution with a concentration in finance.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding nondiscrimination.
Location: Hartford, CT (flexible)
Industries: Financial Services
Job Type: Employee – Full Time
About the Position:
The AVP Senior Community Engagement Associate/ Small Business Lending is responsible for working directly with business service organizations, associations, chambers of commerce, economic development organizations, professional service firms, lending organizations or marketplaces, and others to develop ongoing relationships throughout the state. Connecticut will be new territory for Pursuit. The ideal candidate will be someone with experience working within the Connecticut ecosystem, especially with organizations serving in areas with a high concentration of mission-aligned small businesses. Candidates throughout CT and adjoining states will be considered.
Responsibilities include:
- Cultivating relationships with a network of community organizations and potential referral partners.
- Engaging in strategic networking, including organizing meetings, attending events, and doing direct outreach, to develop new partners and clients.
- Quickly understanding the organizational ecosystem across multiple Connecticut geographies.
- Organizing events, technical assistance/educational offers, and other initiatives to introduce Pursuit to the Connecticut small business marketplace.
- Maintaining expert familiarity with Pursuit Community Finance products and those of its affiliates.
- When referred by community organizations, nurturing and advising clients to help them access capital.
- Conduct regular check-ins with partners, and keep them informed of Pursuit’s educational and lending offerings.
- Managing reports and IT systems related to tracking and reporting on business development.
- Supporting efforts related to new grant proposals and reporting to funders, including monitoring and measuring program outcomes as needed.
- Additional position-related duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.
Position Specifications
- Associate’s degree required.
- Minimum of three (3) years experience with community organizing, economic development, small business lending, outreach or business development.
- Covid-19 vaccination required.
- Final candidates must be able to pass all pre-employment screenings, including background, criminal and credit check, and drug testing.
- Demonstrated banking relationships and knowledge of the Connecticut small business ecosystem.
- Clear communication, sales, presentation & interpersonal skills.
- Strategic & organizational competence—i.e. exercising leadership to improve processes, and the ability to set and manage timelines, commitments, and deadlines with ease.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding nondiscrimination.
Location: CT
Job Type: Employee – Full Time
About the Position:
The Senior Business Advisory Consultant is responsible for building strong relationships with clients and understand our value proposition, mission, and services. The ideal candidate should be assertive, highly motivated, confident, analytical, and an excellent salesperson.
Responsibilities include:
- Develop new ways to engage clients in consulting services and business advisory offerings.
- Identify prospective customers from an existing pipeline and proactively reach out to and maintain close contact with a roster of small business clients, understanding their business needs and ensuring they are connecting with a variety of valuable resources.
- Be able to provide knowledge and guidance on different strategies for business clients when faced with challenges or growth opportunities.
- Review business and managerial plans, credit reports, and others as appropriate to determine business immediate needs.
- Analyze financial statements to identify any trends in the financial operations to identify weaknesses & strengths and determine growth opportunities.
- Manage connections to consulting services to ensure quality service and work, together with other staff, to ensure that all Pursuit goals and funder goals are met or exceeded.
- Analyze learnings from consultant engagements to make changes and propose services that would help customers grow, including managing new programs and offerings.
- Design and lead outreach strategies, including event organization.
- Manage reports and IT systems related to tracking and reporting on consulting engagements.
- Work collaboratively with other staff to develop content that provides value to small business owners, especially Pursuit borrowers.
- Contribute to the creation of tools to enhance advisory interactions with clients and train team members on the use of such tools.
Position Specifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s degree in business administration, public administration, or related field preferred.
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience working with small businesses or in a related field.
- Superior presentation/training, technical and writing skills.
- Clear communication & interpersonal skills.
- Ability to speak multiple languages is a plus.
- Commitment to the mission of supporting small businesses, especially those in disadvantaged economic areas.
- Covid-19 vaccination required.
- Final candidates must be able to pass all pre-employment screenings, including a background, criminal and credit check, and drug testing.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding nondiscrimination.
Location: CT
Job Type: Employee – Full Time
About the Position:
The Business Advisory Associate is responsible for building relationships with clients and understand our value proposition, mission, and services. The ideal candidate should be assertive, highly motivated, confident, and analytical.
Responsibilities include:
- Proactively reach out to and maintain close contact with an existing roster of small business clients, understanding their business needs and ensuring they are connecting with valuable resources.
- Provide direct service to clients, helping them to identify their needs and create concrete deliverables aligned with their business growth.
- Provide administrative support to our consulting team.
- Pair businesses with services to help them with services to help them grow and monitor these engagements to ensure quality service and work, ensuring that all Pursuit goals and funder goals are met or exceeded.
- Record work and progress on IT systems related to tracking and reporting on consulting engagements.
- Work with other staff to develop content that provides value to small business owners, especially Pursuit borrowers.
- Potentially manage a portfolio of projects and programs for advisory services.
- Assist in event organization and strategy for outreach.
Position Specifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Clear communication & interpersonal skills.
- Ability to speak other languages is a plus.
- Commitment to the mission of supporting small businesses, especially businesses in disadvantaged economic areas.
- Covid-19 vaccination required.
- Final candidates must be able to pass all pre-employment screenings, including a background, criminal and credit check, and drug testing.
Essential Functions:
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Ability to manage deliverables and goals effectively.
- Ability to travel and visit clients in different areas of the state of Connecticut.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding nondiscrimination.
Location: Albany
Job Type: Employee – Full Time
About the Job:
As a member of the accounting team, the Accounting Professional is responsible for completing assigned accounting tasks to meet Pursuit’s operational, compliance, and financial reporting objectives.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Performing daily Accounting tasks, including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Depository activity
- Managing funding sources to meet near-term funding obligations and reduce cost of funds
- Following up on outstanding receivables due from financial institutions
- Reconciling accounts and preparing related journal entries
- Promptly addressing questions and requests from funding sources and borrowers
- Preparing and completing various financial documents to demonstrate compliance with regulations/ program reporting requirements
- Ensuring legal documents are up to date to protect company interests
- Performing other duties as assigned
Position Specifications:
- Associates’ Degree in accounting, finance or related field required
- 2+ years of practical Accounting and/or Finance experience
- Covid-19 vaccine required
- Final candidates must be able to pass all pre-employment screenings, including a background, criminal and credit check, and drug testing
- Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and accounting software
- Attention to detail
- Able to meet deadlines and prioritize tasks
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Highly organized, able to balance various projects and responsibilities at once, especially in a fast-paced environment
We will give consideration to and provide training for veterans interested in an administrative career provided that the applicant has completed at least two years of college with an accredited institution.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding nondiscrimination.
Location: Philadelphia or Pittsburgh
Job Type: Employee – Full Time
About the Position:
The Senior Business Development Officer is responsible for working directly with banks, business service organizations, associations, chambers of commerce, economic development organizations, professional service firms, lending organizations or marketplaces, and others to secure client referrals and acquire loan customers. The geographic focus for the position is Pennsylvania– specifically the Philadelphia or Pittsburgh metropolitan area. However, deals can come from anywhere in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Candidates throughout the state of Pennsylvania are encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities include:
- Maintain expert familiarity with Pursuit Community Finance products and those of its affiliates.
- Maintain a network of bankers and referral partners, and secure new channels for client acquisition.
- Engage in strategic networking to develop new partners and clients.
- Quickly understand business conditions, conduct business assessments and be able to provide feedback and guidance to potential clients on the appropriateness of various products.
- Nurture and advise clients to help resolve access to capital barriers, with a focus on loan readiness, loan packaging, and addressing challenges to accessing capital.
- Conduct follow-up assessments and check-ins with clients.
- Coordinate with partners such as banks, accountants, and other small business service providers.
- Develop manuals, processes and procedures; establish benchmarks and track progress against goals. Manage reports and IT systems related to tracking and reporting on business development.
- Support efforts related to new grant proposals and reporting to funders, including monitoring and measuring program outcomes as needed
- Additional position related duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.
Position Specifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Master’s degree in business administration, public administration, or related field preferred.
- Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in banking and small business lending/credit, or business development in the financial services industry.
- Demonstrated deal production and contacts of bankers and centers of influence.
- Clear communication, sales, presentation & interpersonal skills.
- Strategic & organizational competence—i.e. exercising leadership to improve business development strategy, the ability to set and manage timelines, commitments, and deadlines with ease.
- Covid-19 vaccine required.
- Final candidates must be able to pass all pre-employment screenings, including a background, criminal and credit check, and drug testing.
Essential Functions:
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Ability to travel throughout NY, NJ, and PA.
- Experience and comfort with public speaking.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding nondiscrimination.
