VP, Operations & Execution

ACCION OPPORTUNITY FUND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT•Los Angeles, CA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Accion Opportunity Fund (AOF) is a leading Community Development Financial Institution dedicated to providing underserved small business owners with access to capital, networks, and coaching. For over 30 years, AOF has helped small business owners create jobs, build wealth, and strengthen communities by providing responsible financing and business support services. Since our founding, we have deployed more than $1 billion in financing and have served more than 4 million entrepreneurs through educational resources and business support programs. The majority of our clients come from historically underserved communities where access to traditional financing remains limited. As AOF continues its mission of expanding financial inclusion, we are building a scalable, sustainable financial institution that combines mission impact with strong financial performance. Our strategic vision includes expanding our lending capabilities, strengthening enterprise risk management, and preparing for future growth across additional financial products, including Credit Union services. To learn more, visit https://aofund.org/ POSITION SUMMARY: Reporting to the Chief Operations and Servicing Officer, the Vice President of Operations and Execution is a hands-on operating leader responsible for translating priorities into disciplined execution across assigned operational and customer-facing functions supporting Accion Opportunity Fund Community Development and Accion Opportunity Federal Credit Union. The Vice President will manage leaders and teams, improve day-to-day performance, resolve complex operating issues, and ensure critical initiatives move from plan to implementation. This is a working leadership role for an experienced operator who is comfortable moving between people leadership, operating data, workflow details, vendor performance, customer escalations, and cross-functional implementation. The successful candidate will set clear expectations, build capable managers, and personally engage in important work when additional structure, analysis, or problem solving is required.

Requirements

Ten or more years of progressive experience in operations, servicing, customer operations, business-process management, or a related discipline, including leadership of managers and distributed teams.
Demonstrated success improving operating performance and personally leading complex implementations from planning through sustained execution.
Experience managing high-volume workflows, service levels, productivity, quality, controls, and customer escalations in a regulated or operationally complex environment.
Strong command of operating data and performance management, with the ability to move from analysis to practical action.
Experience managing third-party vendors or outsourced operations, including performance scorecards, governance, and issue remediation.
Proven ability to work across functions, clarify ownership, make sound decisions, and maintain momentum when priorities or conditions change.
Clear and direct communication skills, sound judgment, high accountability, and a willingness to work at the level of detail required to achieve results.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

Nice To Haves

Operations leadership experience in financial services, fintech, community development finance, credit unions, or small-business lending.
Knowledge of loan origination, funding, servicing, collections, customer support, or credit-union member operations.
Experience implementing workflow automation, AI-enabled operations, case-management platforms, or lending and servicing technology.
Process-improvement, project-management, or change-management training or certification.

Responsibilities

Lead the daily performance of assigned operations and service-delivery functions, establishing clear ownership, service levels, productivity expectations, quality standards, and operating routines.
Maintain direct visibility into volume, capacity, backlog, cycle time, quality, customer outcomes, cost, and risk; use the data to identify problems early and drive corrective action.
Resolve operational bottlenecks and escalations by working directly with managers, frontline teams, vendors, and cross-functional partners.
Translate organizational priorities into practical workplans with accountable owners, milestones, dependencies, decision points, and measurable outcomes.
Ensure operational commitments are completed on time and that unresolved issues are elevated with clear facts, options, and recommendations.
Examine end-to-end workflows and redesign processes to reduce friction, rework, handoffs, errors, and operating cost while strengthening the customer and employee experience.
Lead implementation of operational changes from problem definition through testing, launch, adoption, stabilization, and benefit realization.
Build practical controls, standard operating procedures, decision rights, and performance reporting that support consistent and audit-ready execution.
Identify and implement automation and responsible AI use cases that improve speed, quality, capacity, and service delivery; ensure the operating teams adopt and sustain the changes.
Partner on technology-enabled initiatives, including lending, servicing, customer support, and member-service capabilities, representing operational requirements and owning business readiness.
Improve customer and member outcomes by strengthening the operational processes, service channels, case management, and handoffs that shape the experience.
Use customer feedback, complaints, service data, and quality results to identify root causes and implement operational corrections.
Drive effective use and continuous improvement of assigned service platforms, including Zendesk and the Service Portal, to increase self-service, improve response quality, and reduce avoidable contacts.
Partner with Product and Marketing on customer journeys, communications, and campaigns while retaining accountability for operational readiness and execution within Operations.
Lead, coach, and hold accountable a team of operational leaders; establish clear goals, regular performance reviews, development plans, and succession coverage.
Create an environment in which managers own results, address performance issues promptly, and remain close to the work of their teams.
Manage workforce capacity and resource allocation across in-house and outsourced operations based on demand, service expectations, risk, and cost.
Oversee assigned vendor and business-process-outsourcing relationships through clear contracts, scorecards, governance, issue resolution, and continuous performance improvement.
Build productive relationships across Product, Technology, Marketing, Credit, Risk, Compliance, Finance, Data and Analytics, and other partners needed to deliver operational outcomes.
Embed applicable regulatory, compliance, documentation, and control requirements into operating processes in partnership with Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Internal Audit.
Monitor operational risks, control gaps, incidents, and remediation commitments; ensure corrective actions are completed and sustained.
Manage assigned budgets, headcount, and vendor expenses; identify opportunities to improve unit economics without compromising service, control, or mission outcomes.
Provide concise, fact-based reporting on operating performance, risks, decisions, and execution progress to senior leadership.

Benefits

Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
Flexible hybrid/remote work environment and monthly remote work reimbursement (phone and internet).
100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance for employees (based on plan selection).
90% employer-paid dependent medical coverage (based on plan selection).
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).
Supplemental Life and AD&D insurance.
Legal assistance plans.
403(b) retirement plan with employer matching contributions.
Unlimited paid vacation.
Twelve paid holidays plus one floating holiday.
Ten paid sick days.
Paid parental leave.
Professional development opportunities.