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Financial Services
300 Employees
$120m ARR
Free Thinkers Consulting partnered with a rapidly expanding financial services organization to support the buildout of a brand-new Salesforce underwriting org serving multiple lending brands.
While the client’s internal Salesforce administrators led core configuration and foundational setup, Free Thinkers Consulting operated as the senior-level custom development arm, engineering advanced Lightning Web Components, credit data integrations, and embedded decision-support logic that powered mission-critical underwriting workflows.
The result was a scalable, custom-built underwriting platform combining strong administrative governance with advanced Salesforce engineering.
The client operates a family of small business financing brands, each requiring structured underwriting processes to evaluate:
Credit data
Bank statement performance
Multi-guarantor applications
Loan eligibility thresholds
Funding recommendations
The organization chose Salesforce as the foundation for a new underwriting system.
Internal administrators were responsible for:
Core object configuration
Standard Salesforce setup
Basic workflow implementation
However, the underwriting process required advanced custom development beyond declarative capabilities, including:
Complex financial data presentation
Real-time credit integrations
Embedded calculation logic
Custom user interfaces
Sensitive data permission modeling
Free Thinkers Consulting was engaged as the senior development partner to build this advanced engineering layer.
Raw bank statement data and credit information were difficult to analyze using standard Salesforce layouts. Underwriters needed structured, interactive views to evaluate borrower performance efficiently.
Bank data frequently required normalization, correction, or structured formatting before underwriting decisions could be made.
Applications often involved multiple guarantors with varying financial relationships and risk profiles.
Underwriting data contained highly sensitive financial information requiring granular access control across roles.
The platform needed to support multiple lending brands and Salesforce instances without requiring duplicated engineering effort.
Free Thinkers Consulting provided senior-level custom Salesforce engineering focused on building the advanced application, UX/UI, and integration layer powering underwriting operations.
We designed and implemented multiple custom Lightning Web Components (LWCs) to transform raw underwriting data into structured, decision-ready interfaces.
Key components included:
Bank statement visualization dashboards
Inline-editable financial line items for correcting incomplete or inconsistent data
Structured multi-guarantor data handling
Credit review summary interface
CLEAR (Comprehensive Loan Evaluation & Analysis Review) page
Application status visualization component for non-technical stakeholders
These LWCs provided real-time operational clarity for credit analysts and sales teams operating inside Salesforce daily.
We engineered custom integrations supporting:
Credit data ingestion
External financial data synchronization
Real-time mapping into Salesforce records
Structured normalization of external financial inputs
By centralizing financial intelligence inside Salesforce, underwriting teams reduced reliance on disconnected tools and manual processes.
To assist underwriting consistency, we implemented custom calculation logic supporting:
Borrower financial strength evaluation
Funding amount recommendations
Lending threshold assessment
Structured scoring outputs
This reduced manual computation cycles and improved consistency across underwriting decisions.
Given the sensitivity of financial and credit data, we implemented:
Granular role hierarchies
Profile-based access segmentation
Component-level visibility controls
Secure data separation across brands
This ensured compliance integrity while maintaining operational efficiency.
The organization operates across multiple lending brands and Salesforce environments.
Our custom development approach ensured:
Reusable Lightning Web Components
Brand-level configuration flexibility
Scalable deployment patterns
Sustainable long-term enhancement under managed services
As the family of brands expands, the underwriting platform remains stable and extensible.
The centralized Salesforce underwriting org delivered measurable operational improvements:
60% faster underwriting turnaround time
Standardized decision-making criteria across subsidiaries
Reduced operational overhead through automation
Eliminated redundant manual review roles
Increased visibility into underwriting pipeline metrics
Enabled scalable acquisition integration
Most importantly, the client transitioned from a resource-heavy, manual underwriting model to a scalable, automation-driven system aligned with long-term growth.
Following the initial development engagement, Free Thinkers Consulting continues to provide managed services support, including:
Enhancement development
LWC refinements
Integration maintenance
Architecture evolution
Support for new lending brand expansion
All underwriting-related engagements remain long-term managed services partnerships.
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Lightning Web Components (LWC)
Custom Apex logic
External credit and financial data integrations
Role & profile-based security architecture
Multi-instance Salesforce deployment support
This engagement highlights Free Thinkers Consulting’s expertise in:
Salesforce implementation support
Custom Salesforce development for financial services
Advanced Lightning Web Component engineering
Credit data integration within Salesforce
Embedded underwriting decision-support logic
Senior-led collaboration with internal Salesforce teams
Managed services for mission-critical systems
Rather than replacing internal administrators, Free Thinkers Consulting operates as the high-skill custom development extension of internal Salesforce teams, delivering advanced engineering capabilities that elevate in-house governance.
We are a Salesforce Development consultancy that provides well built, full-stack custom solutions.
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