Ashley Trexler

Vice President, Account Manager, InterNex Capital

Biography:

Ashley Trexler is vice president, account manager of InterNex Capital where she leads the company’s portfolio management activities, including client relations. With over ten years of experience in the asset- based lending field, Ashley cut her teeth spending several years as a field examiner at Freed Maxick ABL Services, LLC. She moved up in her field through the years performing pre-loan surveys, take-over exams, royalty audits, assessment of collateral exposure and advance rates, evalu- ation of accounting procedures and financing reporting capabilities, financial and operational due diligence reviews and quality of earnings reviews for a multitude of lenders which includes investment and commercial banks, asset-based lenders, finance companies, factors and private equity firms. As a manager with CoMetrics Partners, LLC, Ashley worked closely with clients managing numerous relationships within the industry. It made for an easy transition to working directly for a financial lender. Ashley has found her home with InterNex Capital bringing out her passion for exceptional customer service in the FinTech world. Ashley’s diversified experience and understanding of various industries allows her to maintain a good working relationship with clients while InterNex funding provides the working capital needed to grow their business.

What advice would you offer to women just starting out in the industry?

To all the women just starting out in the industry, do not be afraid to ask for what you want and deserve. I am a firm believer in the saying, “ask and you shall receive.” It has helped me to advance my career by asking for a higher salary or a promotion when I felt I deserved it. I also had dreamt of living in NYC so, when an opportunity arose, I asked my company if I could be home based in NYC. I asked, and I received. You have to take what is rightfully yours; work hard and your confidence will earn you proper recognition.

What do you know now that you wish you knew in the beginning of your career?

I wish I knew how diverse the financial industry was. When first starting my career I thought I would be with my company for two, maybe three, years and would move on to the private sector. I didn’t have long-term goals of working in the industry. I ended up falling in love with ABL and engrossed myself in the different aspects of the business, the types of exams and financial reviews. There is no limit to how much you can learn, especially when auditing so many different companies in a wide array of industries. After over nine years of field exam and manager experience, I felt like I had run that course and needed to learn more at a different level. Wanting a shift in my career, I started looking for a job working directly for a lender. It took a couple of years before I was introduced to InterNex, a FinTech company. This was all new to me and I was so excited to be able to dive into this new facet of the financial lending world.

What kind of role has mentoring and/or sponsorship played in your career?

The companies I have worked for made sure I always had people to turn to for guidance and I am grateful for that. Training wasn’t formal. We had to learn by doing most of the time so working well with my peers was necessary. I was surrounded by so many talented professionals when I first started my career, always available for my questions and willing to help at any time. My managers were very intelligent and I was glad to be learning from people who made sure I understood the concepts and implemented them correctly. I eventually became a mentor myself and enjoyed being able to shape the minds of the new recruits.

What do you think the industry could do to attract and retain the best and the brightest today?

We must show the possibilities of where this industry could take them. I was attracted to ABL because of the opportunity to travel. I ended up traveling to over 25 U.S. states, three provinces in Canada and overseas to the UK. To retain the best and brightest, we must have growth potential and show professionals that they are welcome in other areas of the industry. When looking for a new job outside of field examiner, I found it difficult to meet a potential employer willing to take my skills and mold them around their needs. Being an ABL field examiner is such a refined position that some employers do not want to take the time to train new employees, but want to hire someone with the pertinent experience. If employers can look at the existing skillset and potential growth, rather than a lack of specific experience, there would be a lot more opportunity for self-starters and movement in the industry.