Junior Strategic Analyst

Responsibilities

• Analyze Complex Business Problems: Partner with stakeholders from across the business to define challenges, identify opportunities, and deliver data-driven insights.
• Deliver Executive-Ready Recommendations: Translate analysis into clear, compelling recommendations, presenting them directly to senior leadership and influencing decision-making at the highest level.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Build strong relationships across teams to ensure data insights are actionable and impactful, fostering trust in our analytics team.
• Dive Deep into Data: Write and execute advanced SQL queries and leverage Python or R to extract and analyze data, uncover trends, and solve problems with precision.
• Support Business Growth: Develop analytics-backed strategies to grow our impact, improve operational efficiency, and unlock opportunities for our customers and organization.
• Build Scalable Solutions: Contribute to the development of self-service BI tools and dashboards that empower teams to make data-informed decisions.
• Thrive in Ambiguity: Drive projects forward with minimal direction, navigating uncertainty with creativity and determination to uncover solutions.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate or master’s degree in a quantitative/STEM field (graduated in 2024-2026), or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience framing and then solving problems through data analysis and quantitative thinking.
• Experience with Python and SQL.
• Impactful internship experience.
• Ability to communicate recommendations effectively verbally and in writing.
• Comfort in driving a project forward independently amidst ambiguity and change.
• Ability to collaborate and build trust in a team setting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience presenting to C-Level executives.
• Experience at a startup (especially in financial technology).
• Experience with Business Intelligence tools e.g. Domo, Power BI, Tableau.
• Experience with Git and Github.

Benefits

• Meaningful compensation and equity.
• Premium medical benefits (fully paid base plan, and very reasonable premium for the buy-up option).
• 4% employer 401k match.
• Unlimited PTO policy.
• Remote weeks around major holidays + extra holiday on weekends like MDW and LDW.
• High quality catered lunch by local chefs, 4 days / week.
• Gym subsidy.
• Paid cell phone + plan.
• Student loan repayment program.
• Relocation assistance.
• Generous team member discounts.