Insights and Analytics Manager
ABOUT VARO
We're on a mission to empower hard-working Americans to achieve greater financial resilience; arming them with the products and support they need to create healthy financial habits. Through our mobile app, we offer customers premium bank accounts that have no minimum balance requirement or monthly account fees, high-interest savings accounts, and solutions to build, repair, and access credit. Our state-of-the-art technology provides tech-first features to help people achieve their financial goals and manage their money more easily.
Varo is distinct from other fintechs: We've made history as the first and only consumer fintech to be granted a national bank charter by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Our unique team combines the best of tech and banking, and we’re wildly passionate about keeping our customers happy by helping them manage and grow their money. Our teams are based in San Francisco and Salt Lake City. Privately held, we've raised over $419M to date, from leading institutional investors and strategic partners including Warburg Pincus, The Rise Fund / TPG Growth, Gallatin Point Capital, Harbourvest Partners, and Progressive Insurance.
ABOUT THE ANALYTICS TEAM
Varo’s Analytics team is responsible for providing quantitative analysis, market expertise and a strategic perspective to our partners throughout the organization. From optimizing marketing channels for acquiring new customers to uncovering drivers to push deeper customer engagement, the team focuses on delivering meaningful insights from data. As a member of the Analytics team you will partner with stakeholders across several teams such as product, marketing, engineering, finance, and operations to understand and analyze data from all parts of Varo’s business to power these decisions.
The Analytics team is lean, high functioning and impact-focused. If you can see different angles for business/product opportunities, synthesize large amounts of data, connect the dots amidst ambiguity, and want to deliver clear and measurable impact from day one, Varo welcomes you!
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Develop a deep understanding of the existing business and share insights around the key metrics that drive the company.
- Create & automate reports, iteratively build & prototype dashboards to provide insights at scale, solving for business priorities.
- Work with Product & Finance stakeholders to provide analytical support for ongoing needs and large initiatives.
- Conduct data analysis to make business recommendations (e.g. cost-benefit, invest-divest, forecasting, impact analysis).
- Deliver effective presentations of findings and recommendations to multiple levels of stakeholders, creating visual displays of quantitative information.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES THAT'LL HELP YOU BE GREAT
- 5+ years of work experience in Product or Operational Analytics, or 3+ years experience with MBA/Master's degree
- 3+ years of experience in an analytical role providing business analysis, developing dashboards, and presenting results to leadership
- 3+ years of experience in SQL queries, BI tools (Tableau) and day to day use of R/Python is a plus.
- Experience articulating business questions, scripting with SQL/Python to pull data from datasets and adapt quantitative techniques to solve complex problems.
- Experience with finance and operational analytics, measuring ROI initiatives, and automating dashboards and reports to track business performance.
- Track record of successfully communicating data driven insights.
- Solid understanding of statistical analysis.
- Distinctive problem solving skills and impeccable business judgment.
- Ability to get things done and work independently.
- Ability to operate in a high-paced and dynamic environment.
- Analyzing large data sets and coming up with actionable insights
- Manipulating large data sets with SQL
- Working cross-functionally and seamlessly communicating with people from various roles and teams
THE THREE SKILLS THAT MATTER MOST
Nobody can be great at everything, but we’re looking for candidates who are extraordinary at:
At Varo, we are committed to living our values. We hope these resonate with you.
Customers First: Understand the problems our customers are trying to solve. Respond with a sense of urgency. Build relationships that result in loyalty. Be data and insights-driven. Test everything. Achieve results through strong execution. Build a product people love. Assess new initiatives with the customers’ interest in mind. Act with empathy.
Take Ownership: Bias towards action. Have high standards. Be accountable for the results of your work, our product, our company. Trust others to own it.
Respect: Treat others how you want to be treated. Listen first before being heard. Speak the truth even when it's not easy. Assume best intentions. Bring your full self to work.
Stay Curious: Ask why. Dare to make things better. Learn something new each day (even from mistakes). Be open to growth. Develop creative solutions.
Make it Better: Think big. Set high goals. Work towards long term value rather than short term wins. Create change. Be resilient.
Varo is an equal opportunity employer. Varo embraces diversity and we are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
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We hope to hear you say, "I'm in!"