Senior Analyst - Finance Analytics
Our Company
Afterpay is transforming the way we pay by allowing customers to receive products immediately and pay for their purchases over four installments, always interest-free. The service is completely free for customers who pay on time - helping people spend responsibly without incurring interest, fees or extended debt!
Afterpay is offered by more than 55,000 of the world’s best retailers and has more than 10 million active customers globally. In the U.S. more than 5 million customers use Afterpay and is offered by more than 15,000 of the top fashion and beauty retailers across the country - including Anthropologie, Forever 21, DSW, GOAT, Finish Line, Levi’s, Mac Cosmetics, Ray-Ban and many others. We are currently available in Australia, New Zealand, the United States and the United Kingdom where the brand is called Clearpay. Our U.S. headquarters are located at the heart of the retail and business district in San Francisco, California.
Afterpay is on a mission to power an economy in which everyone wins.
About the Role
The Senior Analyst, Finance Analytics works as part of the Global Risk & Analytics team and reports to Finance Analytics Manager located in Melbourne, Australia. This role has been made available as a part of business expansion into the in store channel in the US. The primary responsibility in this role is to own and support the instore sales process reporting to merchants and internal stakeholders. This role is ideal for someone who has previously worked as an in-house MicroStrategy specialist or an implementation consultant and would like to transition to working close with business stakeholders and over the time gain domain knowledge within Finance.
Key responsibilities will include:
• Develop and maintain a suite of externally facing reports using MicroStrategy
• Collaborate with Sales and Merchant Relations teams to provide response to key merchants
• Troubleshoot issues occurring in relation to Instore Sales Process
• Maintain a strong understanding of our evolving data warehouse
• Continuous involvement in product changes to ensure correct business process reporting
• Collaborate with other Customer and Merchant analytics teams to deliver the required input
• Work closely with Data Engineering team to continuously evaluate and improve the solution
• Maintain process documentation using Confluence and JIRA
• Prioritize the requests arriving from different teams
• Work closely with the Finance team to enable delivery of accurate reporting
• Support Finance Analytics Manager with delivery of other projects for Finance Team on as-needed basis.
About You
• Ability to develop application and schema object based on technical specifications using MicroStrategy Developer
• Familiar with advanced reporting concepts - level metrics, custom groups, many to many relationships resolution
• Ability to maintain subscriptions using Distribution Services maintenance (in particular bursting functionality)
• Understanding of the importance of the regression testing
• Quantitative background in statistics, math, business, or related disciplines
• 5+ years of experience in an analytically-driven role (analytics, consulting, data engineering, etc.
• Strong working knowledge of SQL
• Strong understanding of data architecture
• Self organized with natural passion for governance and “doing things right”
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team environment, cross-functionally, and with external parties
• Ability to communicate findings and definition nuances clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Attention to details and determination of getting things fixed
• Ability to translate business requirements to technical spec
• Ability to work in geographically dispersed team
• Team player - you go out of your way to help teammates
• Strong sense of ownership
• Excellent communication skills
• Attention to detail and ability to understand end to end solution
• Self organisation and ability to work with minimum supervision
• Stakeholder management experience
• Experience in projects dedicated to Finance Teams is a great plus
What We Offer
• Competitive compensation packages
• Medical, Dental, Vision insurance (100% covered!)
• Fun virtual company events & collaborative team
• Supportive, laid-back environment
• Award winning culture
How to Apply
If you are brave, if you are committed to doing the right thing, if you always keep it real, and your background matches the description above then please apply today!
Afterpay is continuing to hire for all open roles with all interviewing and on-boarding done virtually due to COVID-19. All new team members, in addition to current staff, will temporarily work from home until it is safe to return to our offices.