Junior Strategic Analyst
Junior analyst partnering with stakeholders to solve business problems using SQL, Python/R for data analysis, delivering executive recommendations, and building BI dashboards. Requires recent STEM grad with internship experience in quantitative analysis.
About the job
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.
What You’ll Bring
- Undergraduate or master’s degree in a quantitative/STEM field having graduated in 2024, 2025, or graduating in 2026
- 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
What We’ll Bring to Full-time Team Members
- 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
Skills
SQL, Python, R, Power BI, Tableau, Domo, Git, GitHub, Business Intelligence
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