Analyst, Business Intelligence

Octane unlocks the power of financial products for merchants and consumers through technology, financing, and loan servicing solutions. The Business Intelligence Analyst will collaborate with business leaders and cross-functional teams to turn data into actionable recommendations, build reporting and analytical models, and address high-priority business questions.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain core reporting suites and dashboards as needed to support decision-making
• Work on analytical projects end to end, helping to scope the approach, dig into the data, and generate recommendations that the business can act on
• Partner with your manager and department leads to understand the company’s biggest open questions, generate action-oriented insights, and turn ambiguous problems into a clear path forward
• Build and refine models that surface what’s driving a team’s performance and why, so that teams can plan with confidence
• Perform ad hoc quantitative analysis as new questions arise and proactively surface opportunities for growth or improvement
• Collaborate with Data and Analytics Engineers to ensure the right data is delivered to the right places and is accurate

Requirements:

• 2+ years experience in strategy, analytics, or related quantitative fields
• Comfortable working with data visualization tools (i.e. Tableau, Power BI) to support analysis
• Experience with SQL and/or Python
• Expert in Excel/Google Sheets and PowerPoint/Google Slides, with the ability to build clear, persuasive narrative from data
• Interest in using AI tools to help solve data or analytical problems
• Ability to build analytical stories, using data and visualizations to drive impactful insights that lead to action
• Ability to juggle several cross-functional projects and stakeholders at once
• consulting experience is a plus
• Experience with Databricks is a plus
• Business minded: able to connect data to what actually matters based on stakeholder priorities and company goals
• Able to break down ambiguous, open-ended business questions into a structured plan of attack, and manage multiple concurrent workstreams for different business partners
• Strong problem-solver, comfortable moving between big-picture strategy and critical details
• Collaborative and proactive, able to build trust with business partners across departments and drive projects forward without heavy oversight
• Skilled communicator who can distill complex analysis into simple, actionable stories for non-technical audiences
• Flexible and enthusiastic about working in a fast-paced, evolving environment