Senior Data Analyst, Finance and Payments

The role

This person will build data infrastructure, reporting, and analytics to support the Finance and Central Operations organization. They will translate complex operational data into financial insights and partner with Payment Operations to improve data, controls, and automation.

What you will do

• Build and maintain scalable Finance and Operations dashboards and reporting
• Develop automated data pipelines across financial, operational, and business systems
• Automate existing financial reporting processes
• Contribute to the buildout of finance data infrastructure
• Partner with Payment Operations to build reporting and analytics around payment volumes and performance
• Develop automated reconciliations and controls to identify payment issues
• Support the investigation and resolution of payment discrepancies
• Improve and automate payment workflows
• Translate business questions into data models, dashboards, and actionable analysis
• Establish documentation, data definitions, and controls

Required qualifications

• 3–6+ years of experience in data analytics, analytics engineering, data engineering, financial analytics, or a related field
• Experience with Python or another analytical programming language

Nice to have

• Advanced SQL skills and experience working with large datasets
• Experience building dashboards and reporting using tools such as Hex, Looker, Tableau, Power BI, or similar
• Familiarity with modern data warehouses and transformation tools such as Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, or similar
• Strong understanding of data modeling, data quality, reconciliation, and automation
• Ability to understand financial and operational processes and translate them into technical solutions
• Strong analytical mindset and ability to independently investigate discrepancies and ambiguous data problems
• Experience working with Finance teams
• Experience with payment operations, high-volume contractor payments, or other transaction-heavy environments

Benefits

• Equity in a fast-growing company
• 401(k) match
• Competitive compensation
• Financial coaching
• Paid parental leave
• Fertility benefits
• Parental coaching
• Medical, dental, and vision
• Mental health support
• $500 wellness stipend
• $2,000 learning stipend
• Internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office

About the company

Handshake powers 25 million job seekers, 1 million+ employers, and 1,600 educational institutions. Handshake AI works with frontier AI lab researchers to create evaluations and publish benchmarks.