Senior Data Analyst (Finance & Accounting)

Zip Co is a digital financial services company offering innovative products. They are seeking a Senior Data Analyst with a strong background in Finance analytics to deliver insights and support decision-making within the Finance domain.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with Finance (Accounting, Treasury and FP&A) stakeholders to understand business questions, reporting needs, and analytical requirements
• Design, build, and maintain SQL-based datasets, views, and queries to support recurring and ad hoc analysis
• Collaborate with data engineering and analytics teams to improve data models, data quality, and documentation across Finance domains
• Develop, enhance, and maintain dashboards and reports in Tableau (preferred) or Power BI, ensuring they are accurate, reliable, and user-friendly
• Support month-end and quarter-end close processes with reconciliations, variance analyses, and operational reporting as needed
• Partner with Treasury to develop and maintain reporting to external funding partners, and support cash and liquidity operations with analysis of cash drivers and payment flows
• Support FP&A budgeting and forecasting through performance tracking against financial targets and strategic plans
• Translate complex findings into clear narratives and recommendations for non-technical stakeholders, including presentations and written summaries
• Contribute to the design and implementation of automation and standardization for recurring Finance reporting and metrics
• Ensure that reports and analyses adhere to controls, data governance, and audit/SOX requirements where applicable

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional experience in a Data Analyst, Business Intelligence, or Analytics role
• Strong hands-on expertise with SQL (complex joins, CTEs, window functions, performance tuning). Familiarity with dbt Cloud concepts is a plus
• Experience designing scalable, well-documented data models that translate complex business and product concepts into reliable, extensible analytical dataset
• Experience developing and maintaining dashboards and reports in Tableau (preferred) or Power BI
• Demonstrated experience working with Finance data (e.g., P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, GL, revenue, expenses, AR/AP, write-offs, reconciliations)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to structure ambiguous problems and drive to actionable insights
• Proven ability to work with non-technical stakeholders, gather requirements, and translate them into effective data solutions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex topics in simple terms
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Data Analytics, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• Experience supporting Finance, Accounting, or FP&A teams is a plus
• Hands-on expertise with Tableau (preferred) or Power BI