We are seeking a motivated and experienced Financial Analyst II to join our Finance Team. We are seeking candidates who are business-minded, data-driven, and able to translate large and complex data sets into meaningful information and have the desire to influence a company's decisions and performance. Using your stronganalytical skills, you will review data surrounding payment performance metrics (such as payment acceptance rates, chargebacks, fraud rates) in order to develop strategies to drive revenue growth withinthe business while reducing risk. You should be a strong partner who enjoys working cross-functionally todrive growth. You should also be comfortable creating and taking on assignments where youmay have little prior knowledge and seeing them to completion. In addition, you will help design thenecessary reporting and tools required to effectively review and make changes to our e-commerceplatform.
Job Description
About this team
As our Financial Analyst II, you will report to the Finance Director, Payments, and will be a key member of the team supporting BOLD’s payments team. We are seeking candidates who arebusiness-minded, data-driven, and able to translate large and complex data sets into meaningfulinformation and have the desire to influence the company’s decision-making and performance. Using your strong analytical skills, you will review data surrounding payments performance metrics (such as paymentacceptance rates, chargebacks, and fraud rates) in order to develop strategies to drive revenue growth withinthe business while reducing risk. You should be a strong partner who enjoys working cross-functionally todrive growth. You should also be comfortable creating and taking on assignments where youmay have little prior knowledge and seeing them to completion. In addition, you will help design thenecessary reporting and tools required to effectively review and make changes to our e-commerceplatform.
What you'll do
- Analyze and interpret large quantities of data as it related to payment acceptance, chargebacks, fraud rates, and other payment performance metrics
- Monitor and forecast payment related metrics, and predict customer behaviors through dataanalysis and modeling
- Understand the key drivers of company KPIs (Key Performance Indicators such as conversion rate, life time value of a customer, chargeback rate, and fraud rate) and the relative contribution of those drivers to the business performance through financial modeling
- Review and make recommendations toward our payment processor allocation strategies in order to drive revenue growth
- Make recommendations to improve operations, anti-fraud processes and system enhancements
What you'll need
- Finance or other Analytical degree required
- 2+ years work experience in an analytical role such as finance or business analytics
- Ability to collaborate with and across teams throughout the company, including Finance, Platform, Customer Support, Product, and Marketing to drive results
- Extensive experience in building complex financial models, conducting quantitative and qualitative financial analysis and scenario analysis
- Strong written, verbal and presentation communication skill
- Experience in presenting analysis to senior executives and working as a business partner across all departments
- Thrive in a complex, fast-paced environment;
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint Skills
- Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills
What's good to have
- Master’s degree
- Experience with SiSense, Tableau or other data visualization tools
- Previous experience in Payments is a plus
About BOLD
We Transform Work Lives
As an established global organization, BOLD helps people find jobs. Our story is one of growth, success, and professional fulfillment. We create digital products that have empowered millions of people in 180 countries to build stronger resumes, cover letters, and CVs. The result of our work helps people interview confidently, finding the right job in less time. Our employees are experts, learners, contributors, and creatives.
We Celebrate and Promote Diversity and Inclusion
We value our position as an Equal Opportunity Employer. We hire based on qualifications, merit, and our business needs. We don't discriminate regarding race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, national origin or citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other applicable characteristic protected by law.