Business Analyst or Data Analyst

Role: Data Scientist

Location: NYC, NY | Toronto, ON

Duration: Long Term

Specification:

We're looking for a contractor who sits between a Business Analyst and a Junior Data Scientist, focused on product analytics, financial analysis, and ad-hoc data reporting for card programs.

This is not a Data Engineer or senior DS role; we need someone who is strong in SQL, analytical thinking, and building usable insights—not designing pipelines or doing ML research.

This person will support product strategy and client-facing analytics with tasks.

Ideal Candidate should have experience on the below:.-

• 5-8 years of experience in analytics roles

• Worked as a Product Analyst, Business Analyst, Data Analyst, or Junior Data Scientist

• Significant time writing SQL and working with real-world messy datasets

• Some exposure to financial or transaction data (ideal but not required)

• Strong communication skills—they should be able to explain what the numbers mean

Required Skills

1. SQL (must-have, non-negotiable)

• Strong hands-on SQL for data analysis (joins, window functions, aggregations, date/time logic)

• Experience working in a cloud data warehouse (Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, etc.)

2. Analytical & Business Problem-Solving

• Comfortable turning fuzzy product questions into structured analyses

• Ability to interpret financial/card-program data (transactions, declines, fees, etc.)

Preferred Skills (Nice-to-Have)

Snowflake experience

• Exposure to Snowflake-specific SQL or warehouse concepts is ideal but not required

Python for analytics

• Useful for deeper explorations, forecasting, or lightweight data modeling

• Not a requirement

BI visualization tools

• Tableau or Looker strongly preferred

• Experience building dashboards, simple visualizations, or metric tracking reports

Payments / Card Programs domain knowledge

• Experience working with banking data, card transactions, or fintech analytics

• Understanding of digital wallets, auth flows, or settlement data is a plus