Analyst

About the Role

Perpay is seeking a driven Analyst to join our team as a key player in growing our impact on customers’ financial futures. You will break down complex business problems across the organization, use data to uncover factors at play, and formulate actionable recommendations. You’ll collaborate broadly and present insights directly to company leadership to drive data-informed decisions.

What You'll Do

• Analyze Complex Business Problems: Partner with stakeholders from across the business to define challenges, identify opportunities, and deliver data-driven insights.

• Deliver Executive-Ready Recommendations: Translate analysis into clear, compelling recommendations, presenting them directly to senior leadership and influencing decision-making at the highest level.

• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Build strong relationships across teams to ensure data insights are actionable and impactful, fostering trust in our analytics team.

• Dive Deep into Data: Write and execute advanced SQL queries and leverage Python or R to extract and analyze data, uncover trends, and solve problems with precision.

• Support Business Growth: Develop analytics-backed strategies to grow our impact, improve operational efficiency, and unlock opportunities for our customers and organization.

• Build Scalable Solutions: Contribute to the development of self-service BI tools and dashboards that empower teams to make data-informed decisions.

• Thrive in Ambiguity: Drive projects forward with minimal direction, navigating uncertainty with creativity and determination to uncover solutions.

• What We're Looking For

• Undergraduate or master’s degree in a quantitative/STEM field (graduated in 2024-2026), or equivalent relevant experience.

• Experience framing and then solving problems through data analysis and quantitative thinking.

• Experience with Python and SQL.

• Impactful internship experience.

• Ability to communicate recommendations effectively verbally and in writing.

• Comfort in driving a project forward independently amidst ambiguity and change.

• Ability to collaborate and build trust in a team setting.

• Nice to Have

• Experience presenting to C-Level executives.

• Experience at a startup (especially in financial technology).

• Experience with Business Intelligence tools e.g. Domo, Power BI, Tableau.

• Experience with Git and Github.

• Compensation & Benefits

• Meaningful compensation and equity.

• Premium medical benefits (fully paid base plan, and very reasonable premium for the buy-up option).

• 4% employer 401k match.

• Unlimited PTO policy.

• Remote weeks around major holidays + extra holiday on weekends like MDW and LDW.

• High quality catered lunch by local chefs, 4 days / week.

• Gym subsidy.

• Paid cell phone + plan.

• Student loan repayment program.

• Relocation assistance.

• Generous team member discounts.