What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Data Analyst, Commercial position at Underdog Sports?
About the role and why it’s unique:
As a Senior Data Analyst, Commercial, you’ll support a variety of teams across strategy, fraud, payments, finance, accounting. You’ll help shape business strategies and improve operations by developing key reporting, conducting in-depth analysis, and delivering actionable insights. This role will give you the opportunity to tackle diverse business problems and work cross-functionally with multiple departments, making a direct impact on our operations
Key responsibilities include:
- Developing and maintaining critical reporting and performance metrics for fraud, payments, finance, and accounting teams.
- Analyzing business and customer data to identify key trends, investigate root causes, and inform decision-making.
- Building dashboards and data visualizations to communicate insights and performance trends to stakeholders across multiple teams.
- Analyzing transactions and customer behavior to identify fraudulent activity, suspicious patterns, and opportunities to reduce payment processing issues.
- Conducting root cause analysis on fraud cases and payment failures, helping to uncover areas for improvement in processes and systems.
- Partnering with internal teams to develop data-driven strategies that help optimize payment workflows, improve fraud detection accuracy, and reduce operational risks.
Who you are:
- 5 years of experience working in data analytics, ideally within finance, payments, or fraud prevention.
- Strong proficiency in SQL with the ability to perform advanced analyses and provide clear, impactful insights.
- Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Looker, or Sigma.
- A track record of supporting internal stakeholders, ideally in areas like finance, accounting, fraud prevention, or payments.
- Experience working with transaction-level data, analyzing customer behavior, and identifying patterns related to fraud or payment performance.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with an ability to adapt to a fast-paced environment and focus on delivering results.
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset to partner effectively with cross-functional teams.
Even better if you have:
- Deep experience in fraud prevention, payments systems, or risk management.
- Familiarity with fraud detection techniques and payment processing systems.
- An interest in sports or the fantasy sports industries.
Our target starting base salary range for this position is between $135,000 and $160,000 plus target equity. The starting base salary will depend on a number of factors including the candidate’s skills and experience, among other things.
What we can offer you:
- Unlimited PTO (we're extremely flexible with the exception of the first few weeks before & into the NFL season)
- 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
- A $500 home office allowance
- A connected virtual first culture with a highly engaged distributed workforce
- 5% 401k match, FSA, company paid health, dental, vision plan options for employees and dependents
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Salary : $135,000 - $160,000
