Business Analyst Advisor

Pathward, N.A.

4h•$86,000 - $145,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Business Analyst Advisor aligns technology solutions with business strategies to improve reporting capabilities, technical analyses, forecasting accuracy, operational planning, and related processes to maximize business performance. The role applies advanced expertise in data visualization, data modeling, and end-to-end analytical solution design, with a strong focus on business partnership and end-user adoption. It translates complex business needs into scalable analytical solutions, establishes visualization and analytical best practices, and enables users to use data confidently for decision-making. The advisor also promotes responsible self-service analytics through engagement, education, and continuous improvement, serving as a trusted partner across business and technical teams. Pathward is a financial empowerment company focused on increasing financial availability, choice, and opportunity. It describes itself as a hybrid, remote-office company with onsite locations in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Phoenix, Arizona; Louisville, Kentucky; Troy, Michigan; Franklin, Tennessee; and Easton, Pennsylvania.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and work experience.
Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a bachelor's degree or equivalent.
At least 5 years of work experience, preferably in Payments or an adjacent industry.
Advanced expertise in data visualization, data modeling, and end-to-end analytical solution design.
Strong business partnership and end-user adoption focus.
Ability to translate complex business needs into scalable analytical solutions and enable data-informed decision-making.
Communicates Effectively.
Interpersonal Savvy.
Collaborates.
Business Acumen.
Functional/Technical Skills.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree preferred.
Payments or adjacent-industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Use knowledge of business and data structures to discover or anticipate problems that data can help solve.
Participate in the initial and ongoing development and maintenance of reports and models.
Maintain and refine historical and forward-looking business metrics and statistics to guide decision-making.
Assist with creating and compiling daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting packages, including results and variance analysis.
Identify and execute process-improvement and standardization opportunities across business lines.
Drive standard definitions for key data elements and identify and support projects that improve data consistency, availability, and quality.
Support identification and implementation of technology solutions to reduce manual processes, enhance controls, improve cycle times, and support consistency.
Generate one-time, ad hoc reports by crafting custom queries against the data repository.
Work with internal and external partners to obtain supporting information and data.
Develop a consistent view of product performance and operational support functions.
Perform other duties as assigned.