Business Analyst - Finance Analytics

Rover.com•Seattle, WA

1d•$88,931 - $108,167•Hybrid

About The Position

Rover is seeking a Business Analyst to join its Finance Analytics team. The role focuses on decomposing and explaining financial metrics, influencing business outcomes and strategic priorities, and developing forward-looking models for repeat customers. The analyst will partner with Finance to maintain models and explain performance against forecasts, and will work with Finance and Product Analytics to analyze Rover’s marketplace and identify the causes of metric changes. The successful candidate will communicate trends and business performance narratives to the broader organization, including senior leadership. The role also partners with Accounting, Tax, and Product to maintain and improve business reporting, and works with technical and non-technical stakeholders to address Finance impacts from product experiments, new business lines, and regulatory changes. This is a hybrid role requiring work from Rover’s Downtown Seattle office at least two days per week, on Mondays and Thursdays. Candidates must be based in the Greater Seattle Area and authorized to work full-time in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship for an employment-based visa.

Requirements

At least 3 years of business experience in Analytics.
Background in data-informed decision-making and partnering with multifunctional teams.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create clear data narratives for technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior leadership.
Familiarity with finance and accounting principles, including financial statements.
Fluency in SQL and data visualization tools such as Tableau or Looker, with the ability to independently conduct root cause analyses.
Experience working with data infrastructure or engineering teams to build and optimize data models.
Experience with Python, R, or a similar computational language.
Must be based in the Greater Seattle Area.
Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without needing current or future employer sponsorship for an employment-based visa.
Must work from the Downtown Seattle office at least two days per week, Mondays and Thursdays.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a two-sided marketplace.

Responsibilities

Become a subject matter expert on database queries related to payments and finance tables, cohort modeling, and integrated third-party vendor data.
Monitor existing metrics and build new metrics that drive business impact.
Regularly present trends and insights about business changes to senior leadership and the Finance organization, including decomposing the drivers of change and recommending actions to improve marketplace performance.
Provide insights, narratives, and increased automation or simplification to support Finance, Accounting, and Tax teams.
Partner with business owners to clarify analytical needs and investigate the underlying questions.
Collaborate with and support teammates and cross-functional partners as needed.
Partner with Finance to maintain models and explain performance against forecasts.
Work with Accounting, Tax, and Product to maintain and improve reporting.
Partner with technical and non-technical stakeholders on Finance impacts resulting from product experiments, new business lines, and regulatory changes.