Role- Partner closely across the business to find improvements/opportunities and influence decisions using data analytics methodologies and tools.
- Act as the data owner for Finance functions, including but not limited to accounting, tax, strategic finance, profitability, and the executive office.
- Build production-quality data products, dashboards, notebooks, and actionable KPIs to convey critical financial insights.
- Drive incremental improvements in contribution margin by deeply understanding business drivers and analyzing cross-functional initiatives.
- Collaborate on data and analytics engineering work to ensure financial datasets are enriched, reliable, and scalable.
YouPeople who do well at Whatnot tend to be comfortable figuring things out as they go, biased toward action, and genuinely curious about what they're building. They care more about outcomes than credit and stay close to the product and the people using it.
We are looking for intellectually curious, highly motivated individuals with a strong background in data tooling and visualization. The ideal candidate thrives at the intersection of finance and engineering, prioritizing speed and utility over complex statistical modeling.
In addition to 6+ years of experience in the Data Analytics/Science field, you should have:
- A background with some form of Consulting, Fintech, Payments, or Finance; essentially, finance should not be a new concept to you.
- Expertise in data engineering and analytics engineering essentially, data storage and architecture should not be a new concept to you.
- A strong background in data tooling and visualization, with a firm grasp of business intelligence tools and self-serving notebooks. Bonus points for D3, React or Web app development.
- Expert-level SQL skills for data analysis, reporting, and dashboarding.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Finance, or a related technical field.
- Excellent verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex financial-data concepts to both technical and non-technical collaborators
Benefits- Generous Holiday and Time off Policy
- Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
- Work From Home Support
- Home office setup allowance
- Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
- Care benefits
- Monthly allowance for wellness
- Annual allowance towards Childcare
- Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses
- Retirement; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and Pension plans internationally
- Monthly allowance to dogfood the app
- All Whatnauts are expected to develop a deep understanding of our product. We're passionate about building the best user experience, and all employees are expected to use Whatnot as both a buyer and a seller as part of their job (our dogfooding budget makes this fun and easy!).
- Parental Leave
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work *company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence.
