Remote Data Scientist, Finance Job in San Francisco Bay Whatnot

Who you are

• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills
• Excellent communication abilities
• Knack for working across teams in a fast-paced environment
• 6+ years of experience in the Data Analytics field
• Excellent verbal communications, ability to clearly articulate complex concepts
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
• Knowledge in Business Analysis, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics or related technical fields
• Industry experience with applying scientific methods to solve real-world problems on large scale data
• Ability to lead initiatives across multiple product areas and communicate findings with leadership and product teams
• Expert in using SQL for data analysis, reporting, and dashboarding
• Experience in owning and building data pipelines with DBT, Airflow, or other similar technologies
• Experience with a scripting language such as Python or R is a plus
• Experience in applied statistical modeling and machine learning techniques
• Grasp of visualization tools such as business intelligence and notebooks

Desirables

• Intellectually curious
• Highly motivated

What the job involves

• Partner closely across the business to find improvements/opportunities and influence decisions using data science methodologies and tools
• Build actionable KPIs, enriched datasets, and create production-quality dashboards and notebooks to convey insights
• Act as data owner of Finance functions including but not limited to accounting, strategic finance, profitability, and executive office
• Drive incremental improvements in contribution margin through deeply understanding the drivers of the business and analyzing the impact of cross functional initiatives