Business Analyst — Strategy

Shadowfax; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Shadowfax is seeking a data-driven analyst in Bengaluru to build payout and cost models, forecast planning, and provide actionable insights that directly influence founder-level decisions. You will synthesize large datasets into concise, strategic recommendations and collaborate across finance, operations, and product teams.

You will work on financial metrics, cost structures, and incentive design that impact thousands of delivery partners, influencing compensation strategies and company

Qualifications

• Strong Excel and SQL capabilities.
• Ability to think through problems in a structured, logical way.
• Experience in analytics, BI, consulting, or strategy roles; freshers with BI background welcome.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent from tier-one engineering college; MBA preferred for strategy-focused positions.
• Comfort working with ambiguity, large datasets, and making decisions on tight timelines.

Responsibilities

• Financial and operational metrics across the delivery network.
• Cost structures and payout mechanisms that affect thousands of delivery partners.
• Strategic models that feed into company-wide planning.
• Cross-functional projects spanning finance, operations and product teams.
• Analysis that translates directly into changes affecting compensation structure.

Skills

Excel

SQL

Analytics

Strategy

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

MBA (preferred)

Job description

About the role

• Conduct payout and cost analysis to inform business decisions
• Build incentive design models and structures
• Develop planning models for forecasting and scenario work
• Produce analytical work that directly reaches and shapes decisions made by co-founders
• Synthesize complex datasets into clear, actionable one-page summaries

What you'll work on

• Financial and operational metrics across the delivery network
• Cost structures and payout mechanisms that affect thousands of delivery partners
• Strategic models that feed into company-wide planning
• Cross-functional projects spanning finance, operations and product teams
• Analysis that translates directly into changes affecting how compensation is structured

What we're looking for

• Strong Excel and SQL capabilities
• Ability to think through problems in a structured, logical way
• Experience in analytics, business intelligence, consulting, or strategy roles; sharp freshers with BI background are welcome
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent from a tier-one engineering college; MBA preferred for strategy-focused positions
• Comfort working with ambiguity, large datasets, and making decisions on tight timelines
• Based in Bengaluru or willing to relocate

Why join this team

• Your analysis has minimal distance to the decision-maker; insights move fast from your work to implementation
• You touch multiple business functions - finance, operations, and product - rather than working in isolation
• You directly influence how lakhs of delivery partners across the network earn and are incentivized