Business Performance Reporting Analyst

Jobtailor; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an analytics professional to partner with business leaders to define key metrics, design dashboards in Looker, and drive data-driven decisions in a fintech/payments context.

You will own end-to-end reporting, write complex queries in BigQuery, validate data, and enable self-service analytics with ThoughtSpot, delivering insights that influence stakeholder strategy and product decisions.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of analytics, BI, or data analysis experience (ideally in SaaS, Fintech, or Payments)
• Strong experience building dashboards in Looker (preferred) or similar BI tools
• Hands-on experience querying large datasets in BigQuery (or similar cloud data warehouses)
• Advanced SQL skills with ability to transform and analyze complex datasets
• Demonstrated ability to translate data into clear insights and business recommendations (not just reports)
• Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving skills and curiosity to explore underlying drivers
• Experience working with large-scale transactional or payments-related datasets is a strong plus
• Ability to communicate insights clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience working cross-functionally in fast-paced environments

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to define key performance drivers, metrics, and reporting requirements
• Design and develop scalable dashboards using Looker, leveraging governed data models
• Write and optimize complex queries in BigQuery to source, transform, and validate data
• Own the full lifecycle of reporting: requirements gathering, data validation, dashboard design, and deployment
• Move beyond reporting to analyze trends, identify anomalies, and provide actionable insights to stakeholders
• Enable and support self-service and AI-driven analytics using tools like ThoughtSpot to empower business users
• Partner with stakeholders to evolve reporting from static dashboards to interactive, insight-driven experiences
• Perform deep-dive analyses on Payments, lifecycle, and operational performance
• Collaborate with data teams to ensure alignment on data models, definitions, and source-of-truth metrics
• Maintain clear documentation for metrics, data definitions, and reporting processes
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve reporting efficiency, automation, and data quality

Skills

Looker dashboard development

Advanced SQL

Data analysis & insights

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical mindset

Tools

Looker

BigQuery

ThoughtSpot

Job description

• Partner with business leaders to define key performance drivers, metrics, and reporting requirements


• Design and develop scalable dashboards using Looker, leveraging governed data models


• Write and optimize complex queries in BigQuery to source, transform, and validate data


• Own the full lifecycle of reporting: requirements gathering, data validation, dashboard design, and deployment


• Move beyond reporting to analyze trends, identify anomalies, and provide actionable insights to stakeholders


• Enable and support self-service and AI-driven analytics using tools like ThoughtSpot to empower business users


• Partner with stakeholders to evolve reporting from static dashboards to interactive, insight-driven experiences


• Perform deep-dive analyses on Payments, lifecycle, and operational performance


• Collaborate with data teams to ensure alignment on data models, definitions, and source-of-truth metrics


• Maintain clear documentation for metrics, data definitions, and reporting processes


• Proactively identify opportunities to improve reporting efficiency, automation, and data quality

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in analytics, business intelligence, or data analysis (ideally in SaaS, Fintech, or Payments)


• Strong experience building dashboards in Looker (preferred) or similar BI tools


• Hands-on experience querying large datasets in BigQuery (or similar cloud data warehouses)


• Advanced SQL skills with ability to transform and analyze complex datasets


• Demonstrated ability to translate data into clear insights and business recommendations (not just reports)


• Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving skills and curiosity to explore underlying drivers


• Experience working with large-scale transactional or payments-related datasets is a strong plus


• Ability to communicate insights clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders


• Experience working cross-functionally in fast-paced environments

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in analytics and business intelligence, with a strong focus on dashboard development using Looker and advanced SQL for data transformation. Capable of translating complex datasets into actionable insights while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Looker Dashboard Development


• BigQuery Querying


• Advanced SQL Skills


• Data Analysis and Insights


• Cross-Functional Collaboration

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Analytics


• Business Intelligence


• Data Analysis


• Dashboard Design


• Data Validation


• Complex Query Writing


• Data Transformation


• Reporting Lifecycle Management


• Trend Analysis


• Payments Data Analysis

Soft Skills

• Problem-Solving


• Curiosity


• Clear Communication

Industry Keywords

• SaaS


• Fintech


• Payments


• Data Quality


• Self-Service Analytics

Tools & Technologies

• Looker


• BigQuery


• ThoughtSpot