Lead Analyst, Customer Payments

Chick-fil-A Plainfield, Indiana

Atlanta (GA)

Hybrid

USD 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Chick-fil-A, Inc. Lead Analyst role in the Treasury Customer Payments team to steward our Embedded Finance program, manage daily funding processes, and ensure accurate payments data for leadership decisions.

You will build dashboards, partner with vendors and internal teams, and drive experiments to improve payments operations, compliance, and cost management across the restaurant network.

Qualifications

Proficient in Microsoft Office.
Proficient in analytical tools (SQL, Tableau).
Excellent analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Excellent communication skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

Oversee daily instructional funding processes to ensure accurate and timely distribution of credit funds.
Own day-to-day operational support of all payments-related processes within our Embedded Finance Program.
Represent Treasury externally as a liaison for our Embedded Finance Program, working with vendors to troubleshoot issues and ensure ongoing compliance.
Contribute to the implementation of additional vendors into existing Embedded Finance Program.
Be a subject matter expert for all of Treasury’s warehoused payments data including datasets sourced from multiple processors.
Serve as a business steward of Treasury’s datasets and help inform our long-term data roadmap.
Develop self-service data tools that enable monitoring of payment acceptance at the restaurant level.
Support ad-hoc modeling, daily reconciliation, budgeting, and monthly forecasting processes.
Manage the overall cost of payments for the chain.
Build, maintain, and present on dashboards and analysis that provides insights into Chick-fil-A’s payments data and informs on key payments trends.
Collaborate with internal teams on requirements to develop and scale the payments programs and operations.
Serve as a subject matter expert in the payments operations area and act as a liaison across payment stakeholders.
Contribute to Chick-fil-A’s long term payment strategy, evaluate potential new vendors, and own RFP analysis across all areas of payments (acquiring, fraud, tokenization, debit routing).
Partner across the business (DTT, Marketing, Security) to research, develop, and test new payment acceptance options.
Represent the Treasury across the business in internal data and analytics user groups.
Stay aware of the continually evolving payment trends, best practices, and available tools to adopt and optimize payments

Skills

Microsoft Office

SQL

Tableau

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Python

Job description

How We Work At Chick-fil-A

Chick-fil-A, Inc. ('Chick-fil-A' or 'the Company') Staff members play a vital role in achieving our strategic goals by developing their skills, fostering inclusive teamwork, and embracing innovation. All Staff are expected to contribute to a compelling future by inspiring and motivating those around them. Growth and development are essential at Chick-fil-A. We want Staff to seek new perspectives and adopt new methods to drive continuous improvement and adaptation to evolving business needs. Lastly, we ask Staff to seek wisdom, expect the best, accept responsibility, respond with courage, and think others first.

Overview

As a Lead Analyst on the Treasury Customer Payments team, you will serve as a critical steward of Chick-fil-A’s Embedded Finance program, directing the execution and refinement of complex instructional funding processes. Additionally, this role is vital to maintaining the integrity of our Customer payments data, where you will build the dashboards and actionable insights necessary to guide leadership decision-making. By bridging technical data management with daily operational support, you will ensure the stability and growth of Chick-fil-A’s enterprise payment strategy.

Responsibilities

Leverage subject-matter expertise and data to oversee daily instructional funding processes to ensure accurate and timely distribution of credit funds
Own day-to-day operational support of all payments-related processes within our Embedded Finance Program
Represent Treasury externally as a liaison for our Embedded Finance Program, working with vendors to troubleshoot issues and ensure ongoing compliance
Contribute to the implementation of additional vendors into existing Embedded Finance Program
Be a subject matter expert for all of Treasury’s warehoused payments data including datasets sourced from multiple processors
Serve as a business steward of Treasury’s datasets and help inform our long-term data roadmap
Develop self-service data tools that enable monitoring of payment acceptance at the restaurant level
Support ad-hoc modeling, daily reconciliation, budgeting, and monthly forecasting processes
Manage the overall cost of payments for the chain
Build, maintain, and present on dashboards and analysis that provides insights into Chick-fil-A’s payments data and informs on key payments trends
Collaborate with internal teams on requirements to develop and scale the payments programs and operations
Serve as a subject matter expert in the payments operations area and act as a liaison across payment stakeholders
Contribute to Chick-fil-A’s long term payment strategy, evaluate potential new vendors, and own RFP analysis across all areas of payments (acquiring, fraud, tokenization, debit routing)
Partner across the business (DTT, Marketing, Security) to research, develop, and test new payment acceptance options
Represent the Treasury across the business in internal data and analytics user groups
Stay aware of the continually evolving payment trends, best practices, and available tools to adopt and optimize payments