Senior Analytics & Reporting Lead — Equity Eligible

Western Alliance Bancorporation; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Ownership stake in the company

Medical and dental insurance

401k matching program

Tuition assistance program

Employee volunteer program

Wellness program

Job summary

Western Alliance Bancorporation is seeking an Analytics and Reporting Lead Analyst in CityScape to guide delivery of dashboards, reports, and data insights. You will partner with stakeholders across Operations, Product, Compliance, Finance, Risk, Technology, and leadership to ensure accurate, actionable outputs.

The role requires 5+ years in analytics or BI, advanced SQL/Power BI skills, and a track record mentoring analysts and delivering complex reporting initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related experience in Analytics, Reporting, Analysis, Analytics, business intelligence, finance, banking operations, or a similar field.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• Intermediate knowledge of general banking operations, including deposit operations, loan administration, treasury management and/or other commercial banking products and services.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL, Power BI, Excel, data visualization, and reporting automation; experience leading complex reporting initiatives, mentoring analysts, coordinating project work, or serving as a technical subject matter expert.
• Intermediate knowledge and experience in business intelligence processes and experience implementing analytical change in growth environments; experience in project management and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
• Intermediate knowledge and experience in overseeing automation initiatives or process improvement projects preferred. Familiarity with workflow optimization and integration of automated solutions is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and enhancement of complex dashboards, scorecards, recurring reports, data models, and automated reporting solutions using BI tools, SQL, Excel, and enterprise data sources.
• Serve as a key point of contact for reporting intake, requirements gathering, prioritization support, and solution design for high-impact business requests.
• Translate business questions into analytical approaches, metric definitions, reporting logic, and clear visualizations that support decision-making across PSBB.
• Provide technical guidance and quality review for reporting deliverables, including SQL logic, data validation, dashboard design, documentation, and user experience.
• Partner with the Manager to coordinate team priorities, monitor request pipelines, identify delivery risks, and support resource planning for reporting and analytics work.
• Support data governance by maintaining consistent metric definitions, documenting data sources, validating outputs, and escalating data quality issues when identified.
• Conduct advanced analysis, trend monitoring, exception reporting, and root-cause analysis to identify performance drivers, operational gaps, and improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Operations, Product, Compliance, Finance, Risk, Technology, and regional leadership to ensure reporting solutions are accurate, actionable, and aligned to business objectives.
• Mentor analysts on SQL development, dashboard design, data visualization standards, documentation practices, and analytical storytelling.
• Contribute to executive presentations, leadership updates, project readouts, and recurring business reviews by summarizing insights and recommended actions.
• Identify opportunities to streamline manual processes, automate repeatable reporting, improve dashboard usability, and increase reporting scalability.
• Support a collaborative team culture focused on accuracy, ownership, continuous learning, and consistent delivery.

Skills

SQL

Power BI

Excel

Data visualization

Mentoring

Stakeholder engagement

Project coordination

Analytical storytelling

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

BI tools

Job description

Western Alliance Bancorporation is seeking an Analytics and Reporting Lead Analyst in CityScape to guide delivery of dashboards, reports, and data insights. You will partner with stakeholders across Operations, Product, Compliance, Finance, Risk, Technology, and leadership to ensure accurate, actionable outputs.

The role requires 5+ years in analytics or BI, advanced SQL/Power BI skills, and a track record mentoring analysts and delivering complex reporting initiatives.