Description
Summary:
Own the analytics function end-to-end, from designing metrics frameworks to daily reporting, fraud monitoring, and merchant analysis, working directly with C-level executives.
Highlights:
1. Own the analytics function from day one
2. Work directly with Founder, CTO, CFO, and risk team – no corporate layers
3. Growth path to Head of Analytics / BI
You'll own the analytics function end\-to\-end — from designing the metrics framework before launch to running daily reporting, fraud monitoring, and merchant analysis once we're live.
This is a hands\-on role: you write SQL, build dashboards, and dig into data. But you also think in problems and solutions — not just charts. You work directly with the Founder, CFO, CTO, and risk/compliance leads. No layers.
**WHAT YOU'LL BE OWNING**
* **Metrics \& BI** — design the metrics framework and dashboards from scratch, maintain the metrics dictionary
* **Data model** — review schema, identify gaps, propose what to capture and how
* **Transaction \& fraud analytics** — auth rates, decline analysis, 3DS performance, Visa VAMP / MC MMP monitoring, chargebacks
* **Financial analytics** — merchant P\&L, interchange tracking, scheme fees, IC\+\+ vs blended pricing simulation, revenue forecasting
* **Settlement \& reconciliation** — timeliness, exceptions, nostro monitoring
* **Merchant analytics** — health scoring, cohort analysis, onboarding funnel, segmentation
* **Compliance \& regulatory** — daily safeguarding reconciliation, AML stats, scheme reports, CBC submissions
* **Executive reporting** — weekly/monthly reviews with insights and recommendations
**OUR TECH STACK:** PostgreSQL (RDS) · AWS Redshift Serverless · AWS QuickSight · SQL (primary) · Python (pandas, Jupyter) · Excel/CSV · AI tools daily
**WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED IN THIS ROLE**
**Must have:**
* 3\+ years as a data / BI analyst
* Advanced SQL (window functions, CTEs, query optimization)
* Confident with dashboarding and data visualization
* Analytical mindset — finds insights, proposes solutions, drives them to done
* Works directly with C\-level and non\-technical stakeholders
* Active daily use of AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor) — not just awareness
**Nice to have:**
* Fintech / payments / acquiring analytics experience
* Knowledge of interchange, scheme fees, MDR, and IC\+\+ pricing
* Visa VAMP / Mastercard MMP familiarity
* Python (pandas, matplotlib/plotly)
* AWS Redshift / QuickSight experience
* AML/CFT reporting knowledge
* Good English level (at least A2\-B1\) and fluent russian
**WHAT WE OFFER**
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* Remote work (EU timezone or close to it)
* Competitive compensation above typical market benchmarks for similar roles
* Work directly with Founder, CTO, CFO, risk team — no corporate layers
* Own the analytics function from day one
* Growth path to Head of Analytics / BI
* Small, highly engaged team with strong ownership
* Fast\-paced environment with minimal bureaucracy
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