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At Pathward, we take tremendous pride in our purpose to create financial inclusion for all™. We are a financial empowerment company that works with innovators to increase financial availability, choice, and opportunity for all. We strive to remove barriers that traditional institutions put in the way of financial access, and promote economic mobility by providing responsible, secure, high quality financial products.
We are a team of problem solvers and innovators who celebrate our differences and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger and well-positioned for success. We celebrate, and embrace, our team members through our *HUMBLE*HUNGRY*SMART approach, and we believe that we are strongest when we embrace the voices of our employees, customers, partners, and the communities we serve.
About the Role:
Aligns technology solutions with business strategies to improve business reporting capabilities, enhance technical analyses, improve forecasting accuracy, facilitate operational planning and refine other such processes to maximize business performance.
What You Will Do:
- Uses knowledge of business and data structure to discover and/or anticipate problems where data can be used to solve the problem.
- Actively participates in initial and continual development, as well as on-going maintenance of reports and models.
- Maintains and refines historic and forward-looking business metrics and statistics that can be used to help guide decision making.
- Assists in the creation and compilation of daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting packages, highlighting results and variance analysis.
- Identifies and executes opportunities for process improvement and standardization across business lines.
- Drives standard definitions around key data elements and identify and support projects related to achieving data consistency, availability and quality.
- Provides support, and assists in, driving the identification and implementation of technology solutions to reduce manual processes, enhance controls, improve cycle times, and support consistency.
- Generates one-time, ad hoc reports by crafting custom queries against the data repository.
- Works closely with internal and external partners to obtain supporting information and data.
- Develops a consistent view of product performance and operational support functions.
- Other duties as assigned.
What You Will Need:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and work experience. Master's degree preferred
- Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a bachelor’s or equivalent.
- 5+ years work experience preferably in Payments (or adjacent industry)
Distinguishing Characteristics
- Distinguished by advanced expertise in data visualization, data modeling, and end-to-end analytical solution design, combined with a strong focus on business partnership and end-user adoption.
- Serves as a champion for intuitive, trusted, and actionable analytics by translating complex business needs into scalable analytical solutions, establishing visualization and analytical best practices, and enabling users to confidently leverage data for decision-making.
- Operates as a trusted advisor across business and technical teams and promotes responsible self-service analytics through engagement, education, and continuous improvement.
- Communicates Effectively
- Interpersonal Savvy
- Collaborates
- Business Acumen
- Functional/Technical Skills
The responsibilities listed above are not all inclusive and may be changed at any time.
Salary range: $86,000 – $145,000
The salary range reflects the minimum and maximum target for a new hire in this role. Individual pay within the range will be determined by multiple factors which can include but are not limited to a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and location. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary for your location during the hiring process. Ranges may be modified in the future.
This role is also eligible for an annual performance-based incentive opportunity. Pathward offers a comprehensive benefits package for eligible employees, including health insurance, 401(k) retirement benefits, life insurance, disability benefits, paid time off, and more.
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Don’t have everything listed under qualifications? If you’re excited about this role but your experiences don’t match exactly to everything in the posting, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other Pathward roles. Pathward is an equal employment opportunity employer and considers candidates for roles without regard to their race, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability or any other category protected by law.
Who we are:
Our commitment to inclusion is woven into our DNA. We believe that we are strongest when we embrace the voices of our employees, customers, partners, and the communities we serve.
We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, pregnancy, national origin, age (age 40 and over), disability, genetic information, marital status, hair texture or hairstyle, ancestry, service in the uniformed services, protected veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence or any other class protected by federal, state and local laws.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and work experience
- Master's degree
- Minimum of 8 years of related experience with a bachelor's degree or equivalent
- 5 or more years of work experience, preferably in payments or an adjacent industry
- Advanced expertise in data visualization, data modeling, and end-to-end analytical solution design
- Ability to translate complex business needs into scalable analytical solutions
- Strong business partnership, communication, collaboration, and business acumen skills
Pathward Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Pathward and has not been reviewed or approved by Pathward.
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Retirement Support — A dollar‑for‑dollar 401(k) match up to 6% with auto‑enrollment indicates comparatively generous and reliable retirement support. Administration by Principal adds clarity and accessibility.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Competitive PTO with tenure‑based increases, company holidays, Be Well Days, and paid Volunteer Time Off provide a wide range of time‑off options. A Dollars for Doers program and new‑parent leave add further depth to the leave portfolio.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Multiple medical plan choices, an Employee Assistance Program and LifeGuides, and remote‑first practices (including a remote stipend) reflect sustained attention to wellbeing and flexibility. ERGs, matching gifts, and volunteer awards complement the core package.
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What We Do
At Pathward, expanding financial access is the heart of our business. We work with diverse partners to deliver Banking-as-a-Service and commercial finance solutions for clients and customers that the traditional financial system can’t or won’t fully serve. Together, we are powering financial inclusion for more because we believe in financial inclusion for all
