Founded in 2017, NinjaHoldings works to give everyday Americans better access to financial services than traditional institutions typically provide. Through our CreditNinja and NinjaCard brands, we offer digital banking and lending products designed for consumers often overlooked, paired with incentives that support long-term financial improvement. Our Edge brand extends this expertise to other companies, providing underwriting, fraud detection, and analytics services. Headquartered in Chicago with a distributed global workforce, we are a lean, growing organization committed to advancing consumer finance in the US.
Job Summary
The Analyst, Strategy & Operations supports business growth through data-driven analysis, operational improvement, and the identification of opportunities to enhance business performance. This role leverages SQL, business intelligence tools, and analytical problem-solving to investigate business trends, evaluate operational performance, and uncover opportunities to improve efficiency and customer experience. The ideal candidate is a highly analytical, detail-oriented problem solver who can independently query and analyze data, translate findings into actionable business insights, and partner with cross-functional teams to support the implementation of impactful solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Write and execute SQL queries to extract, transform, and analyze data from multiple sources to answer complex business questions
- Conduct thorough exploratory data analysis to identify trends, patterns, anomalies, root causes, and opportunities to improve business performance
- Develop data-driven recommendations to improve operational efficiency, customer experience, product performance, and business outcomes
- Build and maintain reporting, dashboards, and performance metrics to monitor key business objectives and identify areas requiring further investigation
- Analyze business performance across customer acquisition, engagement, conversion, servicing, and other operational areas to uncover opportunities for growth and improvement
- Translate analytical findings into clear insights, recommendations, and presentations for business stakeholders
- Monitor results following process changes or product launches, assess performance against expectations, and identify opportunities for continued improvement
- Ensure analytical outputs are accurate, well-documented, and reproducible, with appropriate validation of data quality and assumptions
Ideal Candidate Will Have:
- 1+ year of experience in data analytics, business analysis, strategy and operations, management consulting, or a highly analytical role in a fast-paced environment
- Strong SQL skills, including the ability to independently write complex queries
- Strong attention to detail, with a commitment to data accuracy, validation, and analytical rigor
- Demonstrated ability to perform thorough exploratory data analysis, investigate root causes, validate hypotheses, and derive actionable insights from large datasets
- Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills, with the ability to structure ambiguous business questions and determine the appropriate data and methodology to answer them
- Ability to communicate complex analytical findings clearly and translate data into practical business recommendations
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple analyses, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
- Prior fintech, payments, lending, or financial services experience is preferred
Benefits & Perks:
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Health Benefits with generous medical, dental and vision insurance plans
- 401(k) with matching contribution
- Paid Family Leave
- Annual Wellness & WFH Subsidies
- Employee Referral Program
- Remote first culture with convenient downtown office in the heart of the city
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
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Skills Required
- 1+ year of experience in data analytics, business analysis, strategy and operations, management consulting, or another highly analytical role
- Strong SQL skills, including the ability to independently write complex queries
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy, validation, and analytical rigor
- Ability to perform exploratory data analysis, investigate root causes, validate hypotheses, and derive actionable insights from large datasets
- Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills, including structuring ambiguous business questions and selecting appropriate data and methodologies
- Ability to communicate complex analytical findings clearly and translate data into practical business recommendations
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple analyses, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
- Prior experience in fintech, payments, lending, or financial services
NinjaHoldings Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are explicitly offered and repeatedly characterized as comprehensive across company and platform materials. Feedback suggests the breadth of core health benefits is a central pillar of the package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with company matching is clearly advertised as part of total rewards. Feedback suggests this provides meaningful long-term savings support alongside base pay.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Material equity grants are highlighted as a standard component of compensation for eligible roles. Feedback suggests equity is positioned to add upside beyond salary and bonus.
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What We Do
NinjaHoldings was founded in 2017 by a team seeking to revolutionize the way everyday Americans interact with financial services. Through our CreditNinja and NinjaCard brands, we empower people overlooked by traditional financial institutions to take control of their finances via a full suite of digital banking and lending products, providing incentives and rewards along the way as we guide them on a path to financial improvement. Through our EDGE brand, we help companies better understand their customers by offering a package of bespoke underwriting, fraud detection, and analytics services. With offices in Chicago, Miami, and around the world through the power of remote work, we are a lean and innovative team always seeking like-minded talent to join us in our fight to disrupt consumer finance.
Why Work With Us
Our culture of growth is driven by hard-working people who move fast. We’re a highly collaborative, fast-moving, and data-centric company led by industry veterans. Our collaborative team is composed of super-talented ninjas who are passionate about their craft.
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