Senior Data Analyst

Role Description

We are seeking a Senior Data Analyst to join our team. As a Senior Data Analyst on our Business Intelligence team, you will leverage internal data and a modern data stack to provide valuable insights that enhance operations and business outcomes across all departments. This role will report up to the Manager of Business Intelligence.

In this role you will:

• Develop expertise in navigating and generating insights from internal databases (including Salesforce).
• Partner with various departments to identify and outline data needs and requirements.
• Work with Tableau and SQL to build customized dashboards, visual analyses, and self-serve tools for key stakeholders.
• Leverage Snowflake Intelligence and Claude to build, optimize, and deploy AI-driven insights, automated reporting pipelines, or natural language querying tools for business teams.
• Contribute to work across the Analytics department, including Analytics Engineering and Data Science.

Why you should apply:

• Meaningful work. You will make a lasting impact, helping us achieve our mission of helping small businesses.
• You love working with data! In this role, you will work with a variety of datasets to provide teams with deeper insight, enabling operational and strategic decisions.
• Flexibility is a top priority. This opportunity has 100% fully remote flexibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in a quantitative discipline (e.g. Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, etc.)
• 4+ years of professional experience in a dedicated business intelligence or analytics role.
• 2+ years of experience working directly within a Snowflake data warehouse environment.
• 1+ years of experience working with Snowflake Intelligence or integrating Claude to automate workflows, process unstructured data, or enhance BI tools.
• Ability to perform complex joins and transformations on data using SQL.
• Experience building data visualizations with Tableau or similar tools (e.g., Looker, PowerBI).
• Strong knowledge of Excel (vlookup, index/match, pivot tables, calculations).
• Bonus: Experience using DBT, Git, and Python.

Requirements

• Annual Targeted Salary: $114,000 – $144,000 USD
• Annual Target Bonus: 10%

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision benefits
• Commuter benefits
• Flexible time-off policy
• Paid parental leave
• 401k match for US employees
• Wellness reimbursement
• Volunteering days
• Annual professional development budget
• Charitable donation match

Company Description

Forward Financing is a financial technology company based in Boston, Massachusetts with an operational hub in Santiago, Dominican Republic, on a mission to unlock the capital that fuels small businesses across America. Since 2012, Forward has expanded access to capital by providing over $3.5 billion in funding to more than 71,000 small businesses. The company is A+ rated by the Better Business Bureau with an Excellent / 4.7 stars rating on Trustpilot.com.

Recognized as a Best Place to Work by Built In Boston and certified as a Great Place To Work®, Forward is dedicated to empowering both its team and the customers they serve, helping them succeed and thrive.