The NEAR Foundation is hiring for an Analyst or Senior Analyst of Business Intelligence
The BI team helps to drive actionable insight and strategic thought partnership within the Foundation
This is a pivotal role in powering data-driven intelligence which will build NEAR’s analytics function both internally and externally
You will build out a set of open source dashboards and tools and create actionable narratives from them which you will present internally and across the ecosystem
 As the primary builder and maintainer of the NF Analytics presence, you’ll also be a leader of (and get support from) the broader NEAR analytics community
This role helps everyone understand what’s happening within the NEAR ecosystem and what they can do to help the cause
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In this role, you will:
- Communicate compelling actionable insights from data analysis and present them on a recurring basis both internally and externally to our ecosystem
- Develop strategies for effective data analysis and reporting
- Build and automate performance dashboards, including leading and maintaining the one at explorer
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- Develop SQL queries and data visualizations to fulfill ad-hoc analysis requests and ongoing reporting needs
- Execute advanced analytics projects to guide timely decision making and accelerate optimization cycles
- Source, coordinate and direct the work of developers as needed to fulfill these tasks
- Support and coordinate the NEAR analytics community
Requirements:
- 4+ years of background from consulting, Investment banking, fintech/payments company and/or other high growth organization with operational experience in a quantitative or analytical role
- Ability to effectively communicate actionable data-driven insights to all audiences
Ability to demystify measurement and translate data to consumable, relatable stories
Communication — turning data into digestible, actionable insights about the ecosystem — is the most important part of this role
- Strong SQL, Python or R, and Excel skills; Experience with Looker, or other data visualization tools
- Strong analytical skills set: ability to identify and isolate trends, and connect them to customer behavioral patterns, and business impacts
- Experience building data pipelines, running SQL queries and updating/ building dashboards, etc
Expert SQL Proficiency
- Self-starter and resourceful mindset with a passion to learn and succeed
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Marketing, or related technical field or equivalent experience