Data Scientist, Finance

Whatnot · Consumer · San Francisco, CA · Engineering

This role is for a Data Scientist focused on Finance at Whatnot. The primary responsibilities include partnering with business stakeholders to identify improvements, acting as the data owner for finance functions, building data products and dashboards, analyzing business drivers for margin improvements, and collaborating on data engineering for financial datasets. The role requires expertise in data tooling, visualization, business intelligence, and expert-level SQL, with a background in finance or fintech.

What you'd actually do

  1. Partner across the business to find improvements/opportunities and influence decisions using data analytics methodologies and tools.
  2. Act as the data owner for Finance functions, including but not limited to accounting, tax, strategic finance, profitability, and the executive office.
  3. Build production-quality data products, dashboards, notebooks, and actionable KPIs to convey critical financial insights.
  4. Drive incremental improvements in contribution margin by deeply understanding business drivers and analyzing cross-functional initiatives.
  5. Collaborate on data and analytics engineering work to ensure financial datasets are enriched, reliable, and scalable.

Skills

Required

  • 6+ years of experience in the Data Analytics/Science field
  • Consulting, Fintech, Payments, or Finance background
  • Expertise in data engineering and analytics engineering
  • Strong background in data tooling and visualization
  • Expert-level SQL skills
  • Excellent verbal communication skills

Nice to have

  • D3
  • React
  • Web app development

What the JD emphasized

  • finance should not be a new concept to you
  • data storage and architecture should not be a new concept to you