Senior Business Analyst

Interested in working on cutting-edge blockchain technology and creating equitable access to the global financial system?

Since 2014, the mission-driven team at the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has helped fuel the tremendous growth of the Stellar blockchain network, an open-source platform that operates at high-scale today.

Developers and companies around the world build on it, and the SDF team is expanding to support the rapidly growing and changing Stellar ecosystem.

Find out if this opportunity is a good fit by reading all of the information that follows below.

We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst who is passionate about building an organization's business intelligence and ability to make data-driven decisions.

Guided by the SDF's annual strategy and north stars, the successful candidate will work with internal stakeholders to advise and inform strategy through data-driven, actionable insights.

They will work within the Office of the CEO, reporting to the Chief of Staff, and play a key role in operationalizing data into strategy development and assessment.

This role contextualizes what is happening within the Stellar ecosystem and provides mission-aligned recommendations. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills and the ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders to tell the Stellar story.

In this role, you will :

• Support data-driven decision-making by answering questions that craft a clear understanding of SDF's progress
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather and document data, analytics and reporting requirements
• Define key performance indicators (KPIs) and make business recommendations
• Conduct end-to-end analyses, and build visualizations and reporting that enable data-driven decision-making
• Communicate compelling and practical insights from data analysis and present them regularly
• Develop strategies for effective data analysis and reporting
• Collaborate cross-functionally with a variety of roles (e.g. engineers, business development, executives)

Qualifications :

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Business Administration, or a related field
• Solid understanding of business processes and ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• 5+ years' of active experience as a Business Analyst or equivalent role
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work with complex data sets and synthesizing data insights into actionable recommendations
• Proficiency in data querying and data analysis over large data sets, using SQL
• Familiarity with data visualization tools

We offer competitive pay with a base salary range for this position of $130,000-$175,000 depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

In addition, we offer lumen-denominated grants along with the following perks and benefits :

USA Benefits / Perks :

• Competitive health, dental & vision coverage with most plans covered at 100% for the employee + any dependants
• Flexible time off + 15 company holidays including a company-wide holiday break
• Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for both non-birthing and birthing parents, as well as up to 14 weeks of paid pregnancy leave for birthing parents
• Gym reimbursement ($80 per month)
• Life & ADD (up to $50K)
• Short & Long term disability
• 401K with 4% match
• Health & Dependent Care FSA Accounts
• Commuter benefits with $250 / month employer contribution
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with monthly employer contribution
• Family building benefits through Kindbody
• Wellbeing benefits (One Medical, Rightway, Headspace)
• L&D budget of $1,500 / year
• Daily lunch and snacks in office
• Company retreats

About Stellar

Stellar is more than a blockchain. Powered by a decentralized, fast, scalable, and uniquely sustainable network made for financial products and services and a thriving and passionate ecosystem that includes a non-profit organization driven by a mission, Stellar is paving the path to unlock the world's economic potential through blockchain technology.

Built with speed and low costs in mind, the Stellar network provides builders and financial institutions worldwide a platform to issue assets, and to send and convert currencies in real time creating real world utility.

Founded in 2014, the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) supports the continued development and growth of the Stellar network and also serves the ecosystem of NGOs, corporations, universities, small businesses, governments, and solo entrepreneurs building on the Stellar network through tooling, funding and strategic collaborations.

Together, Stellar is where blockchain meets the real world.

About the Stellar Development Foundation

The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit organization focused on working with and supporting changemakers to create equitable access to the global financial system through blockchain technology.

SDF provides grants, investments, funding, and other awards to builders and organizations. SDF also develops resources and tooling on the Stellar network to help unlock real world utility.

As a nonprofit foundation, SDF puts the health of the Stellar network and the Stellar ecosystem and its mission above all else.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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