Staff Data Analyst, Square Compliance - job 1 of 2

Since we opened our doors in 2009, the world of commerce has evolved immensely, and so has Square. After enabling anyone to take payments and never miss a sale, we saw sellers stymied by disparate, outmoded products and tools that wouldn’t work together.

So we expanded into software and started building integrated, omnichannel solutions – to help sellers sell online, manage inventory, offer buy now, pay later functionality through Afterpay, book appointments, engage loyal buyers, and hire and pay staff. Across it all, we’ve embedded financial services tools at the point of sale, so merchants can access a business loan and manage their cash flow in one place. Afterpay furthers our goal to provide omnichannel tools that unlock meaningful value and growth, enabling sellers to capture the next generation shopper, increase order sizes, and compete at a larger scale.

Today, we are a partner to sellers of all sizes – large, enterprise-scale businesses with complex operations, sellers just starting, as well as merchants who began selling with Square and have grown larger over time. As our sellers grow, so do our solutions. There is a massive opportunity in front of us. We’re building a significant, meaningful, and lasting business, and we are helping sellers worldwide do the same.

The Staff Data Analyst will join the Square Compliance Analytics team to partner cross-functionally across product, engineering, and operations to drive a strategic roadmap on how to optimize our screening processes across all Block. You will become a trusted advisor and play a pivotal role in refining and optimizing our upstream vendor configurations, deliver strategic insights to global compliance leadership, and collaborate with operations and compliance to redesign, streamline, and automate our workflows.

You will:

• Lead and manage data-driven projects from inception to completion. Define project scope, objectives, timelines, and deliverables, ensuring alignment with business goals. Collaborate with stakeholders to track progress, address challenges, and ensure successful project outcomes.

• Serve as the primary liaison between product, engineering, and operations teams, ensuring seamless communication and collaboration on data-related projects.

• Collaborate to fine-tune upstream vendor configurations, ensuring accurate and efficient data integration from partners such as LexisNexis.

• Create and maintain dashboards, reports, and visualizations to track key performance indicators (KPIs), provide insights to stakeholders, and drive operational efficiency.

• Uncover new insights and influence decisions on new risks, compliance operating effectiveness, risk tolerance, and product launches.

• Provide guidance and mentorship to other team members on best practices.

You have:

• 8+ years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6+ years and a Master’s degree; or equivalent work experience.

• Expert level abilities in writing, optimizing and validating SQL queries to identify gaps and inconsistencies.

• Solid understanding of data modeling concepts, data warehousing, and ETL processes.

• Highly skilled in using data visualizations tools for story-telling and creating dashboards that drive operational improvements (e.g. Tableau, Looker, Jupyter Notebook).

• Proficiency working with semi-structured data (e.g. XML, JSON) and using scripting languages such as R or Python.

• Proficiency using Git for version control and command-line tools to develop and run scripts.

• Proven results developing, managing, and executing cross-functional, strategic projects.

• Ability to develop a nuanced, detailed-oriented understanding of complex problems, clearly articulate these problems to non-technical audiences, and effectively influence senior management to implement proposed solutions. 

• Preferred domain expertise in financial services or compliance, and experience working with vendors like LexisNexis.

Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S. locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Zone A: USD $163,600 - USD $245,400
Zone B: USD $152,200 - USD $228,200
Zone C: USD $144,000 - USD $216,000
Zone D: USD $135,800 - USD $203,600

To find a location’s zone designation, please refer to this resource. If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information. 

Full-time employee benefits include the following:

• Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision and Dental insurance)
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
• Retirement Plans including company match 
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Wellness programs, including access to mental health, 1:1 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowance 
• Paid parental and caregiving leave
• Paid time off (including 12 paid holidays)
• Paid sick leave (1 hour per 26 hours worked (max 80 hours per calendar year to the extent legally permissible) for non-exempt employees and covered by our Flexible Time Off policy for exempt employees) 
• Learning and Development resources
• Paid Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits 

These benefits are further detailed in Block's policies. This role is also eligible to participate in Block's equity plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies, and may be eligible for a sign-on bonus. Sales roles may be eligible to participate in a commission plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies. Pay and benefits are subject to change at any time, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plans.

We’re working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. 

We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we’re doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out our I+D page.

Block will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances. Because the material duties of this role involve direct or indirect access to sensitive personal or financial data, a criminal background check is required following a contingent offer of employment.

Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD, we build tools to help more people access the economy. Square helps sellers run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services. With Cash App, anyone can easily send, spend, or invest their money in stocks or Bitcoin. Spiral (formerly Square Crypto) builds and funds free, open-source Bitcoin projects. Artists use TIDAL to help them succeed as entrepreneurs and connect more deeply with fans. TBD is building an open developer platform to make it easier to access Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies without having to go through an institution.

While there is no specific deadline to apply for this role, on average, U.S. open roles are posted for 70 days before being filled by a successful candidate.