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Manager, Application System Development

Open 51d

Key responsibilities:

  • Coach analysts; set operating rhythm and quality standards

  • Triage requests; define scope, timelines, and success criteria with stakeholders

  • Do hands-on analysis to answer priority questions and unblock delivery

  • Turn analysis into executive-ready insights (story, assumptions, limits)

  • Improve data inventory and documentation to increase reuse and reduce rework

Must-Have

  • SQL (advanced): complex queries, window functions, multi-schema joins; able to navigate large unfamiliar data environments and get to answers independently

  • People management: experience leading a small team; able to allocate work, coach junior analysts, and keep the team unblocked without constant escalation

  • Cross-domain analytical thinking: comfortable joining data across business areas (e.g., credit, fraud, collections) to answer a single business question; sees connections others miss

  • Comfort with fragmented, incomplete data: able to design the approach for navigating disconnected source systems, reconcile inconsistencies, and piece together a coherent picture

  • AI-first mindset: daily user of AI tools; sets the standard for the team and is the strongest AI practitioner in the room

  • Stakeholder communication: able to translate analytical findings into clear, non-technical language for business audiences

  • Attention to detail: finance-grade accuracy; accountable for the quality of everything the team produces

Nice-to-Have

  • Power BI: building and reviewing dashboards

  • Snowflake or any cloud data warehouse

  • Python or scripting for automation

  • Experience in financial services, payments, or fintech

  • Familiarity with data cataloguing or data inventory work at scale

Not Required

  • Data engineering or pipeline development

  • Machine learning or data science

  • Deep domain expertise Day 1: will be developed on the job

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