Lead Data Analyst

<h2><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">About the Role</span></h2> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Chime is the largest and fastest-growing U.S. player in the challenger-banking space. Through our banking partners, we offer access to bank accounts with fee-free overdraft, provide members the chance to receive early access to their paychecks, help them improve their credit, and more. We created Chime because we believe everyone deserves financial peace of mind.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We’re looking for a Lead Data Analyst to drive forecasting for key growth and revenue drivers and deliver insights that shape business decisions. You’ll own end-to-end forecasting workstreams such as member growth, purchase volume, deposit volume, and intramonth performance tracking - while partnering closely across Analytics, Data Science, Product, Marketing, and Investor Relations.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">This role is ideal for someone who’s highly analytical and model-driven, but equally strong at turning numbers into a clear narrative that leaders can act on.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The base salary offered for this role and level of experience will begin at $152,000 and up to $210,000. Full-time employees are also eligible for a bonus, competitive equity package, and benefits. The actual base salary offered may be higher, depending on your location, skills, qualifications, and experience.</span></p> <h2>In this role, you can expect to</h2> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Own core forecasting workstreams for key business metrics (e.g., member growth, purchase volume, deposit volume), including in-year outlooks and contributions to longer-range forecasting.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Build, maintain, and improve forecasting models that are accurate, transparent, and scalable; document assumptions and create repeatable processes.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Run intramonth pacing, variance, and sensitivity analyses, identifying key drivers and surfacing risks/opportunities early.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Develop scenarios and “what-if” analyses to support planning and real-time decision-making (e.g., upside/downside cases, impact of product or marketing changes).</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Partner cross-functionally to align inputs and assumptions, reconcile differences across reporting/forecasting views, and ensure a single source of truth where possible.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Own unit economics and profitability analytics, including LTV/CAC, ROI analysis, and framework development for evaluating product and growth initiatives.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Improve dashboards and forecasting tooling (spreadsheets, Looker/Pigment or similar) to increase visibility, consistency, and speed of insight.</span></li> </ul> <h2>To thrive in this role, you have</h2> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">4–8 years of experience in forecasting, finance analytics, strategic finance, or a similar quantitative role (fintech/payments/consumer financial services is a plus).</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Demonstrated ability to own forecasting end-to-end and deliver decision-driving insights to senior stakeholders.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Strong modeling instincts: comfortable living in the details (assum