Junior Strategic Analyst

Summary

Perpay Inc. is a certified B Corp and Philadelphia’s most impactful growth-stage startup, focused on improving the financial stability of everyday Americans. The Junior Strategic Analyst will analyze complex business problems, deliver data-driven insights, and collaborate with stakeholders to formulate actionable recommendations for the company's growth.

Responsibilities

• Analyze Complex Business Problems: Partner with stakeholders from across the business to define challenges, identify opportunities, and deliver data-driven insights
• Deliver Executive-Ready Recommendations: Translate analysis into clear, compelling recommendations, presenting them directly to senior leadership and influencing decision-making at the highest level
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Build strong relationships across teams to ensure data insights are actionable and impactful, fostering trust in our analytics team
• Dive Deep into Data: Write and execute advanced SQL queries and leverage Python or R to extract and analyze data, uncover trends, and solve problems with precision
• Support Business Growth: Develop analytics-backed strategies to grow our impact, improve operational efficiency, and unlock opportunities for our customers and organization
• Build Scalable Solutions: Contribute to the development of self-service BI tools and dashboards that empower teams to make data-informed decisions
• Thrive in Ambiguity: Drive projects forward with minimal direction, navigating uncertainty with creativity and determination to uncover solutions

Skills

• Undergraduate or master's degree in a quantitative/STEM field having graduated in 2024, 2025, or graduating in 2026
• Experience framing and then solving problems through data analysis and quantitative thinking
• Experience with Python and SQL
• Impactful internship experience
• Ability to communicate recommendations effectively verbally and in writing
• Comfort in driving a project forward independently amidst ambiguity and change
• Ability to collaborate and build trust in a team setting
• Experience presenting to C-Level executives
• Experience at a startup (especially in financial technology)
• Experience with Business Intelligence tools e.g. Domo, Power BI, Tableau
• Experience with Git and Github

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Undergraduate or master's degree in a quantitative/STEM field having graduated in 2024, 2025, or graduating in 2026
• Experience framing and then solving problems through data analysis and quantitative thinking
• Experience with Python and SQL
• Impactful internship experience
• Ability to communicate recommendations effectively verbally and in writing
• Comfort in driving a project forward independently amidst ambiguity and change
• Ability to collaborate and build trust in a team setting

Nice to Haves

• Experience presenting to C-Level executives
• Experience at a startup (especially in financial technology)
• Experience with Business Intelligence tools e.g. Domo, Power BI, Tableau
• Experience with Git and Github

Benefits

• Premium medical benefits (fully paid base plan, and very reasonable premium for the buy-up option)
• 4% employer 401k match
• Unlimited PTO policy
• Remote weeks around major holidays + extra holiday on weekends like MDW and LDW
• High quality catered lunch by local chefs, 4 days / week
• Gym subsidy
• Paid cell phone + plan
• Student loan repayment program
• Relocation assistance
• Generous team member discounts