Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams — People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more — provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.

The Finance & Strategy team is responsible for improving strategic and financial decision-making across the company. We maintain our operating model, analyze deals and capital allocation decisions, and think a lot about strategy.

We are looking for a Senior Analyst to join our International Finance & Strategy Team and report into our Finance & Strategy Manager based in New York.

You will play an important part in Block's success in Japan by working directly with local business leads to understand the overall picture of the Japanese market.

Your day-to-day role will focus on forecasting the Japanese business, identifying market trends and preparing data-driven analyses to uncover opportunities, risks and inform strategic decisions.

• Act as a Finance Business Partner for our Japan team
• Support strategic decisions through analysis on cost negotiations, pricing design, merchant behavior analysis, investment cases for essential projects, LTV / Return on investment of marketing efforts, market/competitive landscape, and other data-driven analysis
• Support the financial planning process for key product and teams; including building financial/operational models and managing investment budgets for teams to ensure they have resource allocations to invest properly behind important projects
• Use our SQL databases to generate analysis that help to predict trends and identify future opportunities for growth
• Partner with departments (e.g. Accounting, Business Intelligence and Data Analytics, Sales and Marketing, and others) to report on the financial impact of decisions across the company
• Prepare analysis and support communication to product leaders, board members and executive staff
• Work with the International Accounting team on transactional and financial close matters to ensure accuracy over financial statement reporting

You Have:

• A Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or other relevant field
• A minimum of 2 years of relevant industry experience
• Proficiency in financial modeling and Excel (there will be a case study)
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to think and communicate creatively and thoughtfully

Even better:

• Fluency in Japanese

• Experience with payments industry

• Experience with SQL, data visualization tools (e.g. Looker) or Hyperion

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. Square is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, based solely on the core competencies required of the role at hand, and without regard to any 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. 

Perks

We want you to be well and thrive. Our global benefits package includes:

• Healthcare coverage
• Retirement Plans
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Wellness perks
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off
• Learning and Development resources

Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD54566975, 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. TBD54566975 is building an open developer platform to make it easier to access Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies without having to go through an institution.