Square is growing its financial services footprint through the launch of new products and international expansions. This is an exciting time for our business and to support these activities we are looking for a new Senior Financial Analyst to join our Finance and Strategy Banking team to lead strategic and business planning for our credit business.

This role will be fundamental in shaping our credit strategy and communicating critical decisions to Product leadership, our Bank partners and to Block management. Success in this role requires the ability to exercise excellent business acumen while often operating autonomously without existing problem solving frameworks or precedent solutions. We are looking for someone with a strong analytical background who can manage and drive these solutions across a variety of strategic and financial focused challenges.  

Candidates can sit in any Square office in the US or be remote from any US state with the exception of Alaska.

You Will:

Serve in a divisional CFO-like capacity for our credit products. Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading financial analysis and providing decision support for our core lending products, including small business loans.

• Forecasting financial performance by developing/managing core KPIs and driving strategic projects.

• Identifying and presenting the top growth opportunities in our business to Sr. Leadership through a highly analytical approach that combines the use of complex datasets and robust financial modeling.

• Influencing our global expansion strategy for credit products by assessing the financial viability of entry into new international markets.

• Working closely with leadership of Square Financial Services, Square and Block on optimal capital allocation strategies.

• Partnering with departments across the company (e.g. Business Intelligence and Data Analytics, Sales and Marketing, and others) to develop frameworks and analysis for measuring impact and optimizing investment trade-offs across the business.

You Have: 

• Minimum of 3 years experience in financial services and/or consumer/merchant credit products or working at a top tier Investment Banking or Consulting firm, or Corporate Strategy experience. We are looking for candidates that have worked in a high-growth environment, performing complex modeling and analysis.

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or other relevant field

• Strong analytical skills (excellent proficiency in financial modeling and Excel) and effective communication skills, with experience in dealing with cross-functional teams.

• High level of intellectual curiosity, focus on generating results and having impact, deep interest in problem solving.

• Experience analyzing complex datasets and deriving actionable insights.

Even better:

• Experience in credit products or financial services.

• Experience with SQL and data visualization tools.

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, 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. 

Additionally, we consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, and always assess candidates on an individualized basis.

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 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.