Lead Business Analytics & Reporting Analyst- Buffalo NY

** Sponsorship is NOT available for this position under any circumstances. Candidates who require sponsorship now or in the future—including all F‑1 visa holders (CPT, OPT, and STEM OPT)—will NOT be considered for this role.
** Overview:
This role serves as a strategic thought partner translating complex, ambiguous questions into clear problem statements and driving actionable insights for senior stakeholders. Lead analysts are responsible for full-lifecycle ownership of analytical products including needs assessments, project scoping, stakeholder management, data transformation, product (e.g., dashboard, report) development, presentation/delivery, implementation support, and iterative follow-up support to ensure outputs meet stakeholder needs.

An individual in this role remains consistently engaged in high-value, high-visibility work streams with senior leadership.

Primary Responsibilities:

* Consults with stakeholders to lead workstream scoping and prioritization through problem statement-oriented discovery and solutioning
* Transforms and maintains datasets for practical, scalable application
* Builds sophisticated statistical modeling to identify trends, evaluate causality and forecast results with viable outcomes
* Synthesizes results into succinct, easily digestible deliverables
* Delivers professional data products (e.g., dashboards, reports, documentation) with prescriptive, actionable insights
* Leverages automation tools to streamline data ingestion and outputs
* Leads continuous improvement of existing processes to refine, synthesize, and standardized work streams
* Maintains documentation outlining key projects and processes
* Advocates for resource prioritization according to strategic demand and business value
* Promotes a healthy, professional work environment and culture reflecting M&T Bank’s brand
* Complete other related duties as assigned.

Supervisory/ Managerial Responsibilities:

Demonstrates leadership through proactive engagement with team members and partners to align work streams and strategic intent

Education and Experience

Required:

Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 4 years related business line experience,OR in lieu of,A combined minimum of 8 years higher education and/or work experience
** Additional information:
** Serves as a key contributor to revenue‑generating business segments, supporting staffing, branch performance, and individual goal tracking through advanced reporting and data‑driven insights. This role develops and delivers executive‑level reports, manager‑rating tools, and performance dashboards to strengthen market and territory management. Responsibilities include managing full lifecycle analytics projects from initial needs assessment and solution design to building dashboards, performing quality checks, and delivering final products.

This role also enhances team capabilities by explaining data infrastructure, analytical logic, and effective application of insights.

Strong partnership building is essential, with regular collaboration across performance enablement teams, managers, and key stakeholders to clarify needs, conduct assessments, and deliver actionable analytics.
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* Required:

SQL, Tableau (or Power BI)
**** Preferred:
Alteryx, Python, R
** M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $74,600.00 - $ Annual (USD). The successful candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.#
** Location
* * Buffalo, New York, United States of America Great companies have an enduring sense of purpose. At M&T, our purpose is a simple one:
** make a difference in people’s lives and uplift the communities we serve**. M&T Bank Corporation is a financial holding company headquartered in Buffalo, New York. M&T’s affiliates offer advice, guidance, expertise and solutions across the entire financial spectrum, combining M&T Bank’s traditional banking services with the wealth management and institutional capabilities offered by Wilmington Trust. M&T Bank has a network of over 1,000 branches and 2,200 ATMs that span 12 states from Maine to Virginia and Washington, D.C. For more than 165 years, M&T has strived to take an active role in our communities and build long-lasting relationships with our customers.

We are a bank for communities—combining the capabilities of a large bank with the care of a locally focused institution.
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