Senior Data Analyst

Forward Financing is a financial technology company based in Boston, Massachusetts with team members throughout the United States, Dominican Republic, and Canada. The company is on a mission to unlock the capital that fuels small businesses across America. Recognized as a Best Place to Work by Built In Boston and certified as a Great Place To Work®, Forward is investing in its employees, technology, and customer experience – with long-term success in mind every step of the way.

Senior Data Analyst

Forward Financing is a financial technology company headquartered in Boston, MA with an operational hub in the Dominican Republic, a satellite office in Salt Lake City, Utah and a growing team in Canada. Forward is on a mission to unlock the capital that fuels small businesses across America. Recognized as a Best Place to Work by Built In Boston and certified as a Great Place To Work®, Forward is investing in its employees, technology, and customer experience – with long-term success in mind every step of the way.

We are seeking a Senior Data Analyst to join our team. As a Senior Data Analyst on our Business Intelligence team, you will leverage internal data and a modern data stack to provide valuable insights that enhance operations and business outcomes across all departments. This role will report up to the Manager of Business Intelligence.

• Develop expertise in navigating and generating insights from internal databases (including Salesforce).
• Partner with various departments to identify and outline data needs and requirements.
• Work with Tableau and SQL to build customized dashboards, visual analyses, and self-serve tools for key stakeholders.
• Leverage Snowflake Intelligence and Claude to build, optimize, and deploy AI-driven insights, automated reporting pipelines, or natural language querying tools for business teams.
• Contribute to work across the Analytics department, including Analytics Engineering and Data Science.

• Meaningful work. You will make a lasting impact, helping us achieve our mission of helping small businesses. You will see your work directly impact the decision making process of Departments across Forward Financing, and contribute to the long term success of Forward Financing.
• You love working with data! In this role, you will work with a variety of datasets to provide teams with deeper insight, enabling operational and strategic decisions. You will work with our modern data stack (Fivetran + Snowflake + dbt + Tableau + Census + Claude) to deliver a combination of automated reports and dashboards, self-service tools, and ad-hoc analyses.
• Flexibility is a top priority. Our teams are empowered to do what works for them. This opportunity has 100% fully remote flexibility.

• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in a quantitative discipline (e.g. Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, etc.)
• 4+ years of professional experience in a dedicated business intelligence or analytics role.
• 2+ years of experience working directly within a Snowflake data warehouse environment.
• 1+ years of experience working with Snowflake Intelligence or integrating Claude to automate workflows, process unstructured data, or enhance BI tools.
• Ability to perform complex joins and transformations on data using SQL.
• Experience building data visualizations with Tableau or similar tools (e.g., Looker, PowerBI).
• Strong knowledge of Excel (vlookup, index/match, pivot tables, calculations).
• Bonus:
  Experience using DBT, Git, and Python.

Annual Targeted Salary: $114,000 – $144,000 CAD

Annual Target Bonus: 10%

At Forward Financing, we're committed to fair and transparent compensation. We believe in providing a compensation package that recognizes your skills, experience, and the unique value you bring to our team. We take a market-based approach to pay, regularly reviewing benchmark data to ensure our compensation remains competitive, equitable, and aligned with our performance-driven culture.

Final offers are determined by a variety of factors, including the candidate's qualifications, relevant experience, specific skills, and internal equity. This approach ensures that our…