Data Analyst 3- Hybrid Seattle, WA

Job Description
The Data Analyst 3 on the Credit and Payments Analytics team is responsible for delivering advanced data analysis and actionable insights to support Nordstrom's payments business. This role involves conducting deep-dive analysis, developing strategies, and producing detailed reporting via data storytelling to monitor portfolio performance, optimize vendor card marketing strategies, and enhance payment solutions. The Data Analyst 3 will work closely with cross-functional partners, the Payment Analytics Manager, and external stakeholders to provide data-driven recommendations that drive profitable growth, improve the customer experience, and mitigate risk, via start to end individual and team project ownership.
Key Responsibilities:

• Advanced Analytics & Decision Support:
  
  • Deliver data-driven analytics and actionable insights to guide strategic decision-making within the Payments organization.
  • Conduct advanced analysis to interpret payment fee trends, JWN channel performance, customer engagement with JWN card, and card marketing campaign effectiveness among other areas of the business
  • Develop and own forecasts, KPIs, and expectations for payment strategies, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Communication & Data Storytelling:
  
  • Work using visualization and presentation tools to deliver a concise, compelling, and impactful message for presentations to key business partners
  • Be able to identify key messages in data, either self-developed analytics or by team members, to provide actionable answers to the business
• Data Reporting & Insights:
  
  • Build and maintain dashboards, reports, and presentations to communicate key insights and trends to internal stakeholders.
  • Summarize complex data into actionable recommendations and present findings clearly to cross-functional partners and senior leadership.
  • Solve complex queries from leadership and business partners via self-driven data exploration and hypothesis testing
  • Monitor emerging trends in account vintages, portfolio performance, and payment behaviors, sharing insights with relevant teams.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  
  • Partner with key internal stakeholders, including Marketing, Finance, Product, and IT, to support payment initiatives and data development.
  • Work closely with external partners, such as Visa, Mastercard, to ensure alignment on strategies, reporting, and performance expectations.
• Team Leadership:
  
  • Act as a subject matter expert (SME) within the team, ensuring best practices in data analysis, reporting, and model development are followed.
• Ad Hoc Projects:
  
  • Respond to ad hoc business requests with timely and accurate analysis, driving actionable insights to solve complex problems.

Qualifications:

• Education & Experience:
  
  • Bachelor's degree in finance, Economics, Statistics, Data Science, Business Administration, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred.
  • 4+ years of experience in analytics and reporting, with a desired focus on payment or marketing analytics within the retail industry.
  • 2+ years of experience in applying statistical techniques, including experimental design and hypothesis testing.
• Communication & Interpersonal Skills:
  
  • Strong ability to synthesis data and outputs into an easy-to-understand story is a must for this role.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, capable of conveying complex information to diverse audiences.
  • Able to develop and deliver presentations to key business partners with minimal oversite.
• Technical Skills:
  
  • Advanced proficiency in SQL, BigQuery, SAS, or Python for data extraction, manipulation, and analysis.
  • Experience with data visualization tools like Tableau, Power BI, Looker, or similar platforms.
  • Strong skills in creating macros, automating repetitive tasks, and optimizing code for efficiency.
  • Knowledge of the payments industry, including payment processing, fraud, and fee management is a plus

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• Medical/Vision, Dental, Retirement and Paid Time Away
• Life Insurance and Disability
• Merchandise Discount and EAP Resources

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$102,500.00 - $170,500.00 Annual

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