Data Analyst (Payment Performance and Optimization) - fully remote within Europe (m/f/d)
This is the employer's own posting, not a copy on a job board.
What we know
Is it still open?
Confirmed still open
Last checked 3d ago — checked against the employer's own applicant tracking system, which is the company answering directly.
We re-read the employer's own applicant tracking system and the posting was still there. That is the company answering directly.
How old is it?
Posted 284d ago
The date the source published, not the day we noticed it (2026-01-22). Last seen at its source 5h ago.
We have tracked this listing since 27 Oct 2026 (6 days). The employer's own board has carried it every time we have read it, most recently 5 hours ago.
Is it remote?
Marked remote on the employer's board
Their board carries a remote setting on this posting — a field they filled in, not wording we read. The location field names somewhere specific, which is usually where the team or the entity sits.
Who may apply?
Europe
No source stated where this role may be worked. This is read from the ad's own words.
What the ad says
…remote setup within Europe, built on trust and autonomy High ownership and real impact on revenue-critical systems Cross-functional collaboration with senior stakeholders A culture that values clarit…
Pay not stated
Similar roles pay $90k–183.1k/yr
Middle 50% of 72 listings that do state pay — Operations · all levels · Europe · USD/year. This employer has published no salary; this is what comparable listings we hold disclose, never converted between currencies or periods. How this is calculated.
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Carried by 1 source
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Personio employer's own board first seen 6d ago · last seen 5h ago
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The listing
The Team
Every successful transaction tells a story - of trust, performance, and precision. In our company, payments are not just a backend function; they are the engine that drives revenue, customer experience, and risk management.
Our Payments team sits at the intersection of Product, Operations, Finance, and Risk. We are deeply data-driven and relentlessly focused on clarity. We believe that when payment data is structured, transparent, and reliable, better decisions follow, and performance improves across the entire business.
This role strengthens the analytical backbone of Payments. It brings structure to KPIs, ownership to reporting, and confidence to decision-making.
Your Role
As our Payments Data Analyst, you will own payments reporting and KPI governance end-to-end in Power BI. The role reports to the Head of BI, with Payments and high-level management as key stakeholders.
This is an experienced individual contributor role for someone who thrives on precision, consistency, and analytical depth. You will ensure our payment performance data is accurate, structured, and decision-ready. You will translate complex operational and business questions into robust SQL logic and clear, actionable dashboards.
Your work will make trends visible, anomalies understandable, and risks measurable – enabling the company to act with confidence.
What You'll Be Doing
- Own and continuously improve end-to-end payments dashboards in Power BI
- Maintain and optimize the payments BI infrastructure and data organization
- Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and governance across all payment KPIs
- Standardize KPI definitions across Product, Operations, Finance, and Risk
- Translate business questions into structured SQL queries and meaningful reporting
- Lead ad-hoc investigations (authorization drops, decline spikes, PSP comparisons, recovery performance)
- Proactively identify anomalies, performance trends, and emerging risks
- Improve documentation and clarity of payment data models
- Partner cross-functionally to ensure reporting aligns with operational reality
- Collaborate closely with the BI team for peer review and quality assurance before findings and reports reach stakeholders
- 5+ years of experience in Data Analytics (payments or fintech strongly preferred)
- Advanced Power BI expertise (data modeling, DAX, performance optimization)
- Strong SQL skills, with confidence querying and validating complex tables in SQL Server
- Familiarity with Azure and Microsoft Fabric is a plus
- Experience working with payment data (PSPs, recurring flows, refunds, chargebacks)
- Deep familiarity with core payment KPIs, including:
- Authorization rate (gross vs. net)
- Decline reason analysis
- Retry performance
- Involuntary churn & recovery
- Fraud and chargeback ratios
- A strong mindset for data structure, governance, and documentation
- Ability to explain complex data clearly to non-technical stakeholders
- Rigorous self-review habits and willingness to validate findings with colleagues before sharing them onward
- Direct experience with PSPs or acquirers (e.g.Adyen, Checkout)
- Experience with payment orchestration platforms (e.g.Spreedly)
- Experience in subscription or recurring billing environments
- Basic Python skills for analysis or automation
- A fully remote setup within Europe, built on trust and autonomy
- High ownership and real impact on revenue-critical systems
- Cross-functional collaboration with senior stakeholders
- A culture that values clarity, precision, and thoughtful decision-making
- The opportunity to shape the payments analytics foundation of a growing company
- Annual company summer getaway + team meet-ups across the EU
If you see dashboards not just as reports but as decision engines - if you care about clean definitions, structured logic, and measurable impact - this role is for you.
Join us in building a payments analytics foundation that drives smarter decisions, stronger performance, and sustainable growth.