Lead Business Analyst
Role Overview
Solve Ambiguous Problems: Lead deep-dive analyses on complex business questions, synthesizing unstructured data into clear, executive-ready recommendations.
Analyze Market & Onchain Trends: Evaluate blockchain transactions, liquidity, token activity, and market shifts to uncover consumer behavior insights.
Run impactful projects: 2-3 initiatives with ambiguous objectives and scope to be tackled with Engineering, Product, Controllership and BCOs (Business Control Officers).
Raise the bar on KRIs and controls: thresholds, signal logic, data quality and services interactions, all reviewed and connected to impact to escalate to leadership
Own Core Metrics & Dashboards: Serve as the single point of ownership for key metrics and maintain executive dashboards.
Shape how we use AI — build shared prompts, skills, automated routines or bots to make us faster without making us less right or critical.
Build Financial & Strategic Models: Create quantitative models, scenario analyses, and market sizing to evaluate new product features and international growth.
Develop Clean Data Pipelines: Write efficient SQL and Python code to extract, transform, and structure complex datasets, establishing reliable ETL workflows.
Leverage AI & Modern Tooling: Responsibly integrate AI copilots and automated workflows into daily analytics to increase speed and decision quality.
Align Cross-Functional Partners: Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Legal, and Compliance to assess the commercial and operational impact of regulatory updates and business strategy.
Key Skills for This Role
Full Job Posting
About Nu
Nu serves more than 140 million customers, guided by a mission to fight complexity and empower people. The company has been leading an industry transformation through innovative products and human-centered services.
Proprietary technology and data at scale power Nu’s digital platform, built to promote financial access, advancement, and transparency. Its business model thrives on customer love and lower costs, feeding a flywheel of growth and profitability. Visit our Institutional Page
About the Role
Solve Ambiguous Problems: Lead deep-dive analyses on complex business questions, synthesizing unstructured data into clear, executive-ready recommendations.
Analyze Market & Onchain Trends: Evaluate blockchain transactions, liquidity, token activity, and market shifts to uncover consumer behavior insights.
Run impactful projects: 2-3 initiatives with ambiguous objectives and scope to be tackled with Engineering, Product, Controllership and BCOs (Business Control Officers).
Raise the bar on KRIs and controls: thresholds, signal logic, data quality and services interactions, all reviewed and connected to impact to escalate to leadership
Own Core Metrics & Dashboards: Serve as the single point of ownership for key metrics and maintain executive dashboards.
Shape how we use AI — build shared prompts, skills, automated routines or bots to make us faster without making us less right or critical.
Build Financial & Strategic Models: Create quantitative models, scenario analyses, and market sizing to evaluate new product features and international growth.
Develop Clean Data Pipelines: Write efficient SQL and Python code to extract, transform, and structure complex datasets, establishing reliable ETL workflows.
Leverage AI & Modern Tooling: Responsibly integrate AI copilots and automated workflows into daily analytics to increase speed and decision quality.
Align Cross-Functional Partners: Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Legal, and Compliance to assess the commercial and operational impact of regulatory updates and business strategy.
What We're Looking For
Analytical Capacity & Rigor: Strong foundation in quantitative analysis, probability, statistical modeling, and financial mechanics applied to complex business problems.
Experimentation & Causal Inference: Hands-on experience designing controlled A/B tests, measuring statistical significance, and establishing guardrail metrics.
Technical & Tooling Proficiency: Advanced SQL and Python skills for data extraction, manipulation, and pipeline development.
Product & Strategic Thinking: Experience working alongside product managers and engineers in an iterative, fast-paced product development environment.
Executive Communication: Proven ability to translate complex quantitative findings into concise, compelling data stories that influence stakeholders. Our Benefits: Opportunity of earning equity at Nu • Medical Insurance • Dental and Vision Insurance • Life Insurance and AD&D • Extended maternity and paternity leaves • Nucleo - Our learning platform of courses • NuLanguage - Our language learning program • NuCare - Our mental health and wellness assistance program • 401K Saving Plans - Health Saving Account and Flexible Spending Account • Work-from-home Allowance • Relocation Assistance Package, if applicable
Work model
Hybrid 2-3 times/week: Our hybrid work model brings us to the office at least twice a week, on strategic days designed to maximize team connection and collaboration. For more details, visit https://building.nubank.com/nu-hybrid-work-model/
Our recruitment process may involve the use of artificial intelligence–enabled tools, such as automated interview transcription and analysis, to support the evaluation process. Artificial intelligence is not used to make final hiring decisions; all decisions are made by human reviewers. To maintain a consistent and fair process for every candidate, Nu does not provide individualized technical feedback. See how our policy works here
Qualifications
- Analytical Capacity & Rigor: Strong foundation in quantitative analysis, probability, statistical modeling, and financial mechanics applied to complex business problems.
- Experimentation & Causal Inference: Hands-on experience designing controlled A/B tests, measuring statistical significance, and establishing guardrail metrics.
- Technical & Tooling Proficiency: Advanced SQL and Python skills for data extraction, manipulation, and pipeline development.
- Product & Strategic Thinking: Experience working alongside product managers and engineers in an iterative, fast-paced product development environment.
- Executive Communication: Proven ability to translate complex quantitative findings into concise, compelling data stories that influence stakeholders.
- Opportunity of earning equity at Nu
- Medical Insurance
- Dental and Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance and ADD
- Extended maternity and paternity leaves
- Nucleo - Our learning platform of courses
- NuLanguage - Our language learning program
- NuCare - Our mental health and wellness assistance program
- 401K Saving Plans - Health Saving Account and Flexible Spending Account
- Work-from-home Allowance
- Relocation Assistance Package, if applicable
- Work model
- Hybrid 2-3 times/week: Our hybrid work model brings us to the office at least twice a week, on strategic days designed to maximize team connection and collaboration. For more details, visit https://building.nubank.com/nu-hybrid-work-model/
- Our recruitment process may involve the use of artificial intelligence–enabled tools, such as automated interview transcription and analysis, to support the evaluation process. Artificial intelligence is not used to make final hiring decisions; all decisions are made by human reviewers.
- To maintain a consistent and fair process for every candidate, Nu does not provide individualized technical feedback. See how our policy works here
About Nubank
Brazilian digital bank serving consumers and small businesses with credit cards, accounts, payments, lending, investments, and insurance.
Visit company websiteJobs and hiring trendsApply for this job in 1 click
Skip the repetitive application forms
Install the Base Career Chrome Extension and autofill job applications across major job boards with your profile.
Trusted by over 500,000 job seekers on Base Career
More from this employer
More jobs at Nubank
Engineering Manager - Toronto, Canada (hybrid)
Toronto, CAN
About Nu ============ Nu serves more than 140 million customers, guided by a mission to fight complexity and empower people. The company has been leading an industry transformation through innovative products and human-c
Engineering Manager - Toronto, Canada (hybrid)
Toronto, CAN
Senior Systems Engineer - Traffic Management
Toronto, CAN
Nu is looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to evolve the service-mesh and traffic platform that routes and protects its services. The role focuses on reliability, scalability, security, observability, and end-to-end inf
Senior Staff Software Engineer - Money Boxes
Toronto, CAN
Nubank seeks a senior technical leader to architect and scale the Money Boxes platform across markets. The work covers distributed systems, ledgering, investment assets, and liquidity infrastructure; candidates need deep
AI Engineer, Design
Toronto, CAN
About Nu ============ Nu serves more than 140 million customers, guided by a mission to fight complexity and empower people. The company has been leading an industry transformation through innovative products and human-c
Senior Staff Software Engineer
Palo Alto, USA
Engineering Manager - Toronto, Canada (hybrid)
Toronto, CAN
Engineering Manager - Toronto, Canada (hybrid)
Toronto, CAN
Senior Systems Engineer - Traffic Management
Toronto, CAN
Senior Systems Engineer - Traffic Management
Toronto, CAN
Senior Staff Software Engineer - Money Boxes
Toronto, CAN
AI Engineer, Design
Toronto, CAN
Senior Staff Software Engineer - Money Boxes
Toronto, CAN