Senior M&A Data Expert

Summary

Join Lighthouse, a rapidly growing hospitality technology company, as a Senior M&A Data Specialist. You will play a crucial role in our M&A activities by conducting in-depth data analysis, gathering requirements from various business units, and translating complex business needs into actionable insights. Leveraging your SQL and Python skills, you will develop and maintain robust data models, ensuring data integrity and accuracy. You will collaborate with team members, guide analysts, and enable self-service data exploration. This role offers a flexible work environment, opportunities for career development, and the chance to make a significant impact on a global scale.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience as a data professional, preferably with a focus on M&A activities
• Proficient in writing highly-performant SQL queries and python scripts for analysis
• Strong understanding and experience in data analysis, preferably in an M&A context
• Experience in stakeholder management and requirement gathering
• Proficient in visualizing datasets using BI tools (such as Looker, Tableau, Mode, PowerBI, etc.)
• Experience with ELT/ETL tools (such as Fivetran, Stitch, etc.) and data transformation tools (like dbt, Dataform, Terraform, etc.)
• Familiarity with software engineering best practices like version control and continuous integration
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken, any other language used within our company network is a plus

Responsibilities

• Conduct in-depth data analysis using SQL/Python as part of the due diligence and data migration processes during M&A activities
• Develop and maintain robust data models to support the analysis and interpretation of complex M&A data
• Collaborate with team members through version control and peer reviews, ensuring high-quality data analysis and interpretation
• Gather and interpret requirements from various internal business units (M&A, Finance, Legal, Strategy, etc.) involved in the acquisition process
• Translate complex M&A business requirements into thorough, insightful data analyses that inform strategic decisions
• Maintain and expand our data catalogue with a focus on M&A related data, ensuring data integrity and accuracy during data migrations
• Guide analysts and business users in identifying relevant data points and metrics to track M&A progress and outcomes, using data visualization tools like Looker
• Enable teams to explore M&A-related data marts in a self-service manner, fostering a data-driven culture
• Stay updated with industry trends and new technologies to ensure we remain a fast-moving technology adopter in the M&A space

Benefits

• Flexible working environment: Work from home or at one of our global offices
• Flexible time off: Autonomy to manage your work-life balance
• Collaborative team: High-bar, friendly, creative, and passionate colleagues
• Career development: Workshops, frameworks, tools, training, and processes to realize your full potential
• Impactful work: Shape products relied on by 85,000+ users worldwide
• Data culture growth: Opportunity to evolve data culture in a fast-growing scale-up
• Competitive compensation: Proactively maintained to value your work
• Referral bonuses: Earn rewards for bringing in new talent
• Mobility approach: Mobility budget or company car tailored to your personal situation
• Extensive health insurance: Packages prioritizing holistic well-being and healthcare needs for you and your dependents
• Private pension funding: Provided through group insurance