Data Scientist, Finance

🚀 JOIN THE FUTURE OF COMMERCE WITH WHATNOT!

Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. Whether it's trading cards, fashion, electronics, or live plants, our sellers are building real businesses across hundreds of categories. We're building live commerce at a scale that's never been done in the West, and there's no playbook to copy. The people here are shaping how an entirely new industry develops.

As a remote co-located team, we're inspired by our values https://www.whatnot.com/careers and anchored in hubs across the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, Germany, and Australia. We move fast, stay close to our users, and focus on the work that drives the most impact.

We're one of the fastest growing marketplaces https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/business/dealbook/whatnot-livestream-shopping-fundraise.html and were recently named the #1 Best Startup Employer in America https://www.forbes.com/lists/americas-best-startup-employers/ by Forbes. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our news https://blog.teamwhatnot.com/ and engineering blogs https://medium.com/whatnot-engineering and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce.

💻 ROLE

- Partner closely across the business to find improvements/opportunities and influence decisions using data analytics methodologies and tools.

- Act as the data owner for Finance functions, including but not limited to accounting, tax, strategic finance, profitability, and the executive office.

- Build production-quality data products, dashboards, notebooks, and actionable KPIs to convey critical financial insights.

- Drive incremental improvements in contribution margin by deeply understanding business drivers and analyzing cross-functional initiatives.

- Collaborate on data and analytics engineering work to ensure financial datasets are enriched, reliable, and scalable.

👋 YOU

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