• Solid functional understanding of payment and collections management and their end-to-end processes
• Knowledge of product and customer structures, or a strong willingness to quickly familiarize oneself with them
• Experience as a Data Analyst, Business Analyst, Analytics Consultant, or in a comparable role with a strong business orientation
• Experience in analyzing, modeling and preparing complex data sets, ideally in payment, collections, finance or revenue-related processes
• Strong understanding of end-to-end processes and the ability to structure and interpret data along these processes
• Hands-on experience in data modeling, data preparation and data transformation, e.g. enrichment, consolidation and filtering of data
• Experience in building reports, dashboards and decision-support materials for business units and management
• Confident handling of KPIs, performance metrics and steering indicators
• Experience with advanced analytics and/or machine learning approaches, e.g. forecasting, trend or pattern recognition, to generate business value
• Experience working with modern data platforms and integrating analytical results into existing processes and systems Personality & Way of Working
• Highly analytical, structured and precise, with a strong understanding of business contexts
• Ability to translate complex data into clear, target-group-oriented insights
• Strong communication skills and confidence in collaborating with business units and management
• Business-oriented mindset – not a “pure data nerd”, but focused on value creation and decision relevance
• High level of ownership, accountability and self-organization
• Motivation and enjoyment in acting as an interface between business, data and IT