ABOUT US
Pliant is a European fintech specialising in B2B payment solutions. Our modular, API-first platform helps businesses streamline spending, improve cash flow, and integrate payments into their financial workflows. Designed for industries with complex payment needs, such as travel and fleet, Pliant enables greater efficiency, control, and profitability.
We serve two primary customer segments:
- Companies looking to optimise operational processes through intuitive apps and APIs, gaining control, automation, and financial flexibility through extended credit lines.
- Businesses such as financial software platforms, ERP providers, and banks that want to launch or enhance their credit card offerings using Pliant’s embedded finance and white-label solutions.
Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Berlin, Pliant supports over 4,000 businesses and more than 20 partners globally. As a licensed e-money institution (EMI), we issue Visa-powered credit cards in 11 currencies across more than 30 countries, helping companies streamline and simplify payments.
Learn more at
www.getpliant.com
ABOUT THE ROLE
As a Senior Data & Financial Analytics Engineer at Pliant, you will turn complex financial data into scalable, reliable insights that drive business decisions. You’ll build and own end-to-end data solutions, partner closely with Finance and leadership, and ensure a trusted, single source of truth for key financial metrics.
Ideally this role will be based in either Berlin or Munich, but we can consider other locations.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
Financial Analytics & Business Partnering
- Partner with Finance, Leadership, and Business teams to translate business questions into actionable data solutions
- Own and continuously evolve core financial metrics, ensuring they remain accurate, relevant, and trusted across the organization
- Deliver high-impact analyses that drive strategic and operational decisions
- Ensure full alignment with accounting standards and financial processes
Solution Engineering & Data Architecture
- Design and implement end-to-end data solutions tailored to financial use cases
- Build and maintain robust ELT pipelines and scalable data models
- Architect data warehouses and semantic layers that serve both finance and business users
- Translate stakeholder requirements into production-grade data products
- Continuously optimize for data performance, reliability, and cost efficiency
Analytics Engineering & BI
- Develop and maintain clean, well-documented data models that teams can rely on
- Create intuitive dashboards and self-serve analytics tools that empower non-technical users
- Define and enforce a single source of truth for business metrics across the organization
Stakeholder Management & Solution Design
- Lead requirements gathering through structured stakeholder interviews and workshops
- Act as an internal solution architect, bridging technical capabilities and business needs
- Contribute to scoping, pricing, and estimation of data and analytics projects
- Communicate complex data topics clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences
Data Governance & Strategy
- Drive data quality, consistency, and governance frameworks across the organization
- Champion cross-functional alignment on metric definitions and data standards
- Actively contribute to the broader data strategy and analytics roadmap
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
Core Skills
- Strong hands-on experience in financial analytics and reporting
- Solid background in analytics engineering or data engineering
- Advanced SQL proficiency and experience with the modern data stack
- Proven experience building data models, warehouses, and BI layers at scale
Financial Domain Expertise
- Deep understanding of accounting principles and financial processes
- Familiarity with regulatory reporting frameworks
- Understanding of reconciliation processes across regulatory, accounting, and management reporting
- Experience working within controlled or regulated data environments
How You Work
- You think in systems and architectures — not just one-off analyses
- You balance business impact with long-term technical scalability
- You are proactive, structured, and consistently outcome-driven
- You communicate with clarity and adapt your style to your audience
WHAT WE OFFER
- The opportunity to work in a growing team with big responsibilities that thrives on a strong exchange of knowledge and excellence
- Attractive remuneration
- Flat hierarchy and transparent communication in a relaxed, professional atmosphere
- Opportunity to develop your talent in a dynamic team with ambitious goals
- Flexibility and possibility to work remotely
- Company card with a monthly allowance for lunches, coffee, etc. with co-workers
At Pliant, we believe diversity and inclusion are essential to building not only an innovative product but also an exceptional experience for both our customers and our team. This commitment begins with our hiring process—we welcome individuals of all racial and ethnic backgrounds, religions, national origins, gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, ages, marital statuses, and abilities. If you require accommodations or accessibility support during the interview process, please let us know in your application so we can make sure your experience is seamless.
