Manager / Associate Director — Data, Insight & Automation

Who We Are

NEXT Ventures is where ambition takes shape and momentum becomes movement. As a global platform revolutionising access to performance-based capital, we empower the world’s most driven individuals to rise. Through our flagship brand, FundedNext, we empower dreamers to become doers, and potential to turn into performance. With 500+ driven minds across five countries, we power a global rhythm—220,000+ daily users from 170+ nations, each chasing greatness in their own way.

Your Role in Our Mission 

As a Manager/ Associate Director for Data, Insight & Automation in our Finance & Audit team, you will transform raw data into actionable insights that drive profitability and efficiency. In this role, you will lead the design and enhancement of seamless process maps, replacing repetitive tasks with automated, intelligent workflows. Your work will be instrumental in the deployment, adoption, and continuous improvement of enterprise-grade financial solutions, laying the foundation for scalable, world-class operations across our global footprint.

How You’ll Make an Impact

Data Strategy & Governance

• Identify opportunities to automate recurring analyses and data-driven processes.

• Drive proof-of-concepts and full-scale deployments of interactive dashboards and visualizations.

• Establish data-quality controls, apply statistical techniques to distinguish signal from noise, and enforce best practices around security, privacy, and compliance.

Revenue Assurance

• Match data across systems (CRM, billing, payments, GL), flag discrepancies, and track resolution.

• Define and monitor revenue metrics via automated dashboards (Power BI/Tableau).

• Streamline reconciliations, exception handling, and billing audits.

• Support audits with evidence and remediation, ensuring revenue accuracy and completeness.

Transformation Oversight

• Manage scope, timelines, and resources for global financial solution implementation.

• Support cross-functional mapping across Finance, Billing, Payroll, Assets, and Reporting.

• Track end-to-end activities from requirements to hypercare with clear milestones.

• Enforce implementation standards and ensure accurate data migration and testing.

Leadership & Culture

• Hire, coach, and retain diverse team members.

• Implement OKR across the team to align goals and drive performance.

What You Bring

• BSc/MSc in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics from a reputable institution.

• 8 or more years of relevant experience, including at least 3 years of experience in leadership or supervisory responsibilities.

• Fluency in SQL & Python and at least one cloud warehouse (Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, Synapse, ADW/FAW).

• Hands-on Tableau or Power BI dashboard governance experience.

• Proven delivery of low-code/RPA automations (Power Platform, UiPath, Alteryx) at scale.

• Solid grounding in statistics, A/B testing, and ML frameworks; exposure to MLOps.

• Advanced stakeholder management, presentation, and Agile/PM skills (Scrum, PMP, or PRINCE2).

• Working knowledge of data, privacy, and security best practices.

Your X-Factor

• Telecom, MFS/Bank, or e-commerce analytics background.

• Oracle Analytics Cloud and Microsoft Finance exposure.

Your Pay & Perks

• Monthly salary range: Negotiable

• Bi-annual salary review  (Eligibility Condition Applies).

• Festival bonus (Eligibility Condition Applies).

• Celebrate birthday leave and great team events.

• Start your next chapter with our special honeymoon package.

• Unwind together at annual company retreats.

• Kick back with game nights and all-access sports zones – billiards, foosball, PlayStation, cricket, football & badminton.

• Get moving with an in-house fitness trainer to keep your mind and body in sync.

• Opportunities for relocation to Sri Lanka and Malaysia, subject to business needs, with travel allowances.

Your Daily Source of Energy

• Subsidized lunch

• Unlimited tea & coffee

• Vending machine credits

Your Journey after Applying

• 45 minutes Get-To-Know-You Session (with talent acquisition team & department front line manager)

• 1.5 hours in office assessment (same day of the Final Interview)

• 60 minutes Final Interview Session (with head of department & talent acquisition lead)

Why Join NEXT

At NEXT Ventures, we believe the right talent fuels breakthrough innovation. If you're driven to connect great minds with big ideas and want to shape the future of fintech, we’d love to meet you. Join our team of bold thinkers where technology meets transformation.

Apply now and be part of our journey — the future is calling, and it starts with you.