Sponsorship is NOT available for this position under any circumstances. Candidates who require sponsorship now or in the future—including all F‑1 visa holders (CPT, OPT, and STEM OPT)—will NOT be considered for this role.
This role serves as a strategic thought partner translating complex, ambiguous questions into clear problem statements and driving actionable insights for senior stakeholders. Lead analysts are responsible for full-lifecycle ownership of analytical products including needs assessments, project scoping, stakeholder management, data transformation, product (e.g., dashboard, report) development, presentation/delivery, implementation support, and iterative follow-up support to ensure outputs meet stakeholder needs. An individual in this role remains consistently engaged in high-value, high-visibility workstreams with senior leadership.
Primary Responsibilities:
Consults with stakeholders to lead workstream scoping and prioritization through problem statement-oriented discovery and solutioning
Transforms and maintains datasets for practical, scalable application
Builds sophisticated statistical modeling to identify trends, evaluate causality and forecast results with viable outcomes
Synthesizes results into succinct, easily digestible deliverables
Delivers professional data products (e.g., dashboards, reports, documentation) with prescriptive, actionable insights
Leverages automation tools to streamline data ingestion and outputs
Leads continuous improvement of existing processes to refine, synthesize, and standardized workstreams
Maintains documentation outlining key projects and processes
Advocates for resource prioritization according to strategic demand and business value
Promotes a healthy, professional work environment and culture reflecting M&T Bank’s brand
Complete other related duties as assigned.
Supervisory/ Managerial Responsibilities:
Demonstrates leadership through proactive engagement with team members and partners to align workstreams and strategic intent
Education and Experience Required:
Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 4 years related business line experience,
OR in lieu of,
A combined minimum of 8 years higher education and/or work experience
Additional information:
Serves as a key contributor to revenue‑generating business segments, supporting staffing, branch performance, and individual goal tracking through advanced reporting and data‑driven insights. This role develops and delivers executive‑level reports, manager‑rating tools, and performance dashboards to strengthen market and territory management. Responsibilities include managing full lifecycle analytics projects from initial needs assessment and solution design to building dashboards, performing quality checks, and delivering final products.
This role also enhances team capabilities by explaining data infrastructure, analytical logic, and effective application of insights.
Strong partnership building is essential, with regular collaboration across performance enablement teams, managers, and key stakeholders to clarify needs, conduct assessments, and deliver actionable analytics.
Required: SQL, Tableau (or Power BI)
Preferred: Alteryx, Python, R
M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $74,600.00 - $124,400.00 Annual (USD). The successful candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.
Buffalo, New York, United States of America
Great companies have an enduring sense of purpose. At M&T, our purpose is a simple one: make a difference in people’s lives and uplift the communities we serve. Founded in 1856 in Buffalo, NY we are now a top 11 full-service US-based commercial bank with a retail footprint across the east coast and wealth services available nationwide and abroad. As a bank, we offer advice, guidance, expertise, and solutions across the entire financial spectrum that combines M&T’s traditional banking services with the wealth management and institutional capabilities offered by Wilmington Trust. We are a community-minded organization with more than 167 years of experience. We serve customers, community, and colleagues whether they be across the street, across the state or across the country.
As an employer of choice, we are proud to offer competitive benefits ranging from medical and retirement to forty hours of paid volunteer time, each year. Our core values drive the work we do – integrity, ownership, collaboration, curiosity, candor and we seek to further build upon our record of success by bringing in top talent and fresh skill sets while continuing to support the growth and development of all our team members.
M&T Bank is unwavering when it comes to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, age, disability, citizenship, pregnancy, veteran status, military status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local laws.
