Strategy & Operations Associate (BukuPay PH)

About BukuPayBukuPay is the payments arm of BukuWarung, one of Southeast Asia's leading MSME fintech platforms. Built on a proven model that has helped millions of small and medium businesses across Indonesia manage transactions, track cash flow, and grow — we're now bringing that same know-how to the Philippines together with local strategic partners.We're at an exciting early stage in the Philippine market, which means you'll be one of the first boots on the ground, helping build how BukuPay operates and scales in this market. This is a high-ownership, high-visibility role.BukuWarung is backed by Y-Combinator, AC Ventures, Quona Capital, East Ventures, Golden Gate Ventures, Rocketship.vc, and Tanglin Venture Partners.About the RoleBukuPay PH is scaling merchant acquisition and running new pilot initiatives across the Philippines. We're looking for a Strategy and Operations Associate to support recurring reporting, initiative execution, and cross-functional coordination that drives business growth for BukuPay PH. This role owns the analytical and execution layer for the business, while supporting strategy design and alignment with cross-functional stakeholders.Today, this layer of work sits with one person — the Strategy & Operations Manager — who personally pulls and cleans BigQuery exports, tracks pilot reporting cadences, and fields ad hoc requests from Sales, Ops, and Growth on top of core strategy work. This role exists so that pilots stay evaluable on schedule, strategy work isn't crowded out by data preparation, and cross-functional stakeholders have a dedicated point of contact rather than a single point of failure.What You'll DoReporting & Data OperationsRun the weekly acquisition data pull end to end, and own data preparation for recurring analysesPull and clean BigQuery exports, dedupe records, and build join keys ahead of segmentation and funnel work (merchant segmentation, PPOB opportunity, pricing models)Scope and build new recurring reports proactively, proposing what should be tracked for a new initiative before being askedInitiative Execution & TrackingRun the recurring export cycle for live pilots to Ops, Finance, and Product, keeping metrics current enough to support go/no-go scaling decisionsIndependently run the full tracking cycle for at least one live initiative, flagging risks and issues proactively rather than waiting to be askedProduce first-draft analysis for the Manager to review and finalize, not just pre-defined data pullsCo-design initiative rollouts from the start — contributing to rationale and process design, not just the metrics section of a BRDCross-functional CoordinationAct as the first point of contact for Product, Finance, and Operations on the operational status of the initiatives you supportCoordinate Product's build dependencies, Finance crediting, and Operations monitoring so initiatives don't stall when the Manager is on leave or pulled into an escalationRepresent Strategy & Operations in cross-functional working sessions on specific workstreamsAd Hoc Analysis & RequestsOwn incoming data requests from Sales, Ops, and Growth so they route to a dedicated owner instead of interrupting core strategy workTriage and prioritize requests, balancing turnaround time against the strategy pipelineWhat We're Looking For1-3 years of experience in strategy, business operations, analytics, or a related function, ideally in a fast-paced startup, fintech, or MSME-focused businessStrong analytical skills and comfort working hands-on with data — SQL/BigQuery experience strongly preferredAdvanced Excel/Google Sheets skills; comfortable building and maintaining recurring reports and trackersSharp attention to detail — comfortable owning a tracking cadence end-to-end without things slippingStrong written and verbal communication skills, able to produce first-draft analysis a manager can review and finalizeComfortable managing multiple cross-functional stakeholders (Product, Finance, Operations, Sales, Growth) and ad hoc requests without losing focus on core deliverablesBased in or willing to be based in Metro Manila (Makati City)Nice to HavePrior experience in payments, fintech, or MSME-focused distributionExperience with BigQuery or another cloud data warehouseExposure to pilot/initiative tracking or go/no-go decision frameworksExperience contributing to BRDs or initiative rollout designWhat Success Looks Like (First 90 Days)Running the weekly acquisition data pull end to end, with data preparation for recurring analyses fully ownedOwns data preparation for recurring analyses under the direction of the Strategy & Operations ManagerBuilt context by shadowing current initiatives, not yet driving any independentlyClear understanding of how BigQuery exports, dedupe/join processes, and reporting cadences work across pilotsStrong working relationship with the Strategy & Operations Manager and cross-functional stakeholders in Product, Finance, and Operations