Business Analytics Analyst

CarGurus • Boston, MA

6d • $76,000 - $96,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

CarGurus is seeking a Business Analytics Analyst to join the Business Analytics & Reporting team. This team is responsible for the analytical rigor behind reporting, forecasting, and financial modeling that enable day-to-day and strategic decisions. The ideal candidate is intellectually curious and an exceptional critical thinker; they can live in the data, understanding the logic and processes that generate it as well as detecting signals, diagnosing problems, proposing solutions, and predicting future behavior. They can then use their mastery to synthesize and convey important information to other parties and offer thoughtful ways in which things can be improved. The Business Analytics Team has a wide remit at CarGurus. You’ll work with many departments, gaining a broad exposure to the operation of the business, and be asked to connect the dots between them. Your rich understanding, technical skills, and thought partnership will make you a highly sought-after contributor for a wide variety of stakeholders, including senior leaders.

Requirements

• BS or BA in computer science, mathematics, statistics, analytics, or economics, with equivalent analytical work experience or a MS degree in a relevant field of study.
• 2+ years of professional experience focused on analysis and reporting, including the use of data visualization tools, to influence understanding and decision-making.
• Ability to understand systems and business goals to help modernize and innovate on present data structures and models.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, using hypothesis-driven analysis to solve questions and give guidance.
• Fluent in SQL and an analytical tool; experience with Git, Python, and LLMs is a plus.
• Some experience with data modeling and ETL concepts.
• Proficient at working with data ambiguity to derive meaningful insights.
• Excellent verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills.
• Able to manage multiple projects effectively, set expectations with partners, and complete projects on time.

Nice To Haves

• experience with Git, Python, and LLMs is a plus.

Responsibilities

• With the assistance of AI tools, conduct exploratory data analysis across disparate data sources to understand the performance of the business and identify potential opportunities and/or risks.
• Be an active contributor in discussions with decision-makers, using cognitive empathy to understand their vantage point and incentives before using this understanding to structure and frame downstream work and resulting findings.
• Use data to identify, validate, and uncover causal relationships of important business mechanisms.
• Implement new metrics to evaluate business performance and/or experiments and build reports and dashboards to monitor and understand them.
• Be a voice and advocate to use data to improve the quality of our decision-making.

Benefits

• equity for all employees, both when they start and as they continue to grow with us.
• career development and corporate giving programs
• employee resource groups (ERGs) and communities
• flexible hybrid model
• robust time off policies
• daily free lunch
• new car discount
• meditation and fitness apps
• commuting cost coverage

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level