Pricing Data Analyst

CDK Global•Hoffman Estates, IL

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Pricing Analyst is a quantitative, commercially oriented role connecting data analytics, pricing strategy, product, and go-to-market execution. The analyst primarily supports pricing and commercial decisions for CRM, digital retail, and emerging AI-based solutions serving automotive dealerships and related partners. Responsibilities and exposure may expand to other areas of automotive technology over time. The role works with product, sales, finance, marketing, and commercial teams to analyze data, develop fact-based recommendations, support pricing execution, and improve product and service profitability. Success requires strong analytical capability, advanced Excel skills, commercial curiosity, and the ability to communicate complex analysis clearly to varied stakeholders. The team emphasizes collaboration, open dialogue, shared problem-solving, and learning across functions. This is a hybrid role. Candidates must live within commuting distance of CDK offices in Austin, Texas; Hoffman Estates, Illinois; Portland, Oregon; or Blue Ash, Ohio.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, mathematics, statistics, data analytics, engineering, computer information systems, or another quantitatively oriented or closely related discipline.
Relevant professional, internship, academic, or project experience involving quantitative analysis, financial modeling, pricing, commercial strategy, or data-driven decision-making.
Strong quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving ability, including experience working with complex or imperfect data and developing fact-based recommendations.
Advanced Excel skills, including the ability to structure, validate, analyze, and model data independently.
Strong PowerPoint skills.
Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to explain analytical findings in clear, practical business language and influence decisions through evidence and sound reasoning.
Strong collaboration and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work across functions and incorporate stakeholder feedback.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and provide timely, accurate written and verbal responses in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

Prior professional pricing experience.
Experience or exposure to software, SaaS, CRM, digital retail, automotive retail, dealership operations, or dealership technology.
Direct experience using CRM, digital retail, DMS, or related dealership technology, including dealership sales, internet leads, business development, CRM administration, or digital retail workflows.
Experience in pricing, analytics, finance, economics, consulting, revenue operations, product, sales operations, or another quantitatively oriented commercial function.
Familiarity with databases, coding, data visualization, or business intelligence tools.
Working knowledge of multiple functional areas such as sales, finance, product, marketing, or operations, and ability to connect information across them.
Recent graduates with rigorous academic, internship, or project experience in a quantitatively oriented discipline are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Prepare, validate, combine, and analyze commercial, customer, product, and usage data to identify trends, outliers, profitability issues, and revenue opportunities.
Build and maintain Excel-based analytical and financial models supporting pricing, packaging, discounting, and profitability decisions.
Translate analytical findings into practical, actionable commercial recommendations and present them clearly to nontechnical audiences.
Support the development and evaluation of pricing strategies for new and existing software and service solutions, including assessment of customer and financial impacts.
Analyze customer utilization, win/loss information, competitive intelligence, and market data to inform pricing and commercial decisions.
Maintain commercial price lists and support pricing governance, execution, and related strategic sales initiatives.
Develop recurring and ad hoc pricing, revenue, and forecasting analyses to improve visibility and support commercial decisions.
Partner across sales, marketing, product, finance, strategy, support, and other functions; gather feedback, refine recommendations, and support implementation.
Manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining accuracy, organization, and attention to detail.
Develop a strong understanding of dealership workflows, automotive software, CRM, digital retail, and the value these solutions create for customers.