Strategic Data Analyst II

DriveTime•Bentonville, AR

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

DriveTime Family of Brands includes in-house financing and servicing through Bridgecrest, which is one of the country’s leading financial servicing providers. Bridgecrest services roughly $17 billion in finance receivables for DriveTime and other third parties. We service auto loans across a wide credit spectrum with the intent of creating a strong path to vehicle ownership for our customers. In short, as an Strategic Data Analyst II (Analyst II, Loss Mitigation), you will apply your analytical and strategic skills as you initiate, build, and develop the business case for major company initiatives. What’s great about loss mitigation is you will see immediate impacts to the company’s P&L from strategies that you develop and deploy. In long, our Strategic Data Analyst II (Analyst II, Loss Mitigation)is responsible for: Unfortunately, some customers will default on their loan obligations. It is this job’s role to develop strategies that recover money while doing so with empathy

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in a quantitative field such as economics, finance, statistics, engineering, computer information systems or other STEM field.
2+ years of experience in data, financial, and/or strategic analytics.
Experience using analysis to create value-added strategies and make recommendations to the business to improve organizational performance
Exceptional problem-solving skills, collaborative teamwork, intellectual horsepower, curiosity, initiative, and attention to detail.
Strong statistical skills and experience focused on business decision making and problem solving.
Experience managing multiple project streams.
Demonstrated skill in SQL/Snowflake and extensive experience developing analysis in Excel.

Responsibilities

Formulating, developing and instituting business strategies in loss mitigation, recoveries, repossession, and remarketing to reduce net losses
Partnering with product, tech, data science, and operation teams to implement data driven strategies and decision engines
Bringing the strategy to life: our analysts are responsible for analyzing and developing the full life cycle of a project including implementation/execution
Driving large analytical initiatives to reveal step-change improvements in operational and transaction profitability of the business.
Effectively communicate with concise insights and/or visualizations utilizing software such as Sigma while partnering collaboratively with colleagues and senior leaders in the organization.
Leveraging emerging technologies and critical thinking skills to continually innovate and automate existing methodologies, processes, and reporting.
Design, develop, test, and implement new products and solutions.