AVP – Product Analytics
| Company | Synchrony Financial |
|---|---|
| Location | Newport Beach, CA, USA, Bentonville, AR, USA, Stamford, CT, USA, Dallas, TX, USA, Chicago, IL, USA, Altamonte Springs, FL, USA, Charlotte, NC, USA, Alpharetta, GA, USA, Rapid City, SD, USA, New York, NY, USA, Phoenix, AZ, USA, Kansas City, KS, USA, St Paul, MN, USA, Cincinnati, OH, USA |
| Salary | $115000 – $200000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree OR in lieu of Bachelor’s degree, 9+ years of progressive experience working with data/analytics in the financial services, fintech, credit card and/or payments industry or consulting company.
- A minimum of 5+ years of data analytics experience to include:
- 4+ years of experience in using data tools like SAS, SQL or Python to perform data mining and complex statistical analyses
- 3+ years’ experience in analytics role with cross-functional stakeholders such as marketing, clients, credit risk, finance
- 3+ years leading large-scale analytics projects
- 2+ years of advanced financial modeling using Excel
Responsibilities
- Strong understanding of KPI’s and ability to tell effective stories connecting KPI trends to business drivers. Lead the development of enterprise analytics dashboards across key SYF acquisition channels, products and capabilities.
- Perform all aspects of analytics including opportunity sizing, segmentation, and profitability to ensure that targeting strategies meets the needs of customers and the business
- Build financial models and forecasts, using cross-functional inputs and assumptions, to drive and sell-in strategies for Prescreen and Balance Transfer programs
- Act as a trusted advisor to solve complex business problems and provide actionable recommendations based upon data driven insights.
- Demonstrate and expand analytics impact with profit/LTV based product decision optimization use cases across all products
- Co-manage team of offshore analysts to ensure high quality execution and delivery of business insights to drive profitable growth
- Conduct ad-hoc analysis as required, bringing independent thought leadership and value-added insights and judgment
- Experience coordinating multiple tasks with aggressive time frames
- Ensure compliance with all applicable model regulatory and governance requirements
- Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in economics, mathematics/statistics, finance, business, engineering, or other quantitative fields from an accredited institution
- Extensive knowledge of card and BNPL industry P&L, drivers and assumptions
- Proven hands-on experience utilizing analytical tools such as SAS, SQL, or open-source tools such as R and Python.
- Ability to justify assumptions/inputs and explain financial models and recommend strategies to varied stakeholder group
- Ability to partner with managers, senior leaders, and cross functional stakeholders to establish team analytics goals and execution roadmaps.
- Excellent presentation skills with proven experience interacting with all levels of the organization including explaining complex data clear and concisely. Experience developing, testing, documenting and maintaining standardized outcome metrics meeting diverse stakeholder needs and delivering via regular data dashboards to reflect business performance
- Intellectually curious with the ability to innovate and identify creative solutions to meet business goals.
- Strong understanding of targeting and segmentation, retail analytic tools and advanced spreadsheet modeling skills using Excel and PowerPoint strongly preferred
- Experience with segmentation methods such as decision tree analysis and clustering using SAS e-Miner or other
- Demonstrated ability to manage remotely located teams in India