USAA · 19 hours ago
Decision Science Analyst Lead - Financial Crimes
Colorado Springs Campus
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$143K/yr - $258K/yr
6+ years expUSAA is a financial services company dedicated to empowering its members to achieve financial security. The Decision Science Analyst Lead will provide decision support across the organization, utilizing advanced analytical techniques to solve complex business problems and drive strategic recommendations.
BankingFinancial ServicesInsuranceVenture Capital
No H1B
Responsibilities
Leverages expert business, analytical and technical knowledge to lead discussions with cross functional teams to understand and collaborate highly complex business objectives and influence solution strategies
Applies advanced analytical techniques to solve business problems that are typically large scale with significant impact to current and/or future business strategy
Prioritizes and leads all aspects of the development of requirements/resources vital to meet established objectives
Applies innovative and scientific/quantitative analytical approaches to draw conclusions and make recommendations to answer the business objective and drive the appropriate change
Translates recommendation into communication materials to effectively present to all levels of management
Incorporates visualization techniques to support the relevant points of the analysis and ease the understanding for less technical audiences
Identifies and gathers the relevant and quality data sources required to fully answer and address the problem for the recommended strategy through testing or exploratory data analysis (EDA)
Integrates/transforms disparate data sources and determines the appropriate data hygiene techniques to apply
Thoroughly documents assumptions, methodology, validation and testing to facilitate peer reviews and compliance requirements
Monitors, understands and embraces emerging technology that can affect the application of scientific methodologies and/or quantitative analytical approaches to problem resolutions
Succinctly delivers sophisticated analysis/findings in a manner that conveys understanding, influences senior executives, garners support for recommendations, drives business decisions, and influences business strategy
Provides subject matter expertise in operationalizing recommendations
Researches and pursues the latest and/or industry leading practices in data and analytics, (Ex: Cloud, Data Mining, Python, Neural Networks, Sensor data, IoT, Streaming/NRT data) to advance the overall DSA community knowledge
Seeks opportunities to continue to learn in the data and analytics space, whether informal (E.g., Coursera, Udemy, Kaggle, Code Up, etc.) or formal (E.g. Certifications or advanced coursework)
Innovates to develop new and emerging data sets, and incorporation (data wrangling, data munging) into new insights
Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in quantitative analytics field such as Economics, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Actuarial Sciences, Operations Research, Data and/or Business Analysis, Data Science or other quantitative field is required; OR 4 years of related statistics, mathematics or quantitative analytics or related experience (in addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be substituted in lieu of degree
8 years of experience in a decision support analytic function OR Advanced degree in relevant discipline, 6 years of experience in a decision support analytic function
Demonstrates expert skills in mathematical and statistical techniques and approaches used to drive fact-based decision-making
Expert knowledge of data analysis tools, data visualization, developing analysis queries and procedures in SQL, SAS, BI tools or other analysis software, and relevant industry data & methods and ability to connect external insights to business problems
Experience with new and emerging data sets, and incorporation (data wrangling, data munging) into new insights
Preferred
Over 5 years of experience data governance
Over 5 years of experience in project management
Demonstrated success presenting data and analytical findings for Executive and Board of Director consumption
US military experience through military service or a military spouse/domestic partner
Benefits
Comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans
401(k)
Pension
Life insurance
Parental benefits
Adoption assistance
Paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours
Various wellness programs
Career path planning and continuing education
Company
USAA
USAA is a financial services company.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Julie McPeak
SVP, General Counsel Insurance
Waqas Durrani
Senior Vice President, General Counsel - Enterprise Shared Services
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