Decision Science analyst

Position: Decision Science analyst
Location: Dallas, TX

Primary Responsibilities:

Data validation, Post Data loading

Identifies and manages existing and emerging risks that stem from business activities and the job role.

Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, supervised, and controlled.

Follows written risk and compliance policies, standards, and procedures for business activities.

Demonstrates intermediate and some sophisticated business, analytical and technical knowledge to participate in discussions with cross functional teams to understand and collaborate on business objectives and influence solution strategies.

Applies sophisticated analytical techniques to solve business problems that are typically medium to large scale with impact to current and/or future business strategy.

Applies innovative and scientific/quantitative analytical approaches to draw conclusions and make ‘insight to action’ recommendations to answer the business objective and drive the appropriate change.

Translates recommendation into communication materials to effectively present to colleagues for peer review and mid-to-upper level 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.

Understands and embraces emerging technology that can affect the application of scientific methodologies and/or quantitative analytical approaches to problem resolutions.

Delivers analysis/findings in a manner that conveys understanding, influences mid to upper level management, garners support for recommendations, drives business decisions, and influences business strategy.

Minimum Qualifications:Social Sciences

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 discipline; OR 4 years of related experience in statistics, mathematics or quantitative analytics (in addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be substituted in lieu of degree.

4 years of experience in data/analytics or functional business experience within the respective industry of responsibility (i.e. P&C, Bank, Finance) OR advanced 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 discipline with 2 years experience in data/analytics or functional business experience within the respective industry of responsibility (i.e. P&C, Bank, Finance).

Demonstrates competency in mathematical and statistical techniques and approaches used to drive fact-based decision-making.

Intermediate and some advanced 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.

Preferred Qualifications:Mathematics

Ability to shift priorities quickly (will shift duties hourly at times, ambiguity to every day)

Extensive experience with SAS

Extensive experience with Python

Strong attention to detail

The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.