Data Scientist, Analytics 

Live Oak Bank · Charlotte, NC

Company

Live Oak Bank

Location

Charlotte, NC

Type

Full Time

Job Description

About Us

Live Oak Bank is a digital bank that serves small business owners across the country. Our groundbreaking spin on service and technology has fueled our mission to be America’s Small Business Bank. Our products help customers buy, build, and expand their business, and our high-yield savings and CD products help them grow their hard-earned money. At Live Oak, we never lose sight of the well-being of our people. We believe our employees are the heart of our company. Our commitment to our customers and culture is intertwined, and we seek those who embody and embrace what it takes to empower the American dream.

How This Role Impacts Live Oak and its People

The analytics team at Live Oak creates data science and analytics solutions to improve our processes and products. We work closely with key stakeholders to deeply understand their business and identify key areas where data can have a large impact. In this role, you will also gain a deep understanding of small business banking.

What You’ll Do at Live Oak

  • Work with key stakeholders to define and measure critical KPIs
  • Build data visualizations to monitor business unit performance and display key insights
  • Deep dive into complex data sets using SQL and python to improve business and product decisions
  • Use machine learning to greatly increase the efficiency of our processes and products
  • Identify new data sources and work to integrate them into our data platform
  • Communicate and present results to key stakeholders to drive business value

How You’ll Do It

  • Ambitious Problem Solving: Ability to simplify complex situations; ability to make sound judgments; ability to research and analyze data to drive strategies and outcomes.
  • Creative Thinker: Values innovation and evaluates multiple alternatives to achieve goals.
  • Execution-oriented: Capable of delivering a strategy/concept to completion, measuring performance, evaluating, and reacting appropriately.
  • Partner-focused: Engenders trust among peers and partners. Concerned for personal and professional development of others. Demonstrates real empathy with the successes and failures of others.

Required Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science or another related field
  • 2 years related work experience in analytics
  • Experience with scripting languages (e.g. Python), data querying languages (e.g. SQL), and data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau).
  • Strong partnership skills and the ability to work collaboratively across various groups in the organization
  • Advanced degree preferred
  • Work sponsorship not supported, now or in the future

To Thrive at Live Oak

  • Gravitate to Growth – Shows adaptability and support for changes to improve organizational effectiveness.
  • Communicate and Collaborate – Communicates clearly and thoughtfully, demonstrating empathy in teamwork.
  • Eye of the Tiger – Gets positive results by taking personal responsibility for actions and team outcomes.
  • Know Your Business – Curates and maintains a depth of knowledge and skill to perform one’s job effectively.
  • Customer at the Center – Provides customers with a personalized experience to achieve exceptional outcomes.

For a detailed overview of our employee benefits please visit: http://www.liveoakbank.com/careers/

Live Oak Bank is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled. We consider applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status or disability. Equal access to programs, service and employment is available to all persons. Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application and/or interview process should notify human resources at [email protected]

EEO is the Law

Commitment to Diversity
Live Oak Bank is committed to creating and maintaining a workplace in which all employees have an opportunity to participate and contribute to the success of the business and are valued for their skills, experience, and unique perspectives. This commitment is embodied in company policy and the way we do business at Live Oak Bank and is an important principle of sound business management.

The base pay range for this position is $80,000.00 - $130,000.00 per year. Compensation may also include annual bonuses and long-term incentives, subject to various metrics and company policy. A candidate’s salary is determined by several factors including travel, relevant work experience or skills and expertise.

Please note that we provide at least the minimum requirement of paid sick leave to our employees who reside in states that require employer-paid sick leave, including but not limited to Arizona, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington.

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Date Posted

08/22/2024

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