Senior Manager - Data Science and Risk Management

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How will you make an impact in this role?

The Global Commercial Analytics (GCA) team - a part of Commercial Marketing and Commercial Analytics - is the analytical engine that enables the Global Commercial Card business. The team drives Profitable Growth in Acquisitions through Data, Analytics, AI powered Targeting & Personalization Capabilities.

This role would lead from US, Business Financing Product Distribution (BFPD) Analytics work. The incumbent is expected to work on a wide spectrum of analytical projects focusing on targeting, distribution and drive strategic outcomes. The incumbent will come up with solutions to accelerate analytical efficiency of the team. He/she will play a critical role in formulating data-led strategies to drive profitable growth for existing and new products across Business Financing & Supplier payments such as FXIP, Global Pay, AP Automation, non-card lending products such as LOC and BCA. The role will require the incumbent to drive not only sophisticated analysis but also heavy stakeholder management through thought-leadership.

A very important focus for the role shall be quantitatively determining the value, deriving insights, and then assuring the insights are leveraged to create positive impact that cause a meaningful difference to the business. This B35 will support the B40 and would serve as a key interface between various stakeholders - the functional channel owners, the business partners and end-users of analytical solutions and technology partners.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Support and enable the Global Commercial partners with actionable, insightful analytical solutions to help the leadership team evaluate and drive business performance
• Spearheading analytics to drive business financing strategy comprising cross-sell, spend engagement etc. leveraging big data capabilities, advanced analytical techniques and statistical modeling
• Exceptional execution skills - be able to resolve issues, identify opportunities, and define success metrics and make things happen.
• Comfortable leading from front through ambiguity and creating structure and strategies in white space.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage, influence, and inspire partners and stakeholders to drive collaboration and alignment.
• High degree of organization, individual initiative, and personal accountability
• Willingness to challenge the status quo; breakthrough thinking to generate insights, alternatives and opportunities for business success

Minimum Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills: Applying analytical thinking to diagnose business needs and to establish analytical hypothesis and solutions. Drive insights and recommendations on marketing and product solutions
• Team player: Able to collaborate with partners and team members to define key business objectives, and to align on solutions that drive actionable items
• Passion for data science and machine learning: Proven track record of independently developing novel analytical solutions optimizing business processes or product constructs
• Knowledge of Hive, Python, PySpark, SQL encompassing data manipulation and statistical modeling/data-mining techniques
• Strong communication skills enabling ability to interact effectively with business leaders and to present structured and compelling messages addressed to various levels within the organization
• 5+ years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree; Master's/PhD degree in a quantitative field (e.g. Finance, Statistics, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics and Economics) preferred

Salary Range: $90,000.00 to $165,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

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