Business Analytics Associate
Beyond Finance
About the Role
The Business Analytics Associate will conduct analyses focused on optimizing and understanding marketing channel performance, client retention, and lifetime customer value. The role will collaborate cross-functionally with marketing, operations, product, and sales to deliver actionable insights that help meet company goals. A successful Associate will quickly build a deep understanding of the business and be able to effectively communicate results and present recommendations to executives. The ideal candidate will be a results-driven, strategic thinker able to thrive in a dynamic, rapid-growth environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Dive into data and processes to understand major operational challenges and opportunities.
- Present findings to stakeholders and recommend actionable solutions for non-analytical partners including Senior Leadership.
- Re-define and challenge company KPIs that are critical to achieving company and business unit goals.
- Work closely with the product and operations teams in defining tests and experimental design.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- SQL
- Excel
- Dataset manipulation
- Data visualization
- Presentation
- Python or R (a plus)
- Looker or Tableau (a plus)
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business, STEM, or other analytical field.
- Prior experience in Strategy Consulting, Financial Services, or Start-up environments.
- Familiarity with doing analysis in Excel and coding in SQL.
- Quick learner; willing to dive in and get her/his hands dirty.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
- Desire to work in an ambiguous environment and solve open-ended problems.
Location: Chicago-based candidates in the Chicagoland area.
Base Salary Range: $65,000—$106,200 USD (eligible for additional incentives, including an annual bonus).