Synchrony - Senior Analyst - Analytics (1-3 yrs)

Senior Analyst - Analytics, Diversified, Value & Lifestyle (L08)

Company Overview:

Our experience, expertise and scale encompass a broad spectrum of industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, outdoors, pet and more.

We have recently been ranked #2 among Indias Best Companies to Work for by Great Place to Work.

We were among the Top 50 Indias Best Workplaces in Building a Culture of Innovation by All by GPTW and Top 25 among Best Workplaces in BFSI by GPTW.

We have also been recognized by AmbitionBox Employee Choice Awards among the Top 20 Mid-Sized Companies, ranked #3 among Top Rated Companies for Women, and Top-Rated Financial Services Companies.

Synchrony celebrates ~52% women talent.

We offer Flexibility and Choice for all employees and provide best-in-class employee benefits and programs that cater to work-life integration and overall well-being.
We provide career advancement and upskilling opportunities, focusing on Advancing Diverse Talent to take up leadership roles.

Organizational Overview:

Our Analytics organization comprises of data analysts who focus on enabling strategies to enhance customer and partner experience and optimize business performance through data management and development of full stack descriptive to prescriptive analytics solutions using cutting edge technologies thereby enabling business growth.

Role Summary/Purpose:

- Senior Analyst (individual contributor) role is a part of India Analytics Hub (IAH) .

- Our Analytics team comprises of data analysts who focus on improving customer/product/digital/ journey experience etc. and growth by providing full stack descriptive to prescriptive analytics via cutting edge technologies to support business objectives.

- The role will include understanding the request of the business , Extract , transform , validate and visualize large data to address project delivery enabling Synchronys growth and profitability.

- The model candidate must be passionate about data & analytics , knows the story and keen on learning new technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

- Leverage Data and Analytical tools to create and track metrics which reflect state of the business

- Participate and execute on strategic ideas in line with business objectives and project requirements

- Adherence to timely delivery, accuracy and documentation in line with Audit Procedures

Required Skills / Knowledge:

- Bachelor's degree with more than 6 months of relevant Analytics experience

- Minimum 6 months of hands-on SQL and SAS programming experience with an ability to leverage advanced algorithms and be efficient in handling complex/large data sets.

- Minimum 6 months of experience in leveraging data/analytics to drive strategy with positive outcomes

- Proficiency in MS-Excel and MS-PowerPoint with superior data analyses and story boarding skills

- Intellectually curious candidate with a passion for delivering impact in the sales and marketing analytics world

- Good working knowledge of statistical tests, distributions, regression, maximum likelihood estimators, etc

Desired Skills / Knowledge:

- 6 months of analytics/data science experience in Financial Services Industry

- Working knowledge of Python, visualization tools will be a plus

Eligibility Criteria:

- BS or MS in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, or another quantitative field with 0 to 1 years of hands-on Analytics experience (Distance learning not valid) or in lieu of a degree with 2 to 4 years of experience

Work Timings:

- This role qualifies for Enhanced Flexibility and Choice offered in Synchrony India and will require the incumbent to be available between 06:00 AM Eastern Time 11:30 AM Eastern Time (timings are anchored to US Eastern hours and will adjust twice a year locally).

- This window is for meetings with India and US teams.

- The remaining hours will be flexible for the employee to choose.

- Exceptions may apply periodically due to business needs.

- Please discuss this with the hiring manager for more details.

For Internal Applicants:

- Understand the criteria or mandatory skills required for the role before applying

- Inform your manager and HRM before applying for any role on Workday

- Ensure that your professional profile is updated (fields such as education, prior experience, other skills) and it is mandatory to upload your updated resume (Word or PDF format)

- Must not be any corrective action plan (First Formal/Final Formal, LPP)

- L4 to L7 Employees who have completed 12 months in the organization and 12 months in their current role and level are only eligible.

- L8 Employees who have completed 18 months in the organization and 12 months in their current role and level are only eligible.

- L4+ employees can apply for this opportunity