Senior Data Science Analyst Job at Discover Financial Services, Riverwoods, IL

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  • Discover Financial Services
  • Riverwoods, IL

Job Description

Discover. A brighter future.

With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.

Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

Job Description:

What You’ll Do

This role is critical in strengthening risk management by providing data driven insights into Operational Risk trends, control effectiveness, and financial impact. Responsibilities include, Developing Operational Risk Event deck for committee reporting -tracking open ORE volume and dollar trends, highlighting improvements, and identifying areas needing governance enhancements. Enhancing Risk Reporting and Analysis - offering a long-term view of risk resilience, historical trends and customer impact. Enhancing the Operational Risk Profile - providing a structured view of risk categories, root causes, and control effectiveness, supporting a more resilient risk framework. Producing Ad-Hoc Reports and Dashboards - Delivering critical risk insights to support decision making and regulatory requirements.

Responsible for working closely with management to execute analytical initiatives. Responsible for solving business problems by leveraging techniques such as segmentation, optimization, advanced analytics and machine learning. Creates reports and dashboards to closely monitor performance metrics and provide insights.


How You’ll Do It

  • Develops advanced analytics solutions including customer segmentation, optimization, test & design of experiments and prescriptive analytics to solve business problems. Operates as a subject matter expert on statistical analysis, test and design of experiment, analysis methodology, modeling & application, and financial impact analysis.

  • Collaborates with cross-functional partners to understand their business needs, formulated and completed end-to-end analysis that includes data gathering, analysis, ongoing scaled deliverables and presentations. Delivers effective presentations of findings and recommendations to multiple levels of leadership, creating visual displays of quantitative information.

  • Establishes and maintains effective performance tracking; identify improvement opportunity, form hypothesis, propose, design and implement tests to drive strategy enhancement and optimization.

  • Manages multiple priorities, communicate business performance and project progress to management & business partners.

  • Develops and automates reports, iteratively build and prototype dashboards to provide insights at scale, solving for analytical needs. Facilitates implementation of work product and ensure accuracy.

  • Consistently follows standard work processes and documentation requirements. Recommends improvement to work processes to increase efficiency while maintaining quality of work. Continuously improves technical and leadership skills through training and development.


Qualifications You’ll Need
The Basics

  • Bachelors degree in Analytics, Engineering, Statistics, or related.

  • 2+ years Credit Risk, Fraud Risk, Marketing Analytics, Optimization, Operations Analytics, Modeling/Data Science or related.


Physical and Cognitive Requirements
The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable a qualified individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position as required by federal, state, and local laws:

  • Primarily remain in a stationary position.

  • No required movement about the work environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job.

  • No

  • Primarily performed indoors in an office setting.

  • Ability to operate office equipment such as but not limited to computer, telephone, printer, and calculator.


Bonus Points If You Have :

  • Master’s degree in Analytics, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics or related.

  • Risk Management expertise and Analytical skills

  • Proficiency in programming languages like Python, SQL, statistical analysis, Machine Learning

  • Data Visualization skills: Tableau


Discover will not sponsor or transfer employment work visas for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Application Deadline:

The application window for this position is anticipated to close on Apr-02-2025. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be available past this date, but it is not guaranteed.

Compensation:

The base pay for this position generally ranges between $88,000.00 to $122,800.00. Additional incentives may be provided as part of a market competitive total compensation package. Factors, such as but not limited to, geographical location, relevant experience, education, and skill level may impact the pay for this position.

Benefits:

We also offer a range of benefits and programs based on eligibility. These benefits include:

  • Paid Parental Leave

  • Paid Time Off

  • 401(k) Plan

  • Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account

  • Short and Long Term Disability, Life, and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurances

  • Recognition Program

  • Education Assistance

  • Commuter Benefits

  • Family Support Programs

  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Learn more at mydiscoverbenefits.com .

What are you waiting for? Apply today!

All Discover employees place our customers at the very center of our work. To deliver on our promises to our customers, each of us contribute every day to a culture that values compliance and risk management.

Discover is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other legally protected status. (Know Your Rights)

Discover complies with federal, state, and local laws applicable to qualified individuals with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to search for a position, to complete an application, and/or to participate in an interview, please email HireAccommodation@discover.com . Any information you provide regarding your accommodation needs will be kept confidential and will only be used to determine and provide necessary accommodation.

At Discover, we are committed to creating an inclusive and equitable workplace through our Fair Chance Hiring practices. Fair Chance Hiring means that we base our hiring decisions on an applicant’s qualifications rather than their criminal record. All our positions are subject to Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. Our applicants go through a background check, and we follow all applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Hiring Ordinance ( LA County Fair Chance ).

Positions marked as remote eligible are limited to remote locations within the country in which the position is based.

Applicants must be 18 or older at the time of hire.

Job Tags

Full time, Temporary work, Local area, Work visa,

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