Global Business Analytics, Associate Director recruitment

Position Title: Global Business Analytics, Associate Director

Working Location: US - New York, NY

Employment Status: Full-Time Regular

Required Experience: 3 years

Required Education: Bachelors Degree

Travel Required: 0

Job ID: 1818

Position Description:
Fitch Solutions is committed to delivering value beyond the rating by providing a range of fixed-income products and professional development services to the global financial community. In addition to offering proprietary content, the firm also distributes the ratings, research, financial data and analytical tools of Fitch Ratings through a variety of platforms. With innovation and experience behind every product and service we bring to market, our flexible offerings are designed to meet the diverse needs of the credit markets.

Drawing upon a wealth of expertise, skills, and market insight, we provide financial professionals worldwide with the intelligence they need to make more informed risk management and investment decisions.

Fitch Solutions is part of the Fitch Group, a jointly owned subsidiary of Fimalac, S.A. and Hearst Corporation.
Fitch complies with federal, state, and local laws governing employment, and provides equal opportunity to all applicants and employees. All applications will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, and other status protected by applicable laws.

Position Requirements:
Associate Director, Global Business Analytics
The Business Analytics Manager will design and deliver insight and analytics in support of global Fitch Solutions' business and corresponding products. The Business Analytics team is located within the Global Products Group of Fitch Solutions.

· Develop new solutions to provide insight into Fitch Solutions' sales trends, win/loss analysis, product usage, revenue forecasts and market penetration
· Develop product pricing models based in statistical analysis of historical data and usage
· Through quantifiable models and metrics, identify risks and opportunities to the business and recommend strategies to achieve business goals
· Initiate and lead through execution new initiatives to advance the processes, solutions and quality of our analytics
· Conduct semi-annual sales analysis to help define forward-looking sales roadmap
· Initiate and develop strategic presentations and proposals to Commercial Management and Sales
· Partner with Fitch Solutions Product and Sales, BRM, Ratings, MarCom, GRS and Corporate Strategy groups to deliver analytical reports and solutions based on specific constituent needs
· Serve as performance analytics subject matter expert in the product development process, identifying appropriate measures of success are factored into the project
· Conduct market research initiatives to help validate and/or specify product direction
· Manage staff to fulfill daily operational duties of the business analytics group
Requirements
· 5+ years analyzing product performance, providing insight and developing analytical tools to support product strategy, preferably in financial services organization
· Ability to grasp the Fitch Solutions' product suite, business needs and technical solutions
· Proficient in Excel, including Macros, Functions and VBA
· Familiarity with web analytics and corresponding applications, Coremetrics strongly preferred
· Experience developing SQL queries
· Excellent communication and presentation skills