Business Strategy Analyst Senior

Why USAA?

The Opportunity

As a dedicated Senior Business Strategy Analyst, You will work with Member Data & Analytics Team in USAA’s Enterprise Data Office. They will have the opportunity to be exposed to the entire USAA D&A Portfolio and be provided opportunities to interface with executives, Directors, and Individual Contributors across USAA’s Data & Analytics community. The candidate will be focused on driving prioritization of approximately $95M of investments anchored to a value framework. If you are looking for an opportunity to align our data analytics strategy to our Company’s business strategy please apply so you can learn more about this opportunity!

Utilizes quantitative and qualitative analysis to provide thought-leadership on evolving industry trends, market developments, USAA’s strategic direction, regulatory environment, and macroeconomic trends for the business unit. Provides insights and information-based context for key stakeholders in the business unit to effectively manage, influence, and impact line of business strategy.

We offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be in the office 4 days per week. This position can be based in one of the following locations: San Antonio, TX, Plano, TX, or Phoenix, AZ. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

What you'll do:

• Collaborates with key stakeholders to identify key business assumptions and hypotheses around line of business strategy.
• Continuously refines hypotheses and identifies business questions to explore further.
• Facilitates the integration of the analytic strategy and business strategy.
• Develops the analytical framework and blueprint to answer business questions identified in the business portfolio, product, or member experience.
• Collaborates with key stakeholders to evaluate and uncover strategic insights related to Profit & Loss performance including Product Strategy, Pricing, Marketing, Sales, Credit Risk, Distribution Channels, and Member Experience.
• Applies analytical rigor to define outcome measures, improve prioritization, increase agility in decisioning, improve ability to evaluate progress towards business outcomes, and to evaluate risks to strategic goals.
• Leverages advanced data-driven problem-solving techniques to manipulate and interpret business results.
• Translates findings into insights for strategy management and execution.
• Communicates the significance of strategic insights to senior leaders and other key stakeholders to drive business decisions.
• May provide guidance and on-the-job training to team members.
• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

What you have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Science, Finance, Economics or related discipline; OR 4 years of related experience (in addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• 6 years of data and/or analytics or strategy consulting experience; OR a minimum of 4 years of data and/or analytics or strategy consulting experience and up to 2 years of progressive functional business relevant experience for a total of 6 years combined experience; OR Advanced Degree in Business, Science, Finance, Economics or related discipline and 4 years of experience in data and/or analytics or strategy consulting.
• Experience identifying business needs and managing strategic plans driven by qualitative/quantitative analysis and market insights.
• Demonstrated experience using data analytics to formulate data-driven insights and influence business decisions.
• Experience performing complex data analysis using various data analytics tools (i.e. Microsoft Excel, Tableau, R, Python, SQL, Snowflake, SAS, Adobe Analytics).
• Demonstrated experience in project management.

What sets you apart:

• Working directly with executives to evaluate the impact of emerging business situations, define the business problem, determine root cause, create alternative solutions, select and assertively communicate actions, and structure strategic and operational implementation to maximize organization performance
• Demonstrating strong critical thinking skills and inquisitive mindset, with ability to elevate thinking and influence Executive stakeholders to impact business decisions across organizations and frame opportunities to accelerate achievement of overall business strategy
• Demonstrating mastery of Consulting Skills: Hypothesis-driven problem solving; Primary/secondary research; Data analysis, synthesis; Pyramid Principle / Story Telling; Executive level written/verbal communication, visual display of quantitative information, presentation skills
• Leveraging business acumen to focus leaders on key success factors for the organization by creating and implementing the business outcomes, key results, business operations, industry practices and emerging trends
• Communicating for impact with senior leadership by telling a story through data
• Demonstrating effective planning techniques and contributing to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan

The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.

What we offer:

Compensation: USAA has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range based on your experience and market data of the position. The actual salary for this role may vary by location. The salary range for this position is: $99,160-$189,530.

Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance and at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors.

Benefits: At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits, adoption assistance, paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness programs. Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education assists employees with their professional goals.

For more details on our outstanding benefits, please visit our benefits page on USAAjobs.com.

Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis, this posting will remain open until the position is filled. Thus, interested candidates are encouraged to apply the same day they view this posting.

USAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.