Director - Business Analytics and Insights

Selene Finance LP is a financial services firm that aims to provide exceptional client experiences in the mortgage industry. The Director - Business Analytics and Insights will lead the business analytics team to develop data strategies and deliver actionable insights to support decision-making and drive business growth.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Business Analytics team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional development
• Develop and implement the organization’s data analytics strategy in alignment with business goals
• Collaborate with senior management to identify key business questions and data needs
• Oversee the collection, storage, and analysis of large datasets
• Ensure data integrity, accuracy, and security across all analytics processes
• Oversee the creation of executive-level dashboards and reports that provide actionable intelligence and support decision-making
• Manage multiple data analytics projects simultaneously, ensuring timely and successful delivery, and communicating status updates to stakeholders
• Ensure compliance with internal policies and procedures related to data management and analytics
• Partner with business operations leaders to fully understand their processes, potential cost savings pain points and/or future revenue growth, and assisting with business case development
• Work with business optimization staff to identify areas of opportunity and areas of concern where data can help drive meaningful change and process improvement
• Work with large datasets to uncover patterns, test hypotheses, and identify causal relationships using statistical models
• Research and help resolve problem statements identified by line of business leadership
• Help solve complex problems and proactively identify and mitigate risks
• Work in a fast-paced and highly-collaborative environment
• Perform other ad hoc tasks and projects

Requirements:

• A bachelor's degree in business, statistics, mathematics, data science, or computer science
• 2-5 years of direct or related experience in each of the following
• 7+ years of related experience in analysis utilizing data management and visualization tools for presenting to management with at least 3 years in a leadership role
• Working knowledge and proven track record successfully using tools such as: Tableau, MS Power BI, SSMS, SSRS, Python, R
• Knowledge and understanding of the mortgage industry and the importance of the varied data collected, purchased, and/or used by business (e.g., mortgage servicing, title, diligence, insurance)
• Intimately familiar with data modeling techniques
• A professional who has an ownership mentality and can act as point of contact with our internal business customers
• Ability to recognize the nuances & complexities in the details and synthesize those nuances into understandable outputs
• Must be able to perform in a high-pressure environment, and be able to meet tight deadlines
• Has superb written and verbal communication skills, as well as the ability to draft engaging and impactful messages and presentations for inspiring employees and clients
• Solid organizational skills with the demonstrated ability to effectively prioritize
• Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills across all levels of the organization
• High degree of integrity