What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Data Analytics position at iLending?
We are looking for an experienced and strategic Director of Data & Analytics who will be responsible for all aspects of data management, analysis, and strategic insights at iLending. The Director of Data and Analytics will play a critical role in driving the company's growth by leveraging data assets and analytics capabilities to unlock business opportunities, enhance operational efficiency, and support decision-making across all functional areas.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Perform thorough analyses to uncover actionable insights or strategic opportunities related to business growth, operational efficiency, and cost/ resource optimization.
- The Director of Data Analytics will provide hands-on consultancy, collaboration, and support to all department heads and project teams in designing, staffing, and delivering analytics data financial reporting, and the continued refinement of the budget/forecast process.
- Utilizing Tableau, Excel, and SQL to continue development of a full suite of operational reports from multiple systems.
- Establish and maintain robust data governance processes, ensuring data quality, integrity, and security across all systems and platforms.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including marketing, sales, finance, operations, and technology, to identify business needs and develop data-driven solutions. Establish strong relationships across all business lines.
- Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in data management, analytics, and financial technology, and recommend innovative approaches to enhance data-driven decision-making.
- Foster a data-driven culture within the organization, promoting data literacy, encouraging data-driven thinking, and driving data-driven decision-making at all levels.
- Manage and optimize the data infrastructure and technology stack, including data storage, ETL processes, data modeling, and data visualization tools.
- Enable data-informed decision-making across the entire company through the development and deployment of dashboards / standardized KPIs / operational metrics/training/ awareness.
- Provide a high level of responsiveness in developing new reporting to address needs or questions from the executive team.
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
- 8-12 years of data analytics experience.
- Advanced SQL knowledge.
- Advanced level Excel skills, expert level strongly preferred.
- Hands-on experience building reporting solutions in Tableau or similar tools.
- Experience in consumer lending (mortgage, credit cards, auto loans).
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience with running analytics for the sales organization.
- Bachelor's degree from a 4-year accredited college or university; Finance or other analytical/technical majors strongly preferred.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to effectively manage and motivate cross-functional teams and drive results in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrated experience fostering solid relationships across multiple departments.
- Demonstrated Ability to collaborate with senior executives.
- Strong business acumen and the ability to translate complex data insights into actionable recommendations for senior leadership.
Compensation:
iLending offers a competitive salary of $125,000 - 152,000, along with Medical, Dental, Life, Disability, and Vision benefits. PTO and Holidays are also included.
Salary : $125,000 - $152,000