Senior Analyst, Retail Analytics

What’s Under the Hood

DriveTime Family of Brands is the largest privately owned used car sales finance & servicing company in the nation. Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona and Dallas, Texas, we create opportunities and improve the lives of our customers and our employees by placing a focus on putting the right customer, in the right vehicle, on the right terms and on their path to ownership.

You can find DriveTime’s tire tracks across the nation with dealerships where we embrace a transparent pricing approach, eliminating haggling and gimmicks and reconditioning centers where we breathe new life into pre-owned vehicles. Regardless of where you’re located, if you’ve got DRIVE and you’re looking to make an impact, we’d love for you to make a difference with us!

That’s Nice, But What’s the Job?

In short, as the Senior Retail Analyst, you will be responsible for providing consumable and impactful data points to all levels of the business including senior management. In addition, you will apply critical thought and analysis to evaluate key business drivers and present actionable measures to improve business processes and financial performance of the company. 

In long, the Senior Retail Analyst is responsible for: 

• Develop and maintain forecasting models 

• Meet with department leaders on monthly/quarterly basis to review retail metrics to ensure operations is making necessary adjustments to prepare for the future 

• Daily Reporting & Monitoring 

• Development of daily reporting and exception reports 

• Regular maintenance of daily reports 

• Providing ad hoc analysis and special projects as required. 

• Preparing weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports that provide management accurate information to support decision making. 

• Work with department leaders to understand the changes needed, and collaborate on solutions for change 

• Ability to model out identified solutions to forecast the impact the change would have on Retail as well as to overall profit 

• Identifying, tracking and forecasting main drivers and transactions of the organization. 

So What Kind of Folks Are We Looking for?  

• Killer analytical and reporting abilities.  You’ll need the capability to analyze data and in return, prepare timely reports on your findings. 

• A mind for the details.  Okay we know “detail-oriented” is on about every job description – but we really mean it!  

• Operate automatously.  This isn’t a “hold your hand” kind of role.  We give you autonomy to be creative in your space and do your thing.  We need an individual that is self-motivated to get the work done and get the work done well. 

• Works well in a time crunch.  There will be multiple time sensitive requirements and you’ll need the ability to meet deliverable due dates. 

• Fantastic problem solver.  Your job is not only to find the problem, but more importantly, find the solution. 

• Organization and time management skills in spades.  You’ll be handling multiple projects and deadlines that will require you to prioritize then re-prioritize… then… re-prioritize again. 

• Agile in a fast-past environment. We move, and we move quickly.  Thriving in an environment that never