Analyst – Strategy and Analytics

About Carvana

If you like disrupting the norm and are looking for a company revolutionizing an industry then you will LOVE what Carvana has done for the car buying experience. Buying a car the old fashioned way sucks and we are working hard to make it NOT suck. At Carvana, our customers can hop online to...

• Search and browse our inventory of over 20,000 vehicles that we own and certify.
• Narrow down search results using highly intelligent filtering tools/components.
• View vehicle details, Carfax reports, and 360 rotating studio images for every vehicle.
• Secure financing in minutes using Carvana’s in-house service or their own bank.
• Interact with GUI components to easily customize loan length, down payment, and monthly payment.
• Generate, upload, and eSign all documents online (no ink necessary).
• Schedule front door delivery or pick up at one of our vending machines.
• Trade-in their existing vehicle or just sell it to Carvana (no purchase necessary).

For more information on Carvana and our mission, learn more about what it’s like to work here from the people that already do. 

About the team and position

Join the frontline of innovation with Carvana’s Marketplaces Strategy & Analytics Team. As a key player in this dynamic team, you’ll fuel the growth of Carvana’s auto auction subsidiary, ADESA, by diving into complex datasets from diverse sources. Your work will enhance speed, cost, and quality across our nationwide portfolio. By leveraging our proven strategies and collaborating with our internal network of trailblazers, you’ll work directly with our largest sellers to drive pricing and performance improvements.

This person should be anxious to leverage their analytical and technical skills to make an immediate and meaningful impact on the business. We have no shortage of data, resources, or ambition at Carvana, and we are excited to bring on people who share our desire to leverage data and technology to accelerate our disruption of the traditional car-buying experience.

What you’ll be doing

• Using your Technical Chops:
  • Analyze large datasets, utilizing SQL, Snowflake, or similar tools to actively monitor performance and identify business opportunities for our largest sellers.
  • Utilize business intelligence tools like Tableau to help drive actionable insights.
  • Build, maintain, and manage dashboards using Tableau or similar to explain/communicate performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
  • Create analytically backed, engaging, story-driven analysis.
  • Identify and explore data opportunities beyond our current capabilities.
  • Be involved in extracting, cleansing, testing, and visualizing data using the tools and techniques described above
    
    
• Being an Awesome Stakeholder:
  • You will add business value by collaborating with external clients and our Sales team to understand opportunities and performance.
  • You will build products that effectively communicate the above.
  • You will present opportunities and performance summaries to external business partners.
  • You will work with end-users to validate data and ensure buy-in with new reporting or analysis.
  • You will work with others to understand business processes and deliver data so that non-technical resources can understand the story the data is telling them.
  • You will become familiar with current operations across various departments and work cross-functionally with stakeholders and other analysts.
  • You will spend time understanding datasets deeply to find business opportunities.

• What you should have
  • Undergraduate degree in Data Analytics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering,  Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Computer Information Systems or similar field with a strong academic record. Strong analytical skills with proficiency in SQL or Snowflake.
  • Experience with visualization software, such as Tableau (or similar).
  • Curiosity to continue learning new analytical methods and tools.
  • The ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, data science, and business teams and communicate across them clearly and concisely understood by all.
  • Flexibility to move and shake with competing and changing priorities.

It would be great if you also had

• 2+ years of experience in analytics or quantitative practices.
• Prior understanding and experience with data warehouse environments.
• Prior experience presenting to external audiences.
• A Master’s degree in one of the above disciplines.

What we’ll offer in return

• Full-Time Salary Position with a competitive salary
• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits
• 401K with company match
• A multitude of perks including student loan payments, discounts on vehicles, benefits for your pets, and much more
• A great wellness program to keep you healthy and happy both physically and mentally
• Access to opportunities to expand your skill set and share your knowledge with others across the organization
• A company culture of promotions from within, with a start-up atmosphere allowing for varied and rapid career development.

Legal Stuff

Hiring is contingent on passing a complete background check.  This role is eligible for visa sponsorship.

Carvana is an equal employment opportunity employer.  All applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.  Carvana also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories.

Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.