Senior Analyst

Yahoo Finance is the world’s #1 finance destination, empowering investors with news, information, and tools to make financial decisions with confidence. Trusted by over 150M visitors globally each month, representing over $20 trillion dollars in investable assets, Yahoo Finance delivers high-quality real-time market data across desktop, mobile, and streaming platforms. With breaking news from thousands of sources, original editorial perspectives, objective analyst ratings and research, analytical charts and technical tools, personalized mobile alerts, and much more, Yahoo Finance equips investors with knowledge and insights to achieve financial freedom and greater prosperity.

A Little About Us

The Yahoo Finance Analytics and Research team is the strategic and tactical partner to all Yahoo decision-makers through pre-, mid- and post- decision stages.  The team is the core audience analytics function helping Yahoo Finance explore and understand the impact of user behavior on business performance. Made up of data science, business intelligence and research experts, this team leverages 1st and 3rd party data to provide deep analysis and actionable insights that inform consumer-first strategies and product/business decisions.

A Lot About You

The Yahoo Finance team is looking for a New York-based versatile data enthusiast with excellent business sense, outstanding analytical skills, a proven ability to communicate analytical findings, and rich experience in leveraging various data sets. We are responsible for providing fast, clean, and relevant data for key measurements and insights about the users of Yahoo.

This individual contributor role will work with teams across the organization including Editorial/Content, Product, Business Development, Strategy & Ops and FP&A.  This person will be working directly with stakeholders and cross functional teams to deliver reports and actionable insights, while driving data-led decisions that inform strategy.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

• Analyze performance across Yahoo Finance to understand user trends, behavior and competitive landscape

• Act as the Business Intelligence lead for multiple projects in a fast paced work environment

• Support the Yahoo Finance Analytics team with weekly, monthly & quarterly performance reports

• Present and communicate performance results and findings to various stakeholders at all levels

• Support ad hoc requests coming from leadership and other key stakeholders within the company

• Monitor data quality issues, partnering with other teams to surface gaps and inconsistencies

• Leverage third-party data sources such as Comscore, Similarweb, and data.ai for competitive and market analysis

Basic Requirements (Must Have):

• Location Preference: NYC area - Hybrid work environment

• Bachelor's degree (Master’s preferred) and experience in digital analytics and insights delivery

• 3+ years of experience generating actionable insights that aid data-driven decisions in building great products with great user experience.

• Experience using analytics tools such as Adobe Analytics or Google Analytics

• Proficient in data visualization tools such as Looker, Google Studio, Tableau, Domo or similar tools is a must

• Experience conducting analyses across Content and/or Product teams

• Strong analytical skills and quantitative mindset with an understanding of basic statistics 

• Proven track record and enthusiasm for complex problem solving and analysis, including working with large data sets

• Strong communication skills and ability to craft and present data driven analyses and insights to articulate performance and opportunities to key stakeholders

• The ability to work across multiple disciplines with both data and non-data focused people alike

• Ability and enthusiasm to work in a fast-paced environment where deadlines can sometimes be tight and stakeholder’s needs are immediate  

• A hands-on attitude. Someone who is not afraid to dig into technical/instrumentation issues and won’t be stopped until they find the right solution

• Self-motivated and results-driven

• Media industry experience is a must

Desired Characteristics (Preferred):

• Master's Degree in Business, Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, Marketing, Engineering, Mathematics, or Finance

• Proficient in SQL and programming languages such as Python or R

• Extensive experience collaborating with product teams

• Experience in report automation

• Experience using Google Cloud Platform (BigQuery) or AWS

• Experience collaborating with Data Scientists and UX Research/Design team

• Experience with video analytics and video distribution

• Experience or strong interest in the stock market and business news

The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoopolicies;exercising sound judgment;working effectively, safely and inclusively with others;exhibiting trustworthinessandmeeting expectations;and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.

At Yahoo, we offer flexible hybrid work options that our employees love! While most roles don’t require regular office attendance, you may occasionally be asked to attend in-person events or team sessions. You’ll always get notice to make arrangements. Your recruiter will let you know if a specific job requires regular attendance at a Yahoo office or facility. If you have any questions about how this applies to the role, just ask the recruiter!

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The compensation for this position ranges from $84,750.00 - $176,875.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience.The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much (much) more.

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