Lead Forecasting and Financial Analyst at Guild

Schools Worldwide; Denver, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Guild in Denver, United States, is seeking a Lead Forecasting & Financial Analyst to own the usage-based forecasting models behind clients' education benefits. You will develop and refine forecasting approaches, implement backtesting, and shorten the monthly refresh cycle through rigorous experimentation.

Collaborating with Analytics, Data Science, Data Engineering, Product, and Technology, you will mentor junior team members, produce insights for stakeholders, and drive improvements in forecast

Qualifications

• 5+ years of total experience in analytics, data science, forecasting, or financial planning & analysis.
• Experience developing forecasting models with statistical or machine learning methods.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve the usage-based forecasting models for clients' education benefits.
• Raise forecast accuracy and shorten the monthly refresh cycle with backtesting and experimentation framework.
• Transfer modeling logic into well-structured, documented, tested code, building redundancy on a business-critical forecast.
• Partner cross-functionally with Analytics, Data Science, Data Engineering, Product, and Technology teams to improve data and systems the forecast depends on.
• Mentor and guide junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation.
• Produce insights, analyses, and recommendations to help internal stakeholders understand forecast drivers.
• 5+ years of total experience in analytics, data science, forecasting, or financial planning & analysis.

Job description

• Lead Forecasting and Financial Analyst at Guild

Lead Forecasting and Financial Analyst at Guild

Guild is hiring a Lead Forecasting & Financial Analyst in Denver, United States.

Guild operates an education-benefits marketplace connecting employers, learners and education providers. This role owns the usage-based forecasting models behind clients' education benefits.

From the role description

• Develop and improve the usage-based forecasting models for critical components of clients' education benefit with Guild, using advanced statistical and machine learning techniques.
• Raise forecast accuracy and shorten the monthly refresh cycle, using a backtesting and experimentation framework to test methodological changes with rigor.
• Transfer modeling logic out of individual heads into well-structured, documented, tested code, building redundancy on a business-critical forecast.
• Partner cross-functionally with Analytics, Data Science, Data Engineering, Product, and Technology teams to improve the data and systems the forecast depends on.
• Mentor and guide junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation.
• Produce insights, analyses, and recommendations to help internal stakeholders understand forecast drivers.
• 5+ years of total experience in analytics, data science, forecasting, or financial planning & analysis.

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