Senior Associate, Corporate Strategy Market Intelligence

Capital One National Association; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 111,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One in McLean, VA is seeking a Senior Associate in Corporate Strategy Market Intelligence to join the Strategy Group. You will work on high-impact issues, build proprietary datasets, and act as a strategy analyst with subject-matter expertise on confidential and syndicated data sets relating to competitive activity.

Key responsibilities include designing analysis plans, partnering with cross-functional teams, and communicating findings to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• 1+ years of experience in Business analysis, Strategy or a combination.
• Experience with SAS/SQL/STATA/Python/R/Scala is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Dig into data and develop creative analyses to answer leadership questions.
• Develop and execute analysis plans using internal and external data for decision-making and strategy.
• Contribute to proprietary datasets supporting COF’s Card and Bank businesses.
• Support learning agendas, analytics plans, and marketing research programs.
• Collaborate with Strategy and LOB analysts and external vendors to facilitate analysis.
• Develop recommendations from analyses to aid senior management decisions.
• Communicate analysis and implications to Director+.

Skills

SAS

SQL

STATA

Python

R

Scala

Consulting experience

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

Senior Associate, Corporate Strategy Market Intelligence

The Strategy Group at Capital One engages in a discrete number of ultra-high impact issues that drive the performance of the company forward. Projects focus primarily on formulating enduring and profitable growth and value enhancement strategies and then working within the business to ensure the impact happens. Senior strategy staff sit directly on the most senior LOB management teams and have dotted line reporting to LOB heads.

The Market Intelligence team (within Strategy) focuses on competitive intelligence for the broader financial industry. The team oversees the construction and stewardship of proprietary strategic databases. Team members are also expected to function as strategy analysts with deep subject matter expertise on both confidential and syndicated data sets relating to competitive activity.

Summary

The Corporate Strategy Associate will work collaboratively with Strategy team members as well as business teams in developing and executing against analysis plans in support of a Market Intelligence engagement or specific business need.

Responsibilities

• Dig into data and come up with creative ways to answer business questions from senior leaders across the company
• Develop and execute analysis plans utilizing internal and external data sources in support of business decision-making and strategy development
• Assist in the development and implementation of proprietary datasets that will support COF’s Card and Bank businesses
• Support the execution of learning agendas, analytics plans and specific marketing research programs
• Partner with Strategy and LOB analysts as well as external vendors in order to facilitate analysis work
• Assist in developing recommendations from analysis in order to aid senior management decision-making
• Communicate analysis and its respective business implications to Director+

This candidate should have experience and interest in the following areas

• Strong quantitative and analytical skills
• Great interpersonal skills and the ability to work well in a cross functional team
• Ability to identify and solve problems independently in a constantly changing environment
• Ability to handle multiple, concurrent projects
• Ability to convey information in a clear and compelling manner

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 2 years of experience in Business analysis, Strategy or a combination

Preferred Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience in SAS, SQL, STATA, Python, R, Scala, SQL or a combination Consulting or market research
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a high level of analytical rigor and attention to detail
• Strong judgment and problem-solving skills
• Team player with a positive attitude
• Naturally inquisitive with a passion to 'figure stuff out'
• Confidence and intent to drive change

Capital One will not consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

McLean, VA: $111,200 - $126,900 for Sr. Associate, Strategy

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).