Company

Cox Automotive - USAData Intelligence & ScienceData Sr AnalystIndividual ContributorHybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the weekNoDay

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $81,400.00 - $122,000.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

The Senior Data Analyst is responsible for consulting with business leaders and stakeholders to define analytical objectives, conduct advanced and often highly complex ad hoc analyses, and deliver insights that guide strategic and operational decision making. The analyst independently designs analytical frameworks, constructs datasets, and selects appropriate methodologies and tools (Excel, PowerBI, Snowflake, etc.) —including advanced techniques beyond descriptive statistics—to evaluate trends, diagnose root causes, and formulate recommendations that drive business outcomes. The Senior Data Analyst responsibilities also include designing reporting to monitor KPIs, connecting analysis across multiple departments or business units, and proactively informing the business about trends in data. The role also plays a critical leadership function in data governance by identifying and remediating inconsistencies in reporting or metric definitions, collaborating across departments to establish standardized calculations, and developing or enhancing metrics, reporting logic, and analytical methodologies to ensure accuracy, consistency, and alignment across the business.

What You’ll Do

Key Responsibilities:

• Engages with business partners or departments across the business or even outside of Ready to:
  • Define analytical needs, shape problem statements, and design high‑impact analytical frameworks that guide strategic decision‑making.
  • Lead complex analyses across multiple data sources, evaluating trends, diagnosing root causes, and synthesizing findings into actionable insights that influence business performance and direction. This includes analyzing current and historical business data, assessing trends, and identifying and explaining variance from goals as well as providing recommendations
  • Establish and oversee key performance metrics, ensuring they accurately reflect business objectives and are grounded in sound analytical methodology.
  • Distill large data sets down to a set of meaningful and actionable insights with minimal direction or criteria
  • Apply expert‑level analytical capabilities—including regression, predictive modeling, or automated workflows—to evaluate business scenarios and develop forward‑looking recommendations.
  • Conduct strategic ad‑hoc analyses, defining hypotheses, selecting methodologies, designing datasets, and delivering insights that shape policy, process, or operational direction.
  • Ensure timely and accurate delivery of reports
  • Design, develop, and manage sophisticated reporting and dashboards, applying advanced analytical techniques and ensuring reliability, scalability, and meaningful data storytelling.
• Utilizes more advanced methodologies or analytical/reporting capabilities beyond descriptive statistics, for example, may have experience building regressions or predictive models or may have built automated reporting workflows
• Demonstrates strong to expert knowledge of technical, process, and business principles, industry practices, and standards. Considered a subject matter expert.
• Serves as a subject matter expert and thought partner, guiding cross‑functional teams, advising stakeholders, and elevating analytical maturity across the organization. Supports multiple areas of the business and may even partner with business units that are adjacent or outside of Ready (Operations, Verification, BPO, Client Success; Central Dispatch and Manheim, etc). Challenge leadership assumptions when data contradicts strategy
• Effectively applies functional, process, procedural or technical imagination to address business challenges and uses innovative solutions to enhance personal work
• Leads the diagnosis and resolution of complex data, metric, and reporting issues, independently determining corrective actions and driving sustainable, organization‑wide solutions. Independently identifies and pursues high-value analytical opportunities.
• Conducts ad-hoc analysis as requested or upon noticing changes to trends in a self-directed manner to assess things like savings opportunities or recommendations for optimization opportunities
• Drives data governance efforts by establishing and refining metric definitions, championing standardization, and ensuring consistency and accuracy across all reporting environments. Maintains and improves metric definitions and reporting logic, proactively identifying inconsistencies and initiating governance updates to strengthen data accuracy and alignment.
• Determines when to escalate vs. resolve issues independently
• Understands broader issues outside own discipline, considers multiple job areas or specialties, and draws from prior experience to solve problems.
• Collaborates cross-functionally to evaluate technical, system and process improvements.
• Performs assignments with limited supervision, receiving guidance only on unusual or complex problems / issues when requested.
• Coaches and mentors analysts at all levels, promoting analytical rigor, structured thinking, and continuous improvement within the broader analytics function.

Who You Are

Minimum Qualifications:

• BA/BS degree and 4+years of experience OR equivalent combination of education and experience (MS/MA and 2+ yrs experience | PHD and 1 yr experience) OR 8 years of experience with HS Diploma
• Advanced skills with excel
• Skilled using reporting tools like Tableau or PowerBI to design reports or conduct analysis
• Preferred. Experience using Snowflake, SQL, or Python to gather, analyze, and report on data

Preferred

• Experience using Snowflake, SQL, or Python to gather, analyze, and report on data

What’s In It For You

Here’s a sneak peek of the benefits at your disposal as a Cox employee:​​

• A competitive salary and top-notch bonus/incentive plans. ​
• Exceptional work-life balance, flexible time-off policies and accommodating work schedules. ​
• Comprehensive healthcare, with multiple options for individuals and families. ​
• Generous 401(k) retirement plans with up to 8% company match. ​
• Mental health support, including counseling and access to virtual wellness resources such as CALM.
• Access to Care.com, with up to 10 days of subsidized care for children, seniors and pets.

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To be employed in this role, you’ll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells – or simply uses – cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.

Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship. No OPT, CPT, STEM/OPT or visa sponsorship now or in future.