Avail Finance - Manager - Analytics

What can you expect?

- Opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment aimed at creating a very high impact

- Exposure to different business functions in a fintech organization, helping each function to become successful with your work

- Opportunity to work with a diverse team of smart and hardworking professionals from various backgrounds

- Amazing work culture with endless opportunities for personal and professional growth Independence to put your thoughts/ideas into the executable business projects

- Ability to directly implement solutions and see them in action; critical partner for all decision-making in the organisation

- Interact with people from various backgrounds - a mix of Statisticians, Consultants, Business and Programmers

- Flat organization structure with open and direct culture

- Merit-based fast growth environment

- Market leading compensation and benefits

What do you need to have?

- Bachelor's/Master's (preferred) degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related quantitative field

- 6-9 years work experience in analytics

- At least 3-4 years hands-on experience as an Analyst

- Excellent knowledge of statistical measurement frameworks (measures of central tendency, dispersion, distribution, significance testing etc.)

- Excellent knowledge of machine learning techniques for Regression, Classification etc.

- Worked on huge amount of unstructured/structured datasets ranging from text data, location data, financial data, etc

- Work experience in NBFCs / Analytics functions in Banks / Consumer-tech organisations in India would be a big plus

What do we expect from you?

- Creative thinking to solve real-world problems

- Fail fast, learn faster approach

- Comfortable in a high-energy, fast-paced environment

- Proficient verbal and written communication skills

- Detail-oriented with the ability to self-direct work in an unstructured environment

- Excellent partnership and collaboration skills with the ability to work cross-functionally

- Good organizational skills including prioritizing, scheduling, time management, and meeting deadlines

- Proven experience in managing cross-functional projects

- Proven negotiation skills, influencing abilities

- Experience in leading and managing teams

What will you work on?

- Help the team to deliver as below

- Work with large, complex data sets to solve business problems, applying advanced analytical methods as needed

- Monitor and forecast key business metrics on a regular basis

- Conduct regular planning and reviews key performance metrics and aid in benefitting from change

- Identify right metrics/measurement frameworks to track progress against a given business goal

- Design, run and measure experiments to test business hypotheses

- Expedite root cause analyses/insight generation against a given recurring use case through automation/self-serve platforms

- Develop compelling stories with business insights, focusing on strategic goals of the organisation

- Work with Business, Product and Data engineering teams for continuous improvement of data accuracy through feedback and scoping on instrumentation quality and completeness

- Set high standards in project management; own scope and timelines for the team

- Take responsibility for skill-building within the organization (training, process definition, research of new tools and techniques etc.)

- Plan team sizing and own hiring for to meet the required size

- Set performance benchmarks for the team; provide feedback and appraise the team at regular intervals

- Own prioritisation with stakeholders; negotiate and ensure high impact for work

- Create roadmap/strategy for respective business unit in collaboration with stakeholders

- This is a team management role with the expectation of leading mid-size teams