Sr. Analyst, Revenue Analytics

About Cars Commerce

At Cars Commerce, we’re fanatical about simplifying everything about car buying and selling. We do right by our customers and consumers to better connect the industry with simplified and tierless technology to enhance, measure and drive local automotive retail. Whether through our No.1 most recognized marketplace, Cars.com, our industry-leading digital experience, Dealer Inspire, our trade and appraisal technology, AccuTrade, our reputation-based digital wholesale auction marketplace, Dealerclub, or our new Cars Commerce Media Network, Cars Commerce is essential for success in the automotive industry.

Our Values

• Rise Together: Putting people at the center of what we do, from consumer to customer to community.
• Open to All: Encouraging open-minded communication because we know diverse thinking yields better outcomes.
• Caring to Challenge and Taking Ownership: Fueling a competitive spirit in a respectful environment where we think about tomorrow but act today.
• Doing the Right Thing: Integrity at our foundation, even when it’s hard.

Employee Experience

• U.S. News & World Report Best Company to Work For in 2024.
• Among the top 20% being declared “Best” of our industry based on six critical factors that are important to employee wellbeing, like quality of pay, benefits, work life balance and more.

Job Summary

Cars Commerce is seeking a passionate, data savvy Senior Analyst to join the growing Enterprise Analytics team and fuel our mission of growth through data-driven insights and opportunity discovery. In this dynamic role, you will dive into data and analytics to uncover opportunities and support the enterprise’s priorities across business functions - focused first on Revenue and Customer data. You will also enable senior stakeholders with actionable, intuitive measurement & performance insights that help the enterprise grow. The ideal candidate will have a robust mix of technical, business and communication skills, with a passion for optimization, data storytelling, and data visualization. You will collaborate with a centralized team of analysts as well as teams across the organization focusing on Sales, but also including Product, Marketing, Data, and senior leadership. This is an exciting opportunity to be a key influencer to the company’s strategic decisions and to learn and grow with our Enterprise Analytics team.

Responsibilities

• Synthesize internal and third-party data into actionable insights that inform enterprise priorities, including sales and acquisition, customer retention, customer value delivery, customer segmentation, etc.
• Clearly communicate these recommendations to internal stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Actively participate in cross-functional initiatives, collaborating to achieve and measure project success.
• Interpret data to gather actionable insights that will lead to meaningful revenue growth either by increasing sales, reducing churn, or optimizing profitability.
• Create compelling, intuitive stories / dashboards that lead to powerful insights and data-driven decisions.
• Leverage technical tools (e.g. AWS Redshift, Amplitude, Tableau, Split, Python, and/or R) to analyze data.

Requirements

• 3+ years professional experience in analytics role and experience with digital analytics.
• Experience with analyzing large datasets and coming up with actionable business insights.
• Experience working with sales and retention teams and metrics.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with data visualization software (e.g. Tableau).