Analyst, Analytics - Strategy

Credit Acceptance is proud to be an award-winning company recognized both locally and nationally across multiple workplace categories. Our world-class culture is shaped by dedicated team members who are driven to succeed as professionals individually and together as a team. Backed by a strong product, exceptional people, and a stable financial foundation, we’ve grown into a leading provider of used and new car financing across the country.

Our Engineering and Analytics Team Members utilize the latest technology to develop, monitor, and maintain complex practices that help optimize our success. Our Team Members value being challenged, are encouraged to express their ideas, and have the flexibility to enjoy work life balance. We build intrinsic value by partnering with all functions of our business to support their success and make strategic business decisions. We focus on professional development and continuous improvement while enjoying a casual work environment and Great Place to Work culture!

Our IT and Analytics Team Members utilize the latest technology to develop, monitor, and maintain complex practices that help optimize our success. Our Team Members value being challenged, are encouraged to express their ideas, and have the flexibility to enjoy work life balance. We build intrinsic value by partnering with all functions of our business to support their success and make strategic business decisions. We focus on professional development and continuous improvement while enjoying a casual work environment and Great Place to Work culture!

The purpose of the Analyst, Analytics – Strategy position is to perform analysis on loan servicing strategies, business policies, processes, and performance champion/challenger tests.

• This position will work from home; occasional planned travel to our Southfield, Michigan office may be required. However, this position is permitted to work at our Southfield, Michigan office if requested by the team member.
• Actively monitor the performance of strategies in production
• Analyze data to drive better business decisions
• Develop complex programming to extract and manipulate data
• Develop, monitor, and maintain complex strategies with the goal of optimizing high volume decisions to add intrinsic value to Credit Acceptance
• Develop and produce reports to measure the performance of champion/challenger tests, policies, and processes
• Perform analysis to solve business problems and drive better decisions
• Translate high level business goals into the tasks and technical specifications needed to accomplish the goal

• Be able to apply analytical skills to solve problems creatively
• Ability to extract and manipulate large data sets
• Communicate complex information to others in a way they can understand
• Be self-motivated and able to perform with minimal supervision
• Apply analytical skills to solve problems creatively
• Act promptly and effectively when assigned tasks
• Work well with others in a team environment
• Be proactive and make recommendations as opportunities arise

• Bachelor’s degree (Computer Science, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Business Analytics, etc. - preferred)
• 2+ years’ experience in an academic or professional setting using one or more of the following analytical tools SAS, SQL, Python or R
• 2+ years’ experience in an analytics setting, or a combination of higher education and experience

• Graduate degree (Computer Science, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Business Analytics)
• Experience monitoring credit scorecards or collection scores
• Experience testing system implementations
• Knowledge of loan servicing functions
• Knowledge of credit risk management
• Experience with data analysis
• Experience running and creating reports in an analytical tool or in a business intelligence setting
• Ability to write, debug and optimize Python code

This position is not currently open to individuals who require sponsorship now or in the future to work legally for Credit Acceptance, such as H-1b / H-4 or F-1 OPT visa holders.

• Excellent benefits package that includes 401(K) match, adoption assistance, parental leave, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive medical/ dental/vision and many nonstandard benefits that make us a Great Place to Work
• Our Company Values

• Positive by maintaining resiliency and focusing on solutions
• Respectful by collaborating and actively listening
• Insightful by cultivating innovation, accumulating business and role specific knowledge, demonstrating self-awareness and making quality decisions
• Direct by effectively communicating and conveying courage
• Earnest by taking accountability, applying feedback and effectively planning and priority setting

• Remain compliant with our policies processes and legal guidelines
• All other duties as assigned
• Attendance as required by department