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Director of Strategy and Business Intelligence
Fitch Ratings
New York, NY, United States
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Fitch Ratings and Fitch Solutions are an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer, complying with all laws governing employment in each jurisdiction in which operating, and provide equal opportunity to all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and other status protected by applicable laws.
Department overview:
Reporting to the CFO, Strategy and Business Intelligence (SBI) provides strategic advice and support to all of the businesses within the Fitch Group. Working closely with the business units, the team develops and executes solutions to deliver improved business results including growing revenues, developing new products, improving productivity and enhancing the reputation of Fitch Group. Using a data-driven approach, SBI is also responsible for analysing the success of strategic initiatives around the firm.
Responsibilities:
Team Objectives
• Driving change to generate competitive advantage
• Comprehensive strategic analyses of Fitch Group operations, client engagement and commercial platform
• Internal consulting for Fitch Group business units, based on a data and metric-driven approach
• Centralized reporting - design, develop & maintain reporting infrastructure that can support and inform senior management across the Group
• Run the Group’s Business Intelligence platform, helping the business achieve their strategic objectives
Specific Role Responsibilities
• Leading strategic projects and evaluating business opportunities to develop actionable recommendations supporting high-level decision-making on operational, strategic and tactical initiatives.
• Collaborating with the business groups to support them in strategic initiatives.
• Analyzing data from multiple internal and external sources to build clear insights on Fitch’s business performance and competitive positioning.
• Providing training on SBI business intelligence tools
• Analysing large data sets, developing conclusions and presenting actionable recommendations to senior management
• Contributing to monthly/quarterly board and Executive Committee reporting
Qualifications and experience:
The ideal candidate will have:
• Project management experience
• Advanced knowledge of and Excel and experience of working with business intelligence tools
• Experience in analysing data sets, spotting trends, organizing results effectively and proposing solutions
• Excellent communication, influencing and presentation skills
• A background in consulting/change management either in-house or consultancy
• Working knowledge of debt capital markets and the credit rating industry would be beneficial
• Experience of working with SAP and Salesforce.com an advantage
• Qlikview experience preferred, but not required
• At least six to eight years of experience or more