Business Intelligence Analyst II

The Business Intelligence Analyst will play a key role in researching, designing, and delivering innovative analytics solutions and AI-powered data products for Cox Automotive's Fleet Data team. This role requires a proactive, business-oriented thinker who can own projects from idea to execution-rapidly understanding stakeholder needs, uncovering actionable insights from complex data, and building products that drive efficiency and value for fleet customers and service providers. The Analyst will also support efforts to identify and implement AI-driven opportunities that reduce costs, increase operational effectiveness, and shape the future of data products across the organization.
Primary Duties/Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end process of developing analytics solutions and data products, from ideation and requirements gathering through design, development, deployment, and stakeholder engagement.
• Rapidly understand business processes and challenges by collaborating with internal and external stakeholders, translating business needs into actionable analytics and data product opportunities.
• Identify, design, and build innovative data products that address current and future needs for fleet customers and service providers, such as dashboards, predictive maintenance tools, and performance scorecards.
• Leverage large, complex datasets and advanced analytical techniques to uncover insights that help fleet customers proactively manage their fleets and enable service providers to operate more efficiently and profitably.
• Proactively seek and implement opportunities to use AI and machine learning to reduce costs, increase efficiency, and automate data analysis for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Research emerging AI technologies and methodologies, and lead the development of innovative AI-powered data products that address evolving business needs and create new value for fleet customers and service providers.
• Communicate findings and recommendations clearly and persuasively to both technical and non-technical audiences, acting as a consultative partner to business leaders, product teams, and clients.
• Contribute to ongoing process improvement initiatives, including data cleanup, feature engineering, and enabling accurate analytics and insights across the organization.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 2 years' experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and up to 2 years' experience; or 6 years' experience in a related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in related discipline and 3+ years of experience in business intelligence, analytics, or a related field
• Strong analytical thinking, business acumen, and consulting skills.
• Strong familiarity and hands on experience with Business Intelligence (BI) platforms such as Tableau, Power BI, MicroStrategy, Looker, and demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Excel for data analysis and reporting.
• Knowledge and experience with relational databases and data warehouses, including technologies such as SQL Server, AWS Redshift, AWS Athena, GCP BigQuery, and Snowflake, with the ability to write and optimize SQL queries.
• Familiarity with major cloud platforms and their services, such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Microsoft Azure, for data storage, processing, and analytics solutions.
• Familiarity with at least one scripting language, such as Python, for data manipulation, automation, and analytical tasks.
• Basic understanding and experience with version control tools, particularly GitHub, for collaborative development and code management.
• Ability to communicate effectively and build partnerships across technical and business teams.
• Demonstrated ability to own projects end-to-end and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Can travel, up to 5% of the time.

Core Competencies

• Drive for Results: Setting high standards of performance for self; assuming responsibility and sense of urgency for successfully completing assignments or tasks.
• Analytical Thinking: Ability to apply effective analytical techniques and tools to solve business problems.
• Business Acumen: Rapidly understand business context and translate it into actionable solutions.
• Consulting: Ability to engage with stakeholders, understand their needs, and deliver insights and recommendations.

USD 72,200.00 - 108,200.00 per year
Compensation:
Compensation includes a base salary of $72,200.00 - $108,200.00. 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.
Benefits:
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.
Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.