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April 25, 2025
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Data Science Analyst

Riverwoods, IL
Full-time
Onsite
$70K/yr - $98K/yr
New Grad, Entry Level
Discover is one of the most recognized brands in U.S. digital banking and payments. The Data Science Analyst will work closely with management to execute analytical initiatives, develop reports and dashboards, and identify opportunities for improvement.
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Responsibilities

  • Responsible for working closely with management to execute analytical initiatives.
  • Develops reports & dashboards; generates insights through analytics and identify opportunities for improvement while continuing to developing a strong understanding of the business, the underlying data used for analytics and analytical techniques.
  • Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management
  • Applies techniques such as customer segmentation, optimization, test & design of experiments and predictive analytics to solve business problems.
  • Uses financial impact analysis to assess the effectiveness of proposed solution/strategy.
  • Establishes and maintains effective performance tracking; identifies improvement opportunity, form hypotheses, proposes, designs and implements tests to drive strategy enhancement and optimization.
  • Manages multiple priorities, communicates business performance and project progress to management & business partners.
  • Develops and automates reports, iteratively build and prototype dashboards to provide insights at scale, solving for analytical needs.
  • Facilitates implementation of work product and ensure accuracy.
  • Consistently follow standard work processes and documentation requirements.
  • Recommends improvement to work processes to increase efficiency while maintaining quality of work.
  • Continuously improves technical and leadership skills through training and development.

Qualification

Required

  • Bachelors Analytics, Engineering, Statistics or related
  • Ability to operate office equipment such as but not limited to computer, telephone, printer, and calculator.
  • Ability to communicate verbally.
  • Ability to communicate in written form.

Preferred

  • Masters Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics

Benefits

  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Paid Time Off
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account
  • Short and Long Term Disability, Life, and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurances
  • Recognition Program
  • Education Assistance
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Family Support Programs
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
We are Discover. As one of the most recognized brands in U.S.
Glassdoor
3.9
Founded in 1985
Deerfield, Illinois, USA
10001+ employees
https://www.discover.com