Job Description
Overview
Team Overview
The Data & Analytics team plays a significant role in the Navy Federal Financial Group (NFFG) organization. The team’s mission is to drive the NFFG strategy through the use of data and analytics to inform strategic initiatives and measure results. The team is responsible for data engineering, data governance, research and analytics, and internal reporting and metrics.
Work on the team includes:
Analyze various sources of data to identify key insights related to NFFG delivery channels and initiatives.
Data collection and preparation, data analysis and visualization, and storytelling with data.
Assess complex processes and identify opportunities for the use of advanced analytics and process automation.
Consolidate NFFG business metrics to create a comprehensive executive management report including board package for monthly board meeting.
Develop and maintain business metric dashboards using Tableau and Power BI.
Monitor and optimize predictive models currently in deployment and identify opportunities for building new models to inform NFFG business initiatives.
Assess data quality and data integrity to ensure procedures and records are intact with enterprise data governance, privacy and risk practices.
Develop use cases that focus on use of data to inform strategic initiatives and achieve organization goals.
Potential Project:
This role will be a member of the Data Analytics & Reporting team at NFFG. The team possesses a wide range of expertise ranging from data engineering, data governance, data science, data & analytics, model development, business intelligence, and internal management and reporting capabilities. The role will have high visibility with opportunities to work cross across various teams within the NFFG and collaborate with our NFCU business partners. It will be essential for the Summer Associate to have a learning mindset, be a problem solver, and self-starter in order to effectively contribute to the team.
The Summer Associate would be responsible for assistance with data engineering efforts including data clean up and documentation from various sources (e.g. Azure Data Lake and third-party data sources). The Summer Associate will have the opportunity to perform qualitative and quantitative analyses of various data sources to inform the NFFG strategic initiatives across the different NFFG delivery channels. Based on the analyses, the Summer Associate would be responsible for assistance with the creation of artificial intelligence models to identify the opportunity analyses for the different product lines.
The Summer Associate Program is a 12-week internship program beginning in May 2025 and ending in August 2025. Students will work on impactful projects and meaningful work during their internship. To qualify for this position, applicants must be currently pursuing a degree from an accredited college or university and have an anticipated graduation date of December 2025 or later.
Responsibilities
Support the delivery of strategic analytics solutions across the organization with solutions drawing on descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics and modeling.
Leverage a broad set of modern technologies – including Python, SQL, Tableau, Power BI – to analyze and gain insights within large data sets
Analyze big data in order to build data driven insights and high impact data models.
Evaluate model design and performance and perform champion/challenger development.
Analyze model input data, assumptions, and overall methodology.
Using statistical practices, analyze current and historical data to make predictions, identify risks, and opportunities, enabling better decisions on planned/future events
Provide analytics insights and solutions to solve complex business problems
Apply business knowledge and statistical modeling techniques when building data structures and tools
Collaborate with other team members, subject matter experts, pods, and delivery teams to deliver strategic advanced analytic based solutions from design to deployment
Examine data from multiple sources and share insights with leadership and stakeholders
Transform data presented in models, charts, and tables into a format that is useful to the business and aids in effective decision making
Identify improvements to the way in which analytics service the entire function
Prepare project deliverables that are valued by the business and present them in such a manner that they are easily understood by project stakeholders
Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications
This position is open to individuals pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in the following programs: data science, data analytics, and/or business intelligence.
Business Skills:
Excellent communication skills
Self-starter with significant experience in managing multiple priorities independently
Significant experience in problem resolution including determining root cause, scope, and scale of issues
Experience that demonstrates the ability to research, compile, and document data, business processes, and workflows
Experienced skill in maintaining accuracy with high attention to detail
Experienced research, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Experienced presentation, verbal, and written communication skills Experienced skill in identifying and analyzing business requirements and recommending solutions
Experienced skill in analyzing statistics and reports to determine business performance, trends, and reporting
Experienced skill in data mapping and building requirements
Technical skills:
Moderate skill in descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics and modeling; demonstrated success in building models that are deployed and have made measurable business impact
Working knowledge of advanced techniques such as: SMOTE, dimension reduction techniques, natural language processing, sentiment analysis, anomaly detection, geospatial analytics, etc.
Demonstrates a deep understanding of the modeling lifecycle
Moderate skill data mining, data wrangling, and data transformation with both structured and unstructured data; deep understanding of data models
Skill interpreting, extrapolating, and interpolating data for statistical research and modeling
Advanced skill in Data Interpretation, Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
Advanced skill in Python, R, and/or Scala
Moderate skill in SQL and querying (able to pull/transform your own data)
Knowledge of cloud computing technologies such as: Apache Spark, Azure Data Factory, Azure DevOps, Azure ML (Machine Learning), Hadoop, Microsoft Azure, Databricks, AWS, Google Cloud
Understanding of data models, large datasets, business/technical requirements, BI tools, statistical programming languages and libraries
Familiar with Data Engineering concepts
Familiar with the use of standard ETL tools and techniques
Familiar with the concepts and application of data mapping and building requirements
Demonstrates a deep understanding of multiple data related concepts
Familiar with Data Integration, Data Governance and Data Warehousing
Moderate skill in Data Management, Data Validation & Cleansing and Information Analysis
About Us
Navy Federal provides much more than a job. We provide a meaningful career experience, including a culture that is energized, engaged and committed; and fierce appreciation for our teams, who are rewarded with highly competitive pay and generous benefits and perks.
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