Senior Strategy Analyst

About the role

Credit Acceptance is seeking a highly analytical, execution-oriented Business Strategy Analyst to join our dynamic team. This role is designed for a seasoned strategist who prefers hands-on problem solving and critical thinking over team management.

Responsibilities

• Independently lead strategic analyses that inform business and go-to-market (GTM) strategy, including product launches, customer segmentation, channel strategy, and market expansion.
• Translate ambiguous business questions into structured problem statements, hypotheses, and analytical workplans—without relying on detailed instructions.
• Build and maintain financial, strategic, and scenario models to evaluate new opportunities, risks, and trade-offs.
• Analyze large, complex datasets to uncover insights related to customer behavior, portfolio performance, channel effectiveness, and growth opportunities.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to shape the direction of analysis, not just execute predefined requests.
• Develop clear, insight-rich recommendations that are grounded in data, commercial judgment, and business impact.
• Create consulting-style, executive-quality PowerPoint presentations that use data-driven storytelling to influence decisions and align stakeholders.
• Define success metrics and KPIs for strategic initiatives and support ongoing performance tracking.
• Contribute meaningfully to quarterly and annual strategic planning cycles.
• Act as a trusted thought partner to senior stakeholders, bringing a strong point of view supported by analysis.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 3-6 years of relevant experience in top-tier or strong management consulting firms, or internal strategy, analytics, or GTM roles at a high-performance company (e.g., financial services, fintech, consumer lending, technology).
• Hands-on experience using SQL and Python for data analysis (not just conceptual familiarity).
• Practical experience using BI tools such as Power BI as part of an overall analytical workflow.
• Experience working directly with senior stakeholders (Director / VP level).
• Strong presentation and executive communication experience, particularly in data-driven, consulting-style PPTs.

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in business, economics, engineering, or quantitative field or equivalent experience.
• Exposure to GTM-related domains such as: Customer or dealer segmentation, Channel strategy or optimization, Sales enablement, Pricing or promotion strategy, Growth or market-entry strategy, Familiarity with Databricks or similar big data / analytics platforms used for large-scale data processing and analysis.

Targeted Compensation

$103,000 - $120,000 base salary + an annual bonus plan

Benefits

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: Maintain resiliency and focus on solutions.
• Respectful: Collaborate and actively listen.
• Insightful: Cultivate innovation, accumulate business and role specific knowledge, demonstrate self-awareness and make quality decisions.
• DIRECT: Effectively communicate and convey courage.
• Earnest: Take accountability, apply feedback and effectively plan and prioritize.

Expectations

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

Application Instructions

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